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Finnish trade delegation a success, participants say

| 04/27/2026 2:54 pm EDT

Finnish trade delegation a success, participants say

OTTAWA–The recently-concluded trade delegation to Canada from Finland was a win for both countries, those who travelled here say. The President of Finland Alexander Stubb met with Prime Minister Mark Carney and introduced Finnish businesspeople to their Canadian...

6G Artificial intelligence mobile

Eastlink network upgrades risk shutting out competitors in Cape Breton, Fibernetics warns

| 03/20/2026 3:39 pm EDT

Copper theft results in service outage in Gatineau, Que.

The issue of telecom carriers disconnecting their legacy equipment and putting wholesale competitors at risk has cropped up again at the CRTC, this time on the East Coast. ...

competition Copper CRTC

Unions flesh out details of Canadian Telecom Workers Alliance

| 02/11/2026 3:22 pm EST

Unions flesh out details of Canadian Telecom Workers Alliance

OTTAWA–Three union leaders framed the founding of the Canadian...

telecom union Wireless

CRTC directs working group to issue 988 routing plan by next May

| 11/27/2025 4:59 pm EST

Popular Wire Report stories of 2025

The CRTC has rejected a 988 service routing plan proposed by the Centre for...

988 CRTC eHealth

Beanfield looks to expand organically rather than through acquisitions, CEO says

| 10/28/2025 4:36 pm EDT

Beanfield looks to expand organically rather than through acquisitions, CEO says

Beanfield Technologies Inc. is bullish on the Canadian telecom market...

Feature fibre Internet

Telecoms want CRTC to adjust service outage reporting, notification requirements

| 10/10/2025 6:55 pm EDT

Telecoms want CRTC to adjust service outage reporting, notification requirements

New requirements changing how telecom companies must notify the CRTC about...

CRTC Internet outage

Cogeco, Eastlink further their challenge of cabinet refusal to overrule CRTC wholesale decision

| 09/03/2025 8:26 pm EDT

Cogeco, Eastlink further their challenge of cabinet refusal to overrule CRTC wholesale decision

As Cogeco Communications Inc. and Bragg Communications Inc. (Eastlink) continue to challenge the CRTC’s decision to grant Canada’s largest telecom companies wholesale...

CRTC Federal Court fibre

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 expansion

Major telecommunications companies across Canada voiced strong opposition...

botnet CRTC cybersecurity

UPDATED: Telus happy, others upset by Joly decision upholding incumbent access to wholesale internet

telecom | 08/07/2025 12:20 pm EDT

UPDATED: Telus happy, others upset by Joly decision upholding incumbent access to wholesale internet

The federal government has declined to overrule...

CRTC fibre Unlock

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...

Broadcasting CRTC Eastlink

CRTC should lift regulations for small incumbents’ wireline voice services: ITPA

telecom | 05/28/2025 5:54 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The Independent Telecommunications Providers...

CRTC Landline phones wireline

CRTC confirms ILECs must offer small cell pole access to competitors

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

Popular Wire Report stories of 2025

In a Wednesday, May 14 ruling, the CRTC told incumbent telephone companies...

5g Bell CRTC

Wireless ISPs meet urban spectrum deadline, but face higher costs from looming rural transition

telecom | 05/01/2025 3:48 pm EDT

Popular Wire Report stories of 2025

While many wireless internet service providers...

ISED Rural broadband Spectrum

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline service

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

Popular Wire Report stories of 2025

The agency responsible for administering the 988 mental health helpline...

988 CRTC

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 Wholesale

BDUs fight back against OUTtv must-carry proposal

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

OUTtv

Canada’s broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) are continuing their fight against a proposal by OUTtv Network Inc. that would see them forced to carry the LGBTQ+ channel. The CRTC proceeding has been going on since last fall. Currently, OUTtv has...

Broadcast CRTC

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 copycats

The reasons behind a Federal Court justice’s December decision to grant a...

Federal Court Internet Piracy

Starlink: Saviour of rural connectivity or threat to Canadian sovereignty?

telecom | 01/17/2025 5:20 pm EST

Starlink: Saviour of rural connectivity or threat to Canadian sovereignty?

A group of academics is warning that Starlink could be a trojan horse,...

Rural broadband space

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 competitors

Telus Corp. appears to be fighting a solo battle...

Bell CRTC fibre

Bell won’t participate in subsidized broadband projects if wholesale access for Big Three continues, signs agreement with CNOC

telecom | 12/18/2024 3:22 pm EST

Bell won’t participate in subsidized broadband projects if wholesale access for Big Three continues, signs agreement with CNOC

BCE Inc. says it will not participate in future...

Bell Broadband CRTC

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

telecom | 12/10/2024 1:56 pm EST

Telus logo The Wire Report

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

CRTC Federal Court fibre

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players

telecom | 11/22/2024 4:21 pm EST

Popular Wire Report stories of 2025

Stakeholders have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on providing...

CRTC Roaming Wholesale

BDUs oppose OUTtv carriage application, while community supports it

telecom | 11/20/2024 5:37 pm EST

OUTtv

Some major broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) are against an...

CRTC

Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink ask CRTC to block Big Three from wholesale access

telecom | 11/14/2024 7:58 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire Report

Multiple telecom companies -- including Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink, and...

CRTC fibre MVNO

Bell acquires U.S. telecom; Eastlink buys in Northern Ontario

telecom | 11/04/2024 1:42 pm EST

Bell logo The Wire Report

BCE Inc. has moved into the Pacific Northwest of the United States with the...

Bell fibre Internet

CRTC looking at ‘inflexible’ international roaming fees, rates in Canada

telecom | 10/07/2024 4:51 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire Report

The CRTC is making moves to lower roaming rates, issuing two separate calls...

CRTC Roaming Wireless

Cogeco appoints Mike Henry as chief commercial officer

telecom | 09/03/2024 3:07 pm EDT

A photo of Cogeco chief commerical officer Mike Henry.

Cogeco Inc. has appointed Mike Henry as its chief commercial officer, the...

Cogeco MVNO Wireless

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

While providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...

captioning CRTC Streaming

Cogeco continues push towards wireless service in Canada with two network access deals

telecom | 08/19/2024 1:01 pm EDT

Cogeco continues push towards wireless service in Canada with two network access deals

Cogeco Communications Inc. has signed deals with...

Cogeco MVNO Wireless

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate aggregated wholesale access to fibre networks across Canada, they are hesitant to celebrate just...

BREAKING CRTC fibre

CPAC CEO says they need increase in funding to maintain core operations beyond September 2026

Media | 07/25/2024 4:35 pm EDT

CPAC CEO says they need increase in funding to maintain core operations beyond September 2026

Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc., also known as...

Broadcast cpac Television

Eastlink and Corus join forces to present content to customers

Media | 06/06/2024 2:18 pm EDT

Eastlink store on South Park St., Halifax, N.S.

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Thursday it would offer...

Broadcast Television

CRTC denies expedited decision on Big Three’s FTTP wholesale access

telecom | 05/06/2024 7:28 pm EDT

CRTC denies expedited decision on Big Three's FTTP wholesale access

Friday the CRTC denied an application by several stakeholders for an...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH TPIA

CRTC told not to grant FTTP access to big telecoms

telecom | 04/22/2024 6:25 pm EDT

Federal and territorial governments invest in NWT fibre link

A wealth of intervenors have told the CRTC that the large established telecoms should not be allowed to...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH TPIA

Eastlink unveils video streaming app

Media | 03/26/2024 5:34 pm EDT

Eastlink store on South Park St., Halifax, N.S.

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced Tuesday that it is introducing a video streaming application for its mobile users. The TiVo Stream mobile app will permit customers to watch programming on the go. "We're on a mission to do things differently," Eastlink CEO...

Apps mobile Smartphones

CRTC rejects Bell’s challenge against wireless attachment jurisdiction

telecom | 03/12/2024 5:06 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

The CRTC has dismissed BCE Inc.’s application challenging the...

5g CRTC ISED

Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing

telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST

Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing

To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Internet

CRTC expands forbearance on regulation of high-capacity digital data services

telecom | 02/12/2024 4:13 pm EST

CRTC expands forbearance on regulation of high-capacity digital data services

The CRTC announced Monday an expansion in forbearance from regulating...

competition CRTC

Eastlink says competitors’ claims of reputational and economic harm caused by service outage response are unfounded

telecom | 12/21/2023 2:18 pm EST

Eastlink store on South Park St., Halifax, N.S.

Bragg Communications Inc.'s Eastlink is...

Unlock unlocked

CRTC announces funds for Nunavut and rejects Bell’s bid to amend Broadband Fund contributions

telecom | 12/20/2023 4:47 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

The CRTC has denied a BCE Inc. application to...

Broadband Fund CRTC Funding

3,800 MHz auction nets $2.2B in preliminary results

telecom | 11/30/2023 6:14 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Canada’s telecom industry have spent some $2.16 billion on the 3,800 MHz band of spectrum, according to...

3800 MHz Spectrum

Eastlink competitors seeking compensation for “negligence” during outage, ask for investigation similar to Rogers outage

Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:39 pm EST

Frontier-Eastlink tariff tiff could affect other ISPs, CNOC warns

City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...

CRTC Internet Landline phones

Competitors rally behind Beanfield in fight against Rogers’ exclusive MDU agreements

telecom | 10/27/2023 6:46 pm EDT

Commercial MDU exclusivity deals, high riser management fees re-monopolizing telecom sector: Beanfield founder

Interventions coming in from the CRTC show...

CRTC MDU Rogers

Eastlink announces purchase of Northern Ontario ISP

telecom | 10/05/2023 11:18 am EDT

City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced the purchase of a Northern Ontario telecom service provider NeoTech in a Thursday press release. "We are delighted to welcome NeoTech customers to the Eastlink family," said Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham. "This purchase is a...

Eastlink Internet Rural broadband

APTN defends new structure proposal from broadcaster criticism

Media | 10/03/2023 4:29 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

APTN says its proposal to shift the terms of its licence will be good for...

APTN CRTC Indigenous Content

Telcos double down on assertion that CRTC needs to forgo further broadband fund collections

telecom | 09/25/2023 8:08 pm EDT

Telcos double down on assertion that CRTC needs to forgo further broadband fund collections

As the CRTC’s review of its broadband fund...

Broadband Fund Funding Rural broadband

Eastlink expands service into Acadian Peninsula, N.B.

telecom | 08/31/2023 5:01 pm EDT

City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

In a press release on Thursday, Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced the launch of mobile...

mobile

Eastlink and Nokia announce partnership

telecom | 08/18/2023 4:31 pm EDT

Canada investing $40M in Nokia partnership

Bragg Communication Inc.'s Eastlink and Nokia Corp. announced "a multi-year strategic, access network...

CRTC urged to put a moratorium on broadband fund contributions

telecom | 07/24/2023 5:37 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Telecoms and other stakeholders have had their say on proposed changes to the CRTC’s Broadband Fund. The commission posted the last of the interventions on Monday. The first batch of statements were uploaded last week. BCE Inc. submitted a hefty intervention, a 62-page...

CRTC Funding

Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC

telecom | 07/14/2023 5:00 pm EDT

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Internet

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

telecom | 06/23/2023 6:19 pm EDT

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...

911 988 CRTC

Telecom sector seeing revenue increase: CRTC telecom report

telecom | 06/20/2023 5:24 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The CRTC has issued its annual telecommunications survey for 2021. Coming out of the pandemic shutdown, the numbers are generally good. The sector experienced a 3.4 per cent jump in total revenues...

Social media platforms want total exclusion from new broadcasting regime

Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:17 pm EDT

TikTok's logo on an iPhone.

Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of...

Bill C-11 CRTC Online streaming act

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

telecom | 06/09/2023 9:55 am EDT

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Ericsson and Eastlink extend 5G deal while Rogers slashes prices

telecom | 05/04/2023 5:16 pm EDT

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated report

Swedish telecom manufacturer Ericsson AB and Bragg Communications Inc.’s...

5g Wireless

Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report

telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...

Bell Fibre optics Telus

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings

telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is asking the government to expand the CRTC’s authority over passive infrastructure and provincially regulated support structures. Earlier this month the Canadian Telecommunications Network...

Broadband, mobile prices drop slightly; still high internationally in 2022: Wall report

telecom | 03/14/2023 4:38 pm EDT

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...

ISED mobile Wireless

BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell

Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...

CRTC Television

B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs

telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST

STB data measurement complex task, group says

British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...

CRTC Rogers Telus

CRTC wants telecoms to address Canadians with disabilities wireless services

telecom | 02/23/2023 3:29 pm EST

Ethics committee seeks changes to privacy laws, opting out of data collection

Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding

Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications Inc., and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. can increase the retail price of so-called "skinny basic" plans from $25 to $28 per month with a yearly indexing...

Bell CRTC Television

Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order

Media | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...

Bell Rogers Television

Nova Scotia premier blasts hurricane response from Big 3 and Eastlink; calls on ISED to intervene

Media | 09/28/2022 5:37 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston wrote to...

CRTC outage Rural broadband

Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments

telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...

CRTC

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

telecom | 09/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec last...

outage Rogers Rural broadband

Relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection chance for gov. to redeem itself: PIAC

telecom | 09/12/2022 3:58 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the...

CRTC Internet wholesale rates

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

CRTC ISED outage

City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

telecom | 08/15/2022 3:39 pm EDT

City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

City Wide Communications Inc. is asking the...

CRTC wholesale rates

City Wide is the victim of competition, not anti-competitive practice: Eastlink

telecom | 07/29/2022 4:44 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

City Wide Communications Inc.'s lack of growth in Nova Scotia is due to the...

CRTC Fibre optics Internet

TekSavvy wants concrete actions in CRTC policy direction, PIAC argues for directive language

telecom | 07/20/2022 5:13 pm EDT

TekSavvy wants concrete actions in CRTC policy direction, PIAC argues for directive language

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says the government’s proposed new policy direction for the CRTC is “severely out of touch” with the competition issues...

CRTC MVNO wholesale rates

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...

ISED mobile Wireless

City Wide appeals Eastlink POI decision at CRTC

telecom | 06/30/2022 5:51 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

City Wide Communications Inc. is appealing the CRTC's decision not to force Bragg Communications Inc. to...

Cable CRTC Internet

CNOC back regional carriers’ call for roaming rates review

telecom | 06/24/2022 5:00 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has filed an intervention in...

cnoc CRTC Roaming

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...

botnet CRTC

Regional wireless carriers seek review of incumbents’ roaming rates

telecom | 05/24/2022 5:43 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

A consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application with the CRTC seeking a review of the wholesale roaming tariff rates of the big three national...

CRTC Roaming Wireless

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

Bell Cogeco CRTC

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

telecom | 03/30/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...

CRTC Internet

CRTC to forbear from regulating IXPL services on 12 additional routes

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:32 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...

CRTC Fibre optics

CRTC won’t order Bragg to relocate its TPIA point of interconnection

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:17 pm EDT

Frontier-Eastlink tariff tiff could affect other ISPs, CNOC warns

The commission denied an application by City Wide Communications Inc....

CRTC Fibre optics Internet

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order

Media | 03/24/2022 1:28 pm EDT

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order

Updated with TekSavvy reaction. The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday...

Bell Rogers Television

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC

telecom | 02/10/2022 5:42 pm EST

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC

The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...

CRTC Smartphones Television

CRTC asks Eastlink to propose NG 911 rates and submit cost study

telecom | 01/17/2022 6:10 pm EST

CRTC asks Eastlink to propose NG 911 rates and submit cost study

The CRTC has requested that several telecoms companies send it more...

Bell CRTC Smartphones

Intervenors take issue with ISED’s proposed Tier 5 service areas in rural spectrum consultation

telecom | 01/11/2022 5:00 pm EST

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

Tier 5 service areas are “too large” to meet...

Spectrum Wireless

CRTC lifts local expression conditions for Quebecor, Bragg on-demand services

Media | 11/04/2021 5:40 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

The CRTC approved applications by Quebecor Media Inc.’s Videotron and Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, to amend their on-demand broadcasting licences after the...

Cancon CRTC Television

Dynamic site-blocking case gets Nov. 23 hearing date

Media | 11/03/2021 5:51 pm EDT

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever 'dynamic' site-blocking order

A test-case for Canada's first-ever "dynamic" site-blocking order is headed...

Delay Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing until its clear who controls Rogers: PIAC

Media | 11/01/2021 5:35 pm EDT

Delay Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing until its clear who controls Rogers: PIAC

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to delay a hearing...

Cancon CRTC Rogers

Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV

Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT

Telecoms’ site-blocking court request ‘draconian,’ TekSavvy argues

A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...

CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing

Media | 10/13/2021 6:28 pm EDT

CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing

The CRTC has granted Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. -- more widely known...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

New ‘dynamic’ site-blocking needs new safeguards: CIPPIC

Media | 09/22/2021 5:56 pm EDT

Hockey broadcasters seek injunction against pirate streamers

The site-blocking order that will block a rolling list of pirate streaming sites during NHL games sought by a trio of hockey broadcasters requires new legal safeguards, given...

Broadcast Cable Site Blocking

Rogers extends modem migration deadline

telecom | 09/21/2021 4:20 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Rogers Communications Inc. has told the CRTC the pandemic has slowed work down after it was asked by the...

CRTC Internet Rogers

CRTC orders some incumbent disclosure to CNOC in disaggregated regime consultation

Media | 08/13/2021 11:13 am EDT

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates

In a dispute between a trade organization representing wholesale-based...

CRTC Internet

CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities

telecom | 07/22/2021 5:25 pm EDT

CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities

The CRTC is seeking further information from...

CRTC Internet Wireless

PIAC disappointed with CRTC SIM swap disclosure

telecom | 07/09/2021 4:59 pm EDT

Six months after it received a request to release the data it collects on a fraud process known as "SIM swapping," the CRTC yesterday sent a letter to parties involved in a proceeding on the matter saying that instances of the...

CRTC

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever ‘dynamic’ site-blocking order

Media | 07/08/2021 6:22 pm EDT

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever 'dynamic' site-blocking order

Nearly six weeks after a Federal Court of Appeal upheld Canada's first-ever...

Piracy Unlock unlocked

CRTC rejects Xplornet request to make non-payer disconnection easier under Internet Code

telecom | 05/19/2021 5:21 pm EDT

The CRTC has rejected a request from Xplornet Communications Inc. to repeal certain language from the regulator's Internet Code that raised the barrier for cutting off...

Bell CRTC Eastlink

Majority of Canadian mobile wireless prices second-highest internationally: ISED report

telecom | 05/04/2021 8:10 pm EDT

The average Canadian mobile wireless prices rank the second highest internationally in four of seven service “baskets,” and remains in the middle-high range for the...

ISED mobile Wireless

CRTC requires Rogers to pause hardware migration for TPIA customers

telecom | 04/27/2021 5:22 pm EDT

The CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to stop requiring its third-party internet access customers to use a particular kind of modem until the regulator makes a decision on a complaint about...

CRTC Rogers

CRTC rejects incumbent request to expand Internet Code

telecom | 04/08/2021 5:05 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based internet service providers for the regulator to extend the Internet Code to smaller ISPs and resellers. In a decision released Thursday, the CRTC wrote that, in its determination, the large ISPs had...

BCE Inc. Bragg Communications Cogeco