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Cogeco’s American operations boost bottom line in Q1 results

| 01/15/2026 7:04 pm EST

Cogeco continues push towards wireless service in Canada with two network access dealsThe CEO of Cogeco Communications Inc. is excited by the returns from American operations as the company released its first quarter results on Thursday, Jan. 15. The Quebec-based firm has operations on both sides of the border. Frédéric Perron was cheerful as he...

Cogeco challenges CRTC decision on Quebecor’s Montreal radio deal in Federal Court of Appeal

| 11/28/2025 4:55 pm EST

Cogeco challenges CRTC decision on Quebecor’s Montreal radio deal in Federal Court of AppealCogeco Inc. wants the Federal Court of Appeal to overturn a recent decision by the CRTC that allows content from Quebecor Inc.'s internet radio platform, QUB Radio, to be...

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

UPDATED: CRTC disallows Bell-Cogeco appeal of Quebecor radio deal

| 10/24/2025 2:46 pm EDT

UPDATED: CRTC disallows Bell-Cogeco appeal of Quebecor radio dealThe CRTC has ruled against BCE Inc. and Cogeco Inc. in a Part 1 application...

Bell, Cogeco not worried about FCC reduction in service

Internet and Governance | 10/06/2025 4:43 pm EDT

Bell, Cogeco not worried about FCC reduction in serviceThe shutdown of the American government has forced the Federal Communications Commission to scale back its services but Canadian telecommunications companies with interests in the United States say they are not affected. “We don’t have any major transactions before...

Cogeco announces soft launch of wireless service as Q3 numbers released

Internet and Governance | 07/16/2025 4:50 pm EDT

Cogeco announces soft launch of wireless service as Q3 numbers releasedAs it released the figures for its third quarter of fiscal year 2025,...

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...

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

telecom | 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...

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...

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...

Cogeco Communications reports drops in Canadian profit, revenue for Q2 2025

telecom | 04/10/2025 5:39 pm EDT

Cogeco Communications reports drops in Canadian profit, revenue for Q2 2025Cogeco Communications’ profit for the second quarter of 2025 dropped by 17.5 per cent to almost $79.64 million, the company reported this week, compared to $96.56 million...

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...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

Internet and Governance | 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...

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming months

Internet and Governance | 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...

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

Internet and Governance | 11/14/2024 7:58 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportMultiple telecom companies -- including Rogers, Cogeco, Eastlink, and...

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

Internet and Governance | 10/07/2024 4:51 pm EDT

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportThe CRTC is making moves to lower roaming rates, issuing two separate calls to companies to address the rates paid by Canadians travelling both within the country and abroad....

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...

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...

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...

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

Strong internet growth in Q2, Cogeco reports

telecom | 04/12/2024 9:01 pm EDT

Strong internet growth in Q2, Cogeco reportsCogeco Inc. reported strong internet subscriber growth for the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year, it...

Broadcasters oppose AMI’s proposed mandatory carriage rate increase

Media | 04/10/2024 6:49 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceMajor broadcasters are opposed to Accessible Media Inc.’s (AMI) request...

UPDATED: CRTC orders Cogeco to maintain TekSavvy’s access to facilities

telecom | 04/09/2024 1:15 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCThe CRTC has ordered Cogeco Inc. to maintain TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s...

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...

Neighbourhood Connect escalates dispute with Bethlehem Housing over MDU access

Media | 02/29/2024 4:35 pm EST

Neighbourhood Connect escalates dispute with Bethlehem Housing over MDU accessNeighbourhood Connect (NHC), operating under 2621159 Ontario Inc. DBA Neighbourhood Connect, has lodged an application with the CRTC seeking relief in accessing multi-dwelling...

Reseller market is healthy, incumbents tell CRTC internet hearing

telecom | 02/15/2024 1:39 pm EST

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOTwo large incumbent telecoms told the CRTC that broadband resellers are not...

Cogeco defends infrastructure upgrade amid TekSavvy dispute

telecom | 02/13/2024 4:58 pm EST

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCCogeco Inc. is adamantly defending its right to upgrade infrastructure for...

Cogeco announces acquisition of municipally-owned telecom provider

telecom | 02/05/2024 1:22 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. announced Monday that Cogeco Connexion is acquiring an...

CCTS: Rogers received the most complaints about telecom services last year

telecom | 01/17/2024 11:13 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc. has become Canada’s most complained-about service provider, according to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services’ (CCTS) annual report released on...

Revenue and profit down for Cogeco Q1 as guidance continues

telecom | 01/11/2024 4:42 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Revenue and profits declined at Cogeco  Inc. as the Quebec firm released its first quarter results on Thursday. The company said its guidance issued last November would remain in place. Revenue dropped by 1.9 per cent to $747 million. While Canadian operations were...

TekSavvy challenges Cogeco’s network changes 

telecom | 01/10/2024 4:57 pm EST

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCTekSavvy Solutions Inc. lodged a formal Part 1 complaint with the CRTC against Cogeco Inc., to address...

CRTC advises telecoms it will not meet deadlines for TPIA action

telecom | 12/19/2023 4:47 pm EST

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviewsThe CRTC has told several telecommunications providers it will not be able...

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...

Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC told

Internet and Governance | 11/29/2023 10:48 am EST

Only foreign streamers should be paying contribution, CRTC toldMajor broadcasters think that there should be a flexible contribution...

CTS 2023 regulatory panel react to CRTC mandated FTTP wholesale access

telecom | 11/08/2023 1:10 pm EST

CTS 2023 regulatory panel react to CRTC mandated FTTP wholesale accessUPDATED: CTS regulatory blockbuster react to CRTC FTTP decision...

Competitors oppose incumbents’ stance in second phase of FTTP access review

telecom | 10/19/2023 5:15 pm EDT

Competitors oppose incumbents’ stance in second phase of FTTP access reviewThe debate over what the future of the wholesale high-speed-access (HSA)...

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 collectionsAs the CRTC’s review of its broadband fund continues, many telcos and other stakeholders are struggling to agree on how it can best be improved. In a collection of replies...

Cogeco announces new senior executive

telecom | 09/15/2023 4:26 pm EDT

Cogeco announces new senior executiveCogeco Inc. announced Valéry Zamuner will be taking over as senior vice-president and chief corporate affairs and legal officer, effective this coming Monday. “Zamuner is a seasoned executive with outstanding experience in...

Cogeco appoints Tim Dinesen as CTO

telecom | 09/07/2023 4:50 pm EDT

Cogeco appoints Tim Dinesen as CTOCogeco Inc. is appointing Tim Dinesen, experienced tech executive and telecommunications consultant, as its senior vice president and CTO. According to the company’s Thursday release, he will be taking up the new position at...

No financial justification to increase skinny basic rate from $25 to $28: CRTC

Media | 09/05/2023 3:40 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceThe CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...

Vandals destroy Cogeco equipment in North Bay Ont.

telecom | 07/31/2023 4:45 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. had its fibre network in North Bay Ont, attacked by vandals Friday. The service outage affected only a small number of customers and was restored by day’s end, the telecom reports.  A similar outage occurred last...

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report finds

telecom | 07/14/2023 5:06 pm EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report findsMajor telecommunications service providers were working to restore service to their customers following a tornado that blew through the Ottawa area and into Quebec.  BCE...

Support grows for Meta boycott following News Act blackout

Media | 07/10/2023 2:46 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioOther governments and private sector companies are joining in the boycott of Meta Platforms Inc. after it announced plans to block Canadian news from Facebook and Instagram. Meta’s move came in...

Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told

Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming...

Cogeco 2023 wireless launch debatable: Analyst

telecom | 06/02/2023 3:44 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3It remains unclear if Cogeco Inc. will debut an MVNO offering in its Canadian cable footprint by the end...

Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint 

telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysShaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...

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...

Cogeco announces acquisition of Oxio

telecom | 02/21/2023 5:05 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. announced it is acquiring independent internet service provider (ISP) Oxio. In a Tuesday...

CRTC grants Cogeco five new speed tiers

telecom | 01/09/2023 4:34 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3In a Monday decision, the CRTC approved five new disaggregated Ethernet passive optical network (EPON)/fibre to the home (FTTH) speed tiers for Cogeco Inc. In the same decision, the commission denied Cogeco’s destandardization of its 6 Megabits per second (Mbps) and 40...

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

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

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outageWednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

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: MPThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada has filed an intervention in...

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

telecom | 06/10/2022 4:33 pm EDT

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendmentsRogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the telecom fees regime while incumbent telecoms are happy with the CRTC’s amendments.  The commission initiated the proceeding earlier this year. Under current rules,...

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: MPA consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application...

Cogeco still waiting on MVNO terms and conditions, reports increase in Q2 revenue and profits

Media | 04/14/2022 4:45 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. is preparing its entry into Canada’s mobile wireless market but has no definitive timeframe, as it is still contingent on the approval by the CRTC for the terms...

Little support for CRTC forbearance policy review following Part 1 application

telecom | 04/12/2022 3:53 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is the only...

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

Feds rollout $20 a month internet for low-income families and seniors

telecom | 04/04/2022 1:22 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launchesThe federal government is providing low-income families and seniors with...

CRTC approves Arsenal, Cogeco, radio swap

Media | 03/25/2022 2:42 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3The CRTC approved two separate applications by Cogeco Inc. and Arsenal Media which would essentially see...

Union files for mediation in talks with Cogeco

Media | 03/21/2022 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. has two different labour disputes brewing, according to the union representing two different sets of Cogeco employees.  According to a Monday release from the Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, both the workers for Cogeco Media's 106.9 FM in...

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC

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

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTCThe CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...

Class-action will not shrink despite Videotron arbitration clause, court rules

telecom | 01/31/2022 6:20 pm EST

Class-action will not shrink despite Videotron arbitration clause, court rulesThe Superior Court of Quebec denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s...

Rogers, Quebecor, Cogeco lag behind in pandemic pick up: analyst

telecom | 12/02/2021 5:48 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionOf Canada’s big three telecom companies, Rogers Communications Inc. is the one most affected by the COVID-19 Delta wave and the looming Omicron variant. However, with the Shaw Communications Inc. merger on the horizon, things should be picking up for the incumbent,...

At CRTC, Cogeco cites Rogers opposition to Bell-Astral merger

Media | 11/25/2021 10:05 am EST

At CRTC, Cogeco cites Rogers opposition to Bell-Astral mergerOn the third day of CRTC hearings into the proposed takeover of Shaw...

Cogeco given permission to provide telephony service Lambton, Que.

telecom | 11/16/2021 10:44 am EST

Cogeco given permission to provide telephony service Lambton, Que.The CRTC is permitting Cogeco Connexion Inc. to provide telephony services...

Cogeco’s Jetté concerned about MVNO tariff negotiations

telecom | 11/15/2021 2:59 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3MISSISSAUGA - Even at the earliest stages of the CRTC’s new mobile...

Cogeco expects to enter mobile rate negotiations by spring, summer 2022 earliest

telecom | 11/12/2021 5:02 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc.’s CEO said it is a multi-step process it has to follow before...

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 orderA 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...

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

CRTC approves work on  Cogeco, Columbia Basin, Broadband Fund projects

telecom | 10/22/2021 6:14 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsTwo telecom companies can start work on their Broadband Fund projects now that the commission has approved their plans. In March the CRTC dolled out $57.7 million of its...

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 issues consultation for several broadcasting applications

Media | 10/05/2021 4:06 pm EDT

CRTC issues consultation for several broadcasting applicationsThe CRTC is holding a consultation to determine a series of applications...

CRTC sending Cogeco and Wildbrain to mediation over channel drop dispute

telecom | 08/18/2021 5:03 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsA dispute over Cogeco Inc. dropping children’s television content creator...

CRTC orders some incumbent disclosure to CNOC in disaggregated regime consultation 

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

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale ratesIn a dispute between a trade organization representing wholesale-based internet service providers (ISPs) and facilities-based ISPs over the amount of information the latter...

Cogeco hires Fido VP Nancy Audette 

telecom | 07/26/2021 4:56 pm EDT

Cogeco hires Fido VP Nancy Audette Cogeco Inc. cable subsidiary Cogeco Connexion has signed on Fido Mobile VP Nancy Audette as its own vice...

High spectrum costs could be driven by competition for set aside: analyst

telecom | 07/15/2021 6:32 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.Industry analysts are declining to speculate too much on what caused the...

Cogeco reports rise in Q3 revenue as it eyes a ‘landmark year’ in 2022 

telecom | 07/15/2021 5:58 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. saw a rise in revenue and profit this spring and though CEO...

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

Cogeco getting millions more in high-speed funding

telecom | 06/08/2021 5:53 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc. is getting more than $40 million in funding for high-speed internet projects in Quebec. ...

Incumbents “should be comforted”, Rogers could move first on mandated access: analysts

telecom | 04/16/2021 5:11 pm EDT

Industry analysts are calling Thursday's decision to mandate access to incumbent wireless networks for a limited number of regional wireless competitors a "moderate net...

Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee  

telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT

Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee  On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...

CRTC awards $57 million for transport projects in Que., Ont., and B.C.

telecom | 03/19/2021 3:51 pm EDT

The CRTC is handing out $57.7 million through its Broadband Fund for the construction of thousands of kilometres of network transport infrastructure. The commission announced Friday that seven projects will be getting funding for almost 1,400 kilometres of fibre transport network in northern Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia, targeting 15 rural and remote communities, accounting for some 6,500 households.  Most of the money goes to Kativik Regional Government in Quebec --...