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Federal judge orders jail time for pair accused of running pirated streaming site

| 08/19/2025 6:02 pm EDT

Judge gavel on computer.Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton has ordered jail time for two people found to have disobeyed requests from the court for financial and computer login information...

Former Disney exec joins Bell Media as company launches streaming bundle

| 08/18/2025 3:29 pm EDT

Jerrell Jimerson, the new senior vice president and head of product and experience at Bell MediaJerrell Jimerson is the new senior vice president and head of product and experience at BCE Inc.’s Bell Media, a position in which he will lead all product vision, strategy,...

Bell and Rogers fighting over TPIA disconnection charges

| 08/15/2025 5:03 pm EDT

Bell and Rogers fighting over TPIA disconnection chargesBCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. are in a dispute over end-user...

Telecoms push back on CRTC’s proposed botnet blocking expansion

telecom | 08/15/2025 4:54 pm EDT

Telecoms push back on CRTC's proposed botnet blocking expansionMajor telecommunications companies across Canada voiced strong opposition...

CRTC considering raising telecom contribution threshold

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2025 2:31 pm EDT

CRTC considering raising telecom contribution thresholdThe CRTC is seeking input on a proposed increase of the revenue threshold...

OPINION | If Canada can’t regulate basic telecoms and streaming, good luck with AI and online harms

Media | 08/08/2025 11:44 am EDT

Geoff WhiteIf Canada wants to sincerely and seriously attempt to be a “leader in the responsible adoption of AI,” it will take immense political will to ensure human dignity is not...

Toronto seniors without Bell service for seven weeks following fire

Media | 08/05/2025 5:25 pm EDT

Toronto seniors without Bell service for seven weeks following fireA fire at a Toronto seniors residence left residents without telephone or...

Bell finalizes purchase of Ziply

telecom | 08/01/2025 1:28 pm EDT

Bell logo The Wire ReportBCE Inc. has closed its acquisition of Ziply Fiber, an internet service provider in the U.S. Pacific...

Bell, Rogers come to agreement for distribution of specialty channels

Media | 07/29/2025 4:20 pm EDT

Bell, Rogers come to agreement for distribution of specialty channelsBCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have come to an agreement to...

Rogers revenue up, profit down in second quarter of 2025

Media | 07/23/2025 4:55 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitRogers Communications Inc. saw revenues rise slightly in the second quarter...

Cogeco and Eastlink file joint court appeal of wholesale fibre access decision 

Media | 07/21/2025 5:47 pm EDT

Cogeco and Eastlink file joint court appeal of wholesale fibre access decision Cogeco Communications Inc. and Bragg Communications Inc., parent company of Eastlink, have filed a motion with the Federal Court of Appeal seeking to overturn the CRTC’s...

FCC approves Bell, Ziply merger

Media | 07/15/2025 5:02 pm EDT

FCC approves Bell, Ziply mergerThe United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved BCE Inc.’s C$5 billion...

Bell accuses Telus of misleading CRTC regarding Manitoba outage

Media | 07/14/2025 1:23 pm EDT

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell MediaBCE Inc. is alleging that Telus Corp. is misleading the CRTC on details...

Greater penalties needed for copper theft, telecoms maintain

Media | 07/09/2025 11:21 pm EDT

Greater penalties needed for copper theft, telecoms maintainThe co-chair of the Canadian telecom network resiliency working group at...

Amazon Prime ‘not anything like’ a BDU, CRTC panel told; union disagrees

Media | 07/04/2025 3:45 pm EDT

Amazon Prime ‘not anything like’ a BDU, CRTC panel told; union disagreesAmazon.com, Inc. is looking to draw a clear line between how it does...

APTN: From unlikely notion to cross-country broadcaster

Media | 07/01/2025 9:55 am EDT

APTN: From unlikely notion to cross-country broadcasterIt seemed like a pipe dream when the idea was first broached, but determination, government support and a dedicated leadership brought the notion of an Indigenous television network into existence. It celebrated its 25th anniversary last September. The Aboriginal Peoples...

Williams, Parisien join Order of Canada

Media | 06/30/2025 10:41 am EDT

Williams, Parisien join Order of CanadaTwo people from the world of broadcasting were among those named in the latest appointments to the Order...

Big broadcasters should not dominate over smaller rivals, Eastlink tells CRTC

telecom | 06/26/2025 10:58 am EDT

Marielle Wilson, vice president of regulatory at Eastlink, speaks at a CRTC hearing.The broadcasting landscape is slanted in favour of the big players, a...

Iristel arguments in interconnection fight with Bell, Northwestel dismissed again by CRTC

telecom | 06/23/2025 5:00 pm EDT

Freedom cites ‘suspicious patterns’ in Iristel traffic pumping caseIristel Inc.’s arguments that the CRTC was wrong...

Telecoms want federal cabinet to overturn CRTC decision on high-speed access

telecom | 06/20/2025 6:23 pm EDT

Federal and territorial governments invest in NWT fibre linkMost Canadian telecom players want the federal government to step in to...

Bell says broadcasters, streamers should pay into fund for mandatory services

Media | 06/18/2025 7:34 pm EDT

Bell says broadcasters, streamers should pay into fund for mandatory servicesImportant programs that the CRTC decides are mandatory for broadcasters to...

ITPA says it’s in favour of broadband labels for larger players at CRTC hearing

Media | 06/12/2025 10:58 pm EDT

ITPA says it's in favour of broadband labels for larger players at CRTC hearingA consortium of small internet service providers...

Rogers expects to close MLSE acquisition in July

Media | 06/12/2025 10:25 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.The CRTC has reached majority agreement that Rogers Communications Inc. can acquire BCE Inc.’s stake in NBA TV Canada.  The commission approval announced Thursday, June 12 was one of the last markers for Rogers to hit in its bid to buy Bell’s 37.5 per cent interest...

Telecoms denounce American-style labels for internet providers

telecom | 06/11/2025 5:12 pm EDT

Telecoms denounce American-style labels for internet providersCanada’s telecoms do not want the CRTC to impose so-called broadband...

New internet service labels not needed, Cogeco tells CRTC panel

telecom | 06/10/2025 6:24 pm EDT

New internet service labels not needed, Cogeco tells CRTC panelAmerican experiences with internet labelling regulations demonstrate that...

Rogers gets league approvals to buy Bell’s stake in MLSE

telecom | 06/04/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.Rogers Communications Inc. revealed Wednesday, June 4 that it has received...

Bell signs agreement with Indigenous group for broadband, wireless rollout

telecom | 06/02/2025 6:07 pm EDT

ISED hears further efforts needed in consultation on Indigenous Priority Window for spectrumBCE Inc. and National Indigenous Connectivity Inc. (NICI) have signed a reconciliation agreement aiming to increase broadband rollout in Indigenous communities in Canada....

Man’s death during Telus 911 outage raises concerns from Manitoba minister

telecom | 05/30/2025 5:35 pm EDT

Telus logo The Wire ReportThe minister of innovation and new technology for Manitoba sent a letter to...

Government hails telecom investment in AI 

telecom | 05/29/2025 5:53 pm EDT

Parliament HillThe federal government is congratulating Canadian telecom firms for investing in artificial intelligence...

Changing CanCon rules might benefit from broader consultation, CRTC panel told

telecom | 05/27/2025 6:40 pm EDT

Changing CanCon rules might benefit from broader consultation, CRTC panel toldA media company appearing at the last day of a CRTC hearing on redefining...

Rogers dismisses Bell’s channel packaging complaint as ‘trivial,’ ‘gamesmanship’

Media | 05/27/2025 5:51 pm EDT

Rogers dismisses Bell’s channel packaging complaint as ‘trivial,’ ‘gamesmanship’Rogers Communications Inc. is urging the CRTC to...

Bell vows to maintain CanCon; TLN says ethnic stations could be hurt by changes to system

Media | 05/23/2025 2:58 pm EDT

Bell vows to maintain CanCon; TLN says ethnic stations could be hurt by changes to systemBCE Inc. says it is producing Canadian content...

Telus accuses Bell of blocking introduction of Eastern Canada broadcasting services 

Media | 05/22/2025 5:59 pm EDT

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell MediaTelus Corp. has plans to launch broadcasting...

Telecoms want CRTC to review wireline voice service regulations

telecom | 05/15/2025 5:12 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsSeveral telecoms are asking the CRTC to launch a proceeding looking at how...

Telus CFO says execs meeting with potential tower infrastructure stakeholders in next couple weeks

telecom | 05/14/2025 5:07 pm EDT

Telus logo The Wire ReportTelus Corp. CFO Doug French said Wednesday, May 14 that he is meeting with a short list of parties interested in buying a minority stake in the telecom’s wireless tower...

CRTC confirms ILECs must offer small cell pole access to competitors

telecom | 05/14/2025 3:53 pm EDT

CRTC confirms ILECs must offer small cell pole access to competitorsIn a Wednesday, May 14 ruling, the CRTC told incumbent telephone companies...

Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following dispute

telecom | 05/09/2025 5:45 pm EDT

Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following disputeThe Copyright Board of Canada has been ordered by the Federal Court of...

Telus reports solid Q1, jump in profit

telecom | 05/09/2025 5:37 pm EDT

Telus reports solid Q1, jump in profitAs Telus Corp. reported its first quarter of 2025 on Friday, May 9, the western telecom said it had good...

Bell creates U.S. fibre firm, cuts dividend in first quarter report

telecom | 05/08/2025 5:52 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOBCE Inc. has entered into a partnership with the Public Sector Pension...

Streamers challenge ‘restrictive’ CanCon definitions in audio proceeding

telecom | 05/08/2025 4:25 pm EDT

Streamers challenge ‘restrictive’ CanCon definitions in audio proceedingAs the CRTC works on revising how it defines Canadian and Indigenous audio content, online streaming services argue that no existing methods, nor any adaptation of them, are...

Bell looking to CRTC for clarity on mobile PES requirements 

telecom | 04/30/2025 5:44 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)BCE Inc. is looking to the CRTC to confirm it can make changes to how it...

Bell accuses Rogers of undue preference over Shaw Direct channel placements

telecom | 04/25/2025 6:52 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsBCE Inc. is joining the roster of companies which have filed undue...

ITPA wants CRTC to lighten regulations on small incumbent phone companies

telecom | 04/14/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association is asking the CRTC...

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld’s Tonya Williams is a powerhouse

telecom | 04/07/2025 4:59 pm EDT

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld's Tonya Williams is a powerhouseWhen Tonya Williams was a teenager in Toronto, she...

Ontario prison long-distance rates case back at the CRTC 

telecom | 04/03/2025 7:21 pm EDT

Ontario prison long-distance rates case back at the CRTC BCE Inc. and the Province of Ontario are back at the CRTC looking for...

Stewart Johnston leaves Bell Media for CFL

telecom | 04/03/2025 5:04 pm EDT

Stewart Johnston leaves Bell Media for CFLThe Canadian Football League has appointed Stewart Johnston as its next commissioner. He is currently the senior VP of content and sales at BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Media. He takes over as the league’s 15th commissioner on Apr. 24. “We’re thrilled to welcome Stewart as our next commissioner,”...

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline service

telecom | 04/03/2025 11:17 am EDT

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline serviceThe agency responsible for administering the 988 mental health helpline...

Matt McGowan new senior VP of business solutions at Bell Media

telecom | 04/01/2025 1:33 pm EDT

Matt McGowan new senior VP of business solutions at Bell MediaBCE Inc. has named Matt McGowan as senior vice president for business...

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNAC

telecom | 03/31/2025 4:31 pm EDT

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNACThe CRTC has decided that wireless data and short message service (SMS)...

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy’s wholesale rates appeal

telecom | 03/27/2025 5:22 pm EDT

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy’s wholesale rates appealThe Supreme Court of Canada has rejected TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s...

Telus confirms plan to sell minority stake in wireless tower network

telecom | 03/27/2025 10:39 am EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report findsTelus Corp. is planning to sell a minority stake in wireless tower infrastructure as it looks to pay down its debt.  Telus said Wednesday evening that it has been working...

Bell expanding content distribution with majority stake in global distributor

telecom | 03/26/2025 5:39 pm EDT

Bell expanding content distribution with majority stake in global distributorBCE Inc.’s Bell Media is branching further into global content...

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company argues

telecom | 03/25/2025 5:38 pm EDT

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company arguesStarlink parent Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) says it would...

Millions of Canadians live in news deserts, CCPA finds

telecom | 03/24/2025 7:02 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceTwo and a half million Canadians have virtually no access to local news, a...

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rules

telecom | 03/20/2025 5:53 pm EDT

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rulesRogers Communications Inc. and its fellow broadcasters in the Canadian...

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcasters

telecom | 03/18/2025 3:31 pm EDT

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcastersWith a trade war launched against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

Bell, Telus wholesale rates for pole access in certain provinces now interim rates 

telecom | 03/11/2025 3:02 pm EDT

Bell, Telus wholesale rates for pole access in certain provinces now interim rates BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada and Telus Corp. have seen their current wholesale...

CRTC approves Northwestel winback promotion in split decision

telecom | 03/10/2025 5:16 pm EDT

CRTC approves Northwestel winback promotion in split decisionBCE Inc. property Northwestel Inc. now has permission from the CRTC to...

Iristel, Bell still in dispute over repayments, disconnections

telecom | 03/07/2025 6:02 pm EST

Iristel, Bell still in dispute over repayments, disconnectionsIristel Inc. is fighting with BCE Inc. over a notice of disconnection of telecommunications services it got from the incumbent despite a payment plan the smaller player has proposed.  According to an application filed to the CRTC by Iristel on Feb. 28 and made public...

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor’s Lana Payne

telecom | 03/04/2025 4:32 pm EST

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor's Lana PayneLana Payne has a perspective on broadcasting and telecommunications few do....

CRTC delays migration to next generation 911

telecom | 02/28/2025 5:29 pm EST

CRTC delays migration to next generation 911The CRTC announced late Friday, Feb. 28 that it is delaying the timeline for transitioning to next...

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell Media

telecom | 02/28/2025 3:46 pm EST

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell MediaTelus Corp. and BCE Inc.’s Bell Media are continuing to shed staff. This is the latest in a long line...

Wholesale internet rates must be the same coast to coast: Peladeau

telecom | 02/28/2025 11:56 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearingsWhile the CRTC’s recent decision to expand the wholesale fibre access...

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raises

telecom | 02/27/2025 11:46 am EST

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raisesA survey by consulting firm Normandin Beaudry has found that Canadian companies in general are exercising caution when it comes to increasing compensation to their employees. Telecom firms surveyed are posting the most substantial reductions in increase budgets, the report states. After surveying 400 companies across the nation, Normandin Beaudry discovered that the...

BDUs fight back against OUTtv must-carry proposal

telecom | 02/25/2025 5:04 pm EST

OUTtvCanada’s broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) are continuing their fight against a proposal by...

Bell, Ziply file application to FCC for acquisition approval

telecom | 02/24/2025 4:53 pm EST

Bell, Ziply file application to FCC for acquisition approvalBCE Inc. and Ziply Fiber have filed paperwork with the American Federal...

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobs

telecom | 02/21/2025 4:09 pm EST

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobsRogers Communications Inc. is laying off a number...

CRTC to examine CanCon rules for audio in June hearings

telecom | 02/20/2025 6:29 pm EST

CRTC to examine CanCon rules for audio in June hearingsThe CRTC is undertaking proceedings to consider the Canadian content...

CRTC approves sale of 21 BC radio stations from Bell to Vista

Media | 02/13/2025 3:43 pm EST

CRTC approves sale of 21 BC radio stations from Bell to VistaThe CRTC has approved the sale of 21 radio stations previously owned by BCE...

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decision

Media | 02/04/2025 4:28 pm EST

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decisionRogers Communications Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking the commission to review and vary its decision on access tariffs for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). The original decision was issued by the regulator last fall. The 2024 decision...

CRTC will not change temporary wholesale decision; final decision still on the table

Internet and Governance | 02/03/2025 6:53 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has decided not to change its temporary decision on the wholesale...

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadline

Internet and Governance | 01/31/2025 6:07 pm EST

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadlineTelus Corp. has been denied the extension it wanted before it has to give...

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access review

telecom | 01/29/2025 4:57 pm EST

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access reviewTwo provincial cabinet ministers are calling on the federal cabinet to halt...

Federal Court grants blocking order targeting pirate site copycats

telecom | 01/24/2025 5:42 pm EST

Federal Court grants blocking order targeting pirate site copycatsThe reasons behind a Federal Court justice’s December decision to grant a...

Political strife, production cuts challenge independent producers: CMPA head

telecom | 01/23/2025 5:12 pm EST

Political strife, production cuts challenge independent producers: CMPA headPolitical intrigue on both sides of the Canada/United States border could have a negative impact on Canada’s independent content producers, Reynolds Mastin believes. As...

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcasters

telecom | 01/21/2025 7:21 pm EST

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcastersCanada’s broadcasters have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on...

CRTC commissioner dissents on pitch to subsidize northern internet service

telecom | 01/16/2025 6:52 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC’s commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon disagrees with her...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

telecom | 01/15/2025 9:34 am EST

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services says the...

Telecoms testing their networks for the future of quantum connectivity

telecom | 12/27/2024 8:00 am EST

Telecoms testing their networks for the future of quantum connectivityThe concept of a “quantum internet” might feel far off and far-fetched...

Telus’ arguments for incumbent access to wholesale regime not supported by competitors

telecom | 12/20/2024 7:16 pm EST

Telus’ arguments for incumbent access to wholesale regime not supported by competitorsTelus Corp. appears to be fighting a solo battle...

Telecom industry players look to Senate for greater copper theft prevention 

Internet and Governance | 12/12/2024 4:44 pm EST

Canadian Telecommunications Association (CTA) senior vice-president Eric Smith appears during the Senate standing committee on transport and communications meeting on Dec. 11, 2024 (screenshot via ParlVU).Representatives from the Canadian Telecommunications Association (CTA), BCE...

Telus calls wholesale cabinet order ‘protectionist play,’ ‘not fair to consumers’

Internet and Governance | 12/10/2024 1:56 pm EST

Telus logo The Wire ReportTelus Corp. is challenging the federal government’s order that the CRTC review whether the regulator should block three of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies...