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

| 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, providing internet connectivity to remote regions via satellite but seriously affecting Canadian...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

| 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 number of complaints it received about telecom and TV providers ahead of its latest annual report spiked...

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming months

| 01/14/2025 4:48 pm EST

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018Cogeco Communications Inc. is maintaining its expectation that it will...

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

| 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...

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players 

| 11/22/2024 4:21 pm EST

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players Stakeholders have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on providing greater access to the roaming networks of BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. (also referred to as TCI in the...

BDUs oppose OUTtv carriage application, while community supports it

| 11/20/2024 5:37 pm EST

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

Cogeco planning to launch wireless service in Canada soon, Perron states

| 11/01/2024 5:35 pm EDT

Cogeco continues push towards wireless service in Canada with two network access dealsCogeco Inc. is barreling ahead with plans to become a mobile virtual...

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in place

telecom | 10/10/2024 12:49 pm EDT

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in placeThe CRTC is holding firm on its decision to implement thousand-block pooling to manage the growing demand...

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conference

telecom | 09/10/2024 5:50 pm EDT

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conferenceCogeco Inc. is running smoothly after a corporate reorganization, its CFO maintains. Patrice Ouimet was...

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 dealsCogeco Communications Inc. has signed deals with...

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 sayWhile some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...

Cogeco reports drop in profits in Q3, while revenue rises slightly

telecom | 07/12/2024 3:46 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. reported a steep dip in profits for the third quarter of its...

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 accessFriday the CRTC denied an application by several stakeholders for an expedited decision to block Canada's Big Three telecoms from aggregated wholesale access to...

Frédéric Perron replaces Philippe Jetté at Cogeco

telecom | 03/11/2024 12:00 pm EDT

Frédéric Perron replaces Philippe Jetté at CogecoCogeco Inc. and Cogeco Communications Inc. announced Monday morning that president and CEO Philippe Jetté is retiring immediately from the companies and will be replaced by Frédéric Perron. Perron was most recently president of...

Rogers sells all Cogeco shares to CDPQ to reduce Shaw debt

telecom | 12/12/2023 1:10 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc. has divested itself of all of its shares in...

Cogeco MVNO operations still a ways away

telecom | 11/02/2023 5:54 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. does not plan to roll out its Canadian MVNO operations anytime soon, president and CEO...

CRTC renews Cogeco On Demand’s licence, announces upcoming described video proceedings

Media | 08/25/2023 4:31 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statisticsThe broadcasting licence for Cogeco Inc.’s on-demand service has been renewed by the CRTC until Aug. 31, 2028.  The renewal application for Cogeco On Demand’s licence,...

CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates comes as no surprise: Analysts

telecom | 07/25/2023 4:51 pm EDT

CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates comes as no surprise: AnalystsIndustry analysts said it is no surprise that the CRTC selected Quebecor...

Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC

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

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale ratesThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that...

Feds, Cogeco, Quebecor, say goodbye to Meta

Internet and Governance | 07/05/2023 5:54 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioThe federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...

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

Vandalism causes Cogeco outage in southwestern Ontario

telecom | 05/26/2023 4:29 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Vandals attacked the network of Cogeco Communications Inc. in the...

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: reportThe commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M)  markets in the same...

Cogeco releases Q2 numbers, plans to enter MVNO market

telecom | 04/14/2023 4:50 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Communications Inc. plans to aggressively enter the mobile virtual...

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings 

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

STB data measurement complex task, group saysThe CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...

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: reportBCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is irrelevant to consider whether a broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU) might raise rates for customers who are not covered by...

Cogeco sees “less risk” on MVNOs, but still deciding when to launch. 

telecom | 01/13/2023 2:01 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3While Cogeco Inc. says it currently sees "less risk and greater clarity"...

Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order

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

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceThe start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...

Cogeco plotting next steps on MVNO: CEO 

telecom | 10/28/2022 4:39 pm EDT

New CEO announced for Cogeco, Audet vows family to retain controlWhile Cogeco Inc. is pleased to finally see the terms and conditions of the MVNO framework from the CRTC,...

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

Cogeco gets approval for TPIA speeds and rates from CRTC

telecom | 08/02/2022 4:27 pm EDT

Cogeco gets approval for TPIA speeds and rates from CRTCMonday the CRTC granted approval of a change in speeds for third party internet access (TPIA) for Cogeco Communications Inc., on behalf of its Cogeco Connexion subsidiary. The regulator also set rates for the various services. Cogeco wants to alter its speeds to 180...

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

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

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regimeDistributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...

Cogeco expands U.S. business with Ohio acquisition 

telecom | 06/30/2021 4:24 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Communications Inc. is expanding south of the border after it announced its American subsidiary...

Cogeco revenue up, profit dips

Media | 04/14/2021 5:36 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. announced another increase in revenue with its second-quarter results Tuesday as it awaits...

CRTC rejects incumbent request to expand Internet Code

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based...

Concerned about Rogers-Shaw deal: Cogeco’s Jetté

telecom | 03/23/2021 6:08 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3After surviving a hostile takeover bid by Rogers Communications Inc. in...

PIAC reiterates demands for CRTC to impose paper billing rules 

telecom | 02/16/2021 5:06 pm EST

Higher-speed internet plans more expensive in 2018: reportThe Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners...

Telecoms end overage fees suspension

telecom | 07/02/2020 4:52 pm EDT

Home internet speeds nearly doubled year-over-year: CRTCMajor Canadian telecoms have ended one of their major relief measures for Canadians who suddenly shifted...

Incumbents ask court for delay of wholesale rate appeal 

telecom | 05/21/2020 6:01 pm EDT

Incumbent cable companies have asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to delay their appeal of the CRTC's wholesale rates decision until the proceeding can be conducted in person.  In a letter dated May 20, lawyers representing Rogers Communications Inc., Bragg Communications Inc., Cogeco Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. have asked Justice David Stratas for the previously agreed-to two day hearing on June 25 and 26 be adjourned until the court can conduct in-person meetings.  The issues at hand are too complex, the materials too technical, the confidential information...

Wholesale debate moves to transport in CRTC rural broadband consult

telecom | 05/15/2020 2:33 pm EDT

The familiar argument over wholesale access has made its way to a CRTC consultation on how to remove barriers to rural broadband rollouts, with smaller providers arguing the regulator should mandate...

Cogeco appoints Frédéric Perron as president of cable division

telecom | 04/30/2020 5:27 pm EDT

Cogeco Inc. has appointed T-Mobile Polska S.A. chief commercial officer, Frédéric Perron, as the new president of its cable division, Cogeco Connexion, the company announced on Thursday. In a press release Cogeco said Perron, who has more than 20 years managerial experience in both the telecommunication and banking...

On wholesale rates, companies cry foul, but analysts aren’t convinced

telecom | 08/21/2019 5:07 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MPQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron and Shaw Communications Inc. added their voices...

Federal Court grants injunction against GoldTV 

telecom | 08/07/2019 6:51 pm EDT

Federal Court grants injunction against GoldTV OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has granted an interim ban on what the big telecom companies are...

Cogeco revenue up 8.2% on growth in U.S.

Media | 04/14/2016 7:11 pm EDT

Cogeco Communications Inc. reported a $42.1 million, or 8.3 per cent, increase in revenue in its second quarter, which totaled $551.5 million in the three-month period ending Feb.29. It said in a press release Tuesday that was mainly due to 36.9 per cent growth “in the American broadband services segment (previously named American cable services segment) with essentially stable revenue growth in the Canadian broadband services segment,” partly offset by a 3.3 per cent decrease in its business information and communications technology services segment. The...

Cogeco looking to expand in the U.S. cable market: Audet

Media | 01/13/2016 9:48 pm EST

MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. CEO Louis Audet said Wednesday that the company will prioritize its U.S. cable and Internet business over a potential wireless initiative in Canada. Speaking to reporters...