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Supreme Court grants Iristel leave to appeal
telecom | 03/20/2023 6:31 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Iristel Inc.’s appeal over millions of dollars in denied tax credits the company wants restored.
Last Thursday the SCC accepted Iristel’s application for leave to appeal over audits by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that is costing the company ten of millions,
The appeal will be heard alongside another dispute involving the agency and Dow Chemical Canada ULC, the court said in its news release.
Irsitel’s...
On outages, Rogers exec calls for ‘regulatory humility’ at CRTC
telecom | 11/23/2022 2:37 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to CRTC chair Ian Scott's Monday announcement of the regulator's upcoming proceeding on network outages, Rogers Communications Inc.’s chief regulatory officer Ted Woodhead said that the CRTC needed to demonstrate "regulatory humility."
The executive spoke Tuesday at a “regulatory blockbuster” panel for 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit. ...
Appeal court strikes Iristel application for judicial review on tax audit
telecom | 06/06/2022 5:16 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has sided with the attorney general of Canada...
Iristel petitions cabinet to overturn CRTC traffic simulation findings
telecom | 05/02/2022 4:47 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. filed a petition to the governor in council to vary a decision...
CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision
telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT
The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...
Court rejects Iristel attempt to overturn CRTC decision in traffic stimulation case
telecom | 03/08/2022 4:06 pm EST
The Federal Court of Appeal rejected an application by Iristel Inc. to...
Appeal court dismisses Iristel application to release $21.85m in tax refunds
telecom | 03/03/2022 5:09 pm EST
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Iristel Inc. to appeal a decision by the Federal Court which rejected its motion to release $21.85 million in tax...
Telus, TLN, have a business dispute, not an actionable complaint: CRTC
telecom | 02/11/2022 2:41 pm EST
On Friday the CRTC dismissed a complaint by Telus Corp. against TLN Media...
Telus, Iristel, say administrative monetary penalties don’t apply in 867 dispute
telecom | 01/24/2022 7:05 pm EST
The CRTC cannot impose fines on either Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. after...
CRTC should not fine Telus, Iristel, for traffic stimulation violations: PIAC
telecom | 01/19/2022 5:00 pm EST
A national non-profit consumer advocacy group is asking the CRTC not to fine Iristel Inc. and Telus Communications Inc. administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) for having...
Canada avoids American confusion of 5G impact on airports
telecom | 01/05/2022 4:29 pm EST
Early consultations on regulations to 5G rollout affecting air traffic...
Iristel takes CRTC traffic stimulation decision to Federal Court of Appeal
telecom | 01/05/2022 2:59 pm EST
While it is asking the CRTC for guidelines on how to comply with a recent...
867 traffic stimulation fight now focuses on conference calling
telecom | 01/04/2022 5:05 pm EST
Iristel Inc. has asked for guidance from the CRTC in seeking to comply with...
CRTC upholds decision in Telus-Iristel 867 traffic stimulation case, resumes fine consultation
telecom | 12/01/2021 6:39 pm EST
The CRTC has rejected a pair of review and vary...
Bell says no evidence spectrum will go unused without deployment reqs, supports contiguous holding
telecom | 11/18/2021 5:38 pm EST
The telecoms companies that supported Innovation,...
Bell, SaskTel, not buying ISED proposal to reintroduce deployment requirements for cellular bands
telecom | 10/20/2021 12:04 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. are not in favour of a proposal from Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) to adopt its 20-year 3500...
Iristel to launch low-cost portability service
telecom | 06/14/2021 5:09 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is launching a service that will allow Canadian phone numbers to be paired with less expensive plans offered by U.S. telecom companies. On Monday the company announced its $6 per month "Mobifi" service, which it...
CRTC denies Iristel request for caller location ID manipulation to be outlawed
telecom | 05/06/2021 4:57 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied an order requested by Iristel Inc. after it found that...
UPDATED – CRTC rejects broad MVNO model, will mandate limited access for regional players
telecom | 04/15/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...
Iristel wants court order blocking CRA from offsetting tax returns
telecom | 03/12/2021 6:03 pm EST
Iristel Inc. is once again elevating its fight with the Canada Revenue...
Court allows Iristel application for judicial review into wage subsidy denial to stand
telecom | 03/08/2021 6:38 pm EST
A federal court has dismissed the Canada Revenue Agency’s efforts to extinguish an application for judicial review from Iristel Inc. which claims the CRA improperly withheld...
Court orders CRA to turn tax audit docs over to Iristel
telecom | 02/17/2021 5:31 pm EST
A federal court has ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to hand over to Iristel Inc. "all materials" in its possession related to the tax authority's decision not to release tens of millions of dollars worth of tax returns to the company. In an order released Monday, the court agreed with Iristel's September filing for the...
Govt. to fight court order allowing Iristel’s judicial review to stand
telecom | 02/02/2021 5:05 pm EST
The government has signalled that it will file a motion to overturn last month's ruling from a federal judge which allowed Iristel Inc.'s judicial review into the conduct of the Canada Revenue Agency...
Court allows Iristel judicial review against CRA to stand in tax fight
telecom | 01/22/2021 3:58 pm EST
A Federal Court judge has rejected a request from the government to throw out an application for judicial review from Iristel Inc., in which the company sought a review of the Canada Revenue...
Telus RnV in 867 traffic stimulation ruling should be dismissed: Iristel
telecom | 12/17/2020 4:48 pm EST
Telus Inc.'s request for the CRTC to review its decision that the company "unjustly discriminated" against Iristel Inc. should be thrown out and the original ruling upheld, Iristel has told the...
ISED proposal to displace spectrum for fixed wireless divides ISPs
telecom | 12/11/2020 11:37 am EST
A pair of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada proposals on changes to midband spectrum allocation that would affect fixed wireless service has drawn a mixed response from telecoms....
Regulatory delays a slow-moving incumbent tantrum: CNOC
telecom | 11/19/2020 1:53 pm EST
On the heels of the incumbent appeal of a Federal Court of Appeal decision...
CRTC adjourns consult on Iristel, Telus fines
telecom | 09/11/2020 4:54 pm EDT
The CRTC is putting on hold its proceeding on whether it should fine Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. up to $1.25 million over a fight involving traffic stimulation. The regulator had proposed enforcing a financial penalty of...
Iristel fights traffic stimulation finding, proposed $1.25M fine
telecom | 09/08/2020 4:51 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. says the CRTC wrongly determined it was stimulating traffic to...
Rogers denies Iristel’s caller ID manipulation complaint
telecom | 09/03/2020 5:43 pm EDT
Iristel Inc.'s complaint to the CRTC that it thought Rogers Communications Inc. might have been involved in a scheme where some Canadian customers have had their caller ID tweaked to make it seem like calls are originating from the U.S., are "false and utterly without foundation," Rogers says. In an Aug. 31 reply to the regulator, Rogers wrote that it "has been involved in no such arrangement. Furthermore, it has not altered the caller ID on a single call destined for Iristel's network, and it has not asked any other carrier to do so." Iristel had alleged in a July 29 Part 1...
CRA withholding wage subsidy from Iristel: court filing
telecom | 08/31/2020 5:06 pm EDT
Iristel Inc.'s ongoing fight with the Canada Revenue Agency has become yet more complicated, as the company filed a new application for judicial review Friday, alleging that the CRA improperly...
CRTC proposes fines for Iristel, Telus over ‘self-serving’ conduct
telecom | 08/14/2020 3:24 pm EDT
The CRTC has proposed enforcing a financial penalty of between $750,000 and...
Iristel’s case against CRA an ‘attack’ on tax assessment, AG’s office says
telecom | 08/12/2020 5:20 pm EDT
Iristel Inc.'s application for judicial review of the conduct of the Canadian Revenue Authority (CRA) during an audit of the telecom company's finances is an "attack" on the outcome of a tax assessment and circumvents the "comprehensive system of objections and appeals" that already exist within the...
Iristel calls for caller ID manipulation to be outlawed
telecom | 08/04/2020 6:20 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. has asked the CRTC to issue an order explicitly prohibiting...
Questions remain about Huawei gear as Bell, Telus pick Ericsson, Nokia
telecom | 06/02/2020 6:03 pm EDT
On Tuesday, BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. announced new partnerships with Ericsson AB and Nokia Corp. on 5G network rollouts, but what that means for their existing 4G network...
After seeing Bell’s AI call-blocking methodology, ISCC still unhappy
telecom | 03/04/2020 5:26 pm EST
The Canadian chapter of the Internet Society is not satisfied with what it...
Incumbents, small telecoms pan Competition Bureau MVNO proposal
telecom | 01/14/2020 5:54 pm EST
Telecom providers both big and small have unanimously rejected a...
Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to critics
telecom | 10/28/2019 5:11 pm EDT
BCE Inc. says it is willing to share information with critics of its plan...
Any gov’t ban unlikely to affect Huawei partnership: Iristel
telecom | 07/22/2019 6:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA — With the federal government’s decision on whether to ban...
CRTC denies Iristel complaint about Bell rate increases
telecom | 07/10/2019 4:37 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. hasn’t provided enough evidence in a dispute with BCE Inc. to compel the CRTC to re-regulate some transport services, the commission said Wednesday. Iristel had asked the CRTC to...
$10 fees on customer service tasks don’t violate Wireless Code: Bell, Telus
telecom | 05/03/2019 5:27 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., and Shaw Communications Inc. have responded to the CRTC’s questions about $10 fees they charge for some customer service tasks. Telecom...
Ontario court presses pause on Iristel-Telus case
telecom | 04/25/2019 2:36 pm EDT
The Ontario Superior Court has put a lawsuit launched by Iristel Inc. against Telus Corp. on hold while the CRTC settles a related dispute. The court granted a temporary stay in a decision Monday, stating that “the court has...
Small telecoms call for more forceful language in policy direction
telecom | 04/16/2019 6:19 pm EDT
The CRTC’s new, consumer-focused policy direction doesn’t go far...
Bell opts out of 600 MHz, Rogers nabs 52 licenses for $1.7B
telecom | 04/10/2019 5:30 pm EDT
BCE Inc. was among three prospective applicants who didn’t grab licenses for the coveted 600 MHz spectrum, widely considered to be the last chance to get valuable low-band frequencies. The results of the auction were released late Wednesday afternoon. Among the winners were Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., Shaw Communications Inc., Quebecor Inc., Xplornet Communications Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp., Iristel Inc., TBayTel Inc., and Bragg Communications Inc. Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said in a phone interview he was “very happy with the outcome,...
CRTC to ‘let market forces operate’ in Bell-Iristel rate dispute
telecom | 03/21/2019 6:01 pm EDT
BCE Inc. doesn’t have to implement a freeze on rates it charges Iristel Inc. while the CRTC decides how to settle a dispute between the two regarding the rates, the regulator said Thursday.
In...
MVNO access proposal ‘burst of oxygen’ to some potential entrants
telecom | 03/04/2019 3:21 pm EST
As the CRTC signals it’s ready to make an about-face on its approach to...
Don’t mandate text message warning for emergency alerts: telecoms
telecom | 02/08/2019 3:29 pm EST
The majority of Canadian wireless providers who weighed in on a proposal to...
Iristel getting into cybersecurity
Media | 01/18/2019 1:08 pm EST
Iristel Inc. is becoming a provider of cybersecurity services, the company said in a press release...
Forbearance means CRTC has no place in rate dispute: Bell
telecom | 01/10/2019 5:31 pm EST
The CRTC has no jurisdiction to determine the outcome of a disagreement over the rates BCE Inc. charges Iristel Inc. for wholesale access, because it chose to forebear from regulating legacy services, Bell is arguing. Iristel filed a complaint with the regulator in December, saying that Bell put in place “massive and unprecedented rate increases” covering circuits used for voice legacy transport services. In its reply filed Wednesday, Bell said the CRTC doesn’t have the authority to fulfill Iristel’s request for interim relief, which is to order Bell to keep the old rates in...
Iristel complains to CRTC about Bell rate increases
telecom | 01/04/2019 12:44 pm EST
Iristel Inc. says BCE Inc. has put in place “massive and unprecedented rate increases” for access to some of its infrastructure and is asking the CRTC to intervene. According to a Part 1 application filed with the CRTC in...
Top telecom and media stories to watch for in 2019
Media | 12/21/2018 5:46 pm EST
As the new year begins, the months ahead promise a new spectrum auction, new CRTC announcements on...
Cogeco won’t be among bidders for 600 MHz spectrum
telecom | 12/06/2018 6:29 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. isn’t among the list of participants in the 600 MHz auction, released by Innovation Canada...
CRTC issues interim resolution in Iristel, Telus fight
telecom | 11/23/2018 4:46 pm EST
The CRTC ordered Friday both Telus Corp. and Iristel Inc. to make interim...
Iristel sues Telus for $135M in unpaid call services
telecom | 10/18/2018 6:29 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is suing Telus Corp. for $135 million in withheld payments it said is owed to the company for terminating Telus’ customer calls, escalating tensions between the two in an ongoing fight over alleged traffic...
Allow ISPs to access inside wire — for a fee: CNOC
telecom | 10/17/2018 4:05 pm EDT
The CRTC should set up a regime to allow internet service providers to use...
Iristel buys wireless operator specializing in remote areas
telecom | 10/12/2018 2:06 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. has acquired Télécommunications de l’Est (TDE), a small Quebec telecom that provides service to industries operating in remote areas with limited cellular service, such as forestry...
Rogers claims Iristel inflated its call traffic by over 295%
telecom | 09/12/2018 3:41 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is backing Telus Corp. in its traffic...
CRTC combines Telus, Iristel applications
telecom | 08/21/2018 5:26 pm EDT
The CRTC have merged two Part 1 applications filed by Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. earlier this month into one proceeding.
“Commission staff is of the view that the issues raised in these two applications are interrelated,” it said in a letter Monday.
Telus is...
Traffic stimulation in front of CRTC again with Iristel, Telus fight
telecom | 08/08/2018 5:22 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. are sparring in a pair of Part 1 applications...
Iristel suing Rogers for nearly $150M in traffic agreement dispute
telecom | 06/11/2018 5:30 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is suing Rogers Communications Inc. to the tune of nearly $150...
Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs
Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT
TORONTO — If there was a single point of agreement among panelists representing both small and big...
Ice Wireless hooking up remote Quebec communities with cell service
telecom | 05/29/2018 5:56 pm EDT
Ice Wireless, a subsidiary of Iristel Inc., is partnering with a regional...
Iristel to launch wireless service in parts of Ont., Que.
telecom | 05/28/2018 4:39 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. has acquired a small wireless provider with spectrum in eastern Quebec and northern Ontario and plans to launch wireless service in those areas next month, the company said Monday. I-Mobileca Inc. currently offers wireless data for machine-to-machine communications, and holds spectrum licences that allow it to provide LTE and GSM wireless services in Kirkland Lake, Ont. and in Quebec, in the regions of lower Saint-Lawrence, Gaspésie, North Shore and certain areas of Beauce, the release outlined. The spectrum covers a population area of 535,000 people, it said. The spectrum...
Cogeco picks up 2300 MHz, 2500 MHz spectrum
telecom | 05/22/2018 6:18 pm EDT
Innovation Canada (ISED) released the results of its 2018 residual spectrum auction Friday, with Cogeco Inc. ending up as the big spender. The Montreal-based telecom picked up seven paired and 16 unpaired licenses in the 2300...
TNW pushing ahead with Part 1 despite WiFi MVNO decision
telecom | 03/28/2018 1:19 pm EDT
TNW Wireless Inc. is still hopeful the CRTC will rule in its favour in a...
Low-cost data plans ‘superior alternative’ to WiFi-first MVNOs: Scott
telecom | 03/22/2018 4:23 pm EDT
Having facilities-based carriers offer low-cost data-only plans is a better way to fulfill the government’s goals of more affordable wireless options for consumers than mandating roaming access by...
CRTC calls out Iristel, but says no new regs in traffic stimulation case
telecom | 12/20/2017 5:40 pm EST
In separate decisions on Wednesday, the CRTC ordered Iristel Inc. to cease...
Telus joins Rogers in Wireless Code extension ask
telecom | 11/20/2017 6:12 pm EST
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
Small providers, incumbents clash over WiFi-based MVNOs
telecom | 09/12/2017 5:54 pm EDT
Mandating wholesale roaming access to Wi-Fi-based mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) will encourage innovation and competition by providing...
High interim tariffs, logistics still mire disaggregated system
telecom | 08/31/2017 5:13 pm EDT
The CRTC's goal of fuelling wireline competition by jumpstarting the...
No merit to TNW’s roaming request, telecoms say
telecom | 08/10/2017 2:17 pm EDT
Most of Canada’s major wireless providers were of the same mind on an application by TNW Wireless...
Freedom cites ‘suspicious patterns’ in Iristel traffic pumping case
telecom | 08/02/2017 4:00 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile says that its decision not to pay some traffic termination charges to Iristel Inc. is based on “suspicious patterns”...
U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission row
Media | 07/21/2017 2:52 pm EDT
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals...
CRTC consulting on MVNO rules
telecom | 07/21/2017 11:07 am EDT
The CRTC has launched a consultation on changing its wholesale wireless roaming rules, following a call...
Give four days’ notice before service disconnection, CRTC says
telecom | 07/06/2017 3:31 pm EDT
Telecommunications service providers must give customers a heads up of at least four business days before disconnecting or suspending a service to end users or another service provider, the CRTC said...
Iristel brings another traffic pumping dispute to CRTC
telecom | 07/04/2017 5:49 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile is refusing to pay Iristel Inc. for some services in a move that relates to an ongoing proceeding in front of the CRTC over traffic stimulation, Iristel...
TNW Wireless files Part 1 over roaming agreements
telecom | 07/04/2017 3:54 pm EDT
A Northern mobile wireless provider is asking the CRTC to compel a pair of incumbents to strike roaming agreements with it, arguing that its proposed national Wi-Fi based service is substantially different from one kiboshed by the regulator earlier this year.
TNW Wireless...
Incumbents defend wireless prices after Bains criticism
telecom | 06/06/2017 7:59 pm EDT
TORONTO — Representatives from the big three were on the defense a day...
Bains tells CRTC to reconsider MVNO rules
telecom | 06/05/2017 1:51 pm EDT
TORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is directing the CRTC to reconsider a March decision in...
Ice Wireless offering unlimited data, roaming plans
telecom | 03/29/2017 5:35 pm EDT
Iristel Inc.’s Ice Wireless is now selling plans with unlimited data and roaming in the United States and Mexico, the company said in a press release Wednesday. The plans “include unlimited calls, texts and...
Kepler and Iristel partner on IoT devices
telecom | 03/22/2017 8:20 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is partnering with satellite company Kepler Communications Inc. to help Internet of Things (IoT) devices seamlessly connect between cellular networks on the ground and satellites in the sky. The...
Iristel asks CRTC to deny Northwestel’s review-and-vary
Media | 03/14/2017 8:09 pm EDT
The arguments made by BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel in its request to the CRTC to review and vary a decision setting rates for Northwestel’s Wholesale Connect service have already...
Proposal would give Bell ‘significant and asymmetric powers’: small ISPs
telecom | 03/06/2017 8:59 pm EST
The CRTC should deny a proposal by BCE Inc. for a new regime governing traffic pumping that would allow telecoms to unilaterally put in place penalties that “inflict substantial...
CRTC rules against Sugar Mobile in roaming dispute with Rogers
telecom | 03/01/2017 9:21 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. doesn’t have to provide roaming services to Iristel Inc.’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Sugar Mobile, the CRTC said Wednesday in a...
Iristel to launch VoLTE
telecom | 02/22/2017 9:27 pm EST
Iristel Inc. plans to launch Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service in about two months, Iristel president Samer Bishay said in an email. The company will use technology from software company Metaswitch Networks Ltd., Metaswitch said in a press release Wednesday. “The Ice Wireless...
Iristel, EBox, DHX among new lobby registrations
Media | 02/21/2017 9:54 pm EST
The start of the new year was marked by new registrations for new and not-so-new companies and groups in the federal lobbyists’ registry. Iristel Inc. registered to lobby the federal government as of Jan. 13 with consultant Eric Rothschild, who, according to the registry filing “will discuss with CRTC staff & Commissioners and staff at Innovation, Science and Economic Development potential funding available for telecommunications infrastructure.” Rothschild will also be speaking to the CRTC about “telecommunications services and policy...
Bell asks CRTC for ‘holistic’ rules on traffic pumping
telecom | 02/01/2017 9:14 pm EST
BCE Inc. wants the CRTC to implement new rules governing traffic pumping, which would put the onus on any telecom accused of artificially inflating traffic to prove they’re not engaged in...
Look beyond incumbents with new $750M fund, Iristel tells CRTC
telecom | 01/03/2017 6:47 pm EST
Iristel Inc. is asking the CRTC to “go beyond the ‘same old players’ to companies committed to competition and enhanced services for Canadians” when it comes to providing...
Investel to launch national Wi-Fi based wireless service
telecom | 12/14/2016 10:34 pm EST
Investel Capital Corp.’s TNW Networks Corp. (TNW) will soon start deploying a Wi-Fi-based mobile technology as part of a nationally available wireless service that the company is claiming will be...
Iristel says traffic stimulation accusation “rests on false speculation”
telecom | 12/13/2016 10:09 pm EST
Iristel Inc. has responded to a Part 1 application by Rogers Communications Inc. accusing it of “traffic stimulation,” stating that “the entire factual basis for...
Iristel buys two small telecoms
telecom | 11/22/2016 10:28 pm EST
Iristel Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired two small telecoms, Toronto’s Trutel Inc. and Montreal’s Exelia Inc. "Our culture is not one filled with 'old phone guys' and neither is Trutel's or Exelia's. These two companies are strong strategic fits," Iristel president Samer Bishay said in the release. The release added that Trutel president Frank Auciello would join Iristel as vice-president of networks and infrastructure, while Exelia co-founder Dimitri Stathis would become vice-president of enterprise strategy and operations and co-founder Harry Villeneuve would become vice-president of enterprise sales. ...
Iristel files complaint over Eastlink’s competition refusal
telecom | 11/22/2016 10:24 pm EST
Iristel Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC over what it says is a “refusal” of Bragg Communication Inc.’s Eastlink to “implement local competition”...
Rogers accuses Iristel of ‘traffic stimulation’
telecom | 11/22/2016 9:39 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. is turning to the CRTC in another dispute with Iristel Inc., which it’s accusing of deliberately driving up the volume of phone calls to the Northwest Territories in order to benefit from...
CRTC doesn’t need disconnection heads up, interveners say
telecom | 09/26/2016 7:09 pm EDT
New regulations that would require telecom companies to tell the CRTC if they’re going to disconnect another company from their network are unnecessary, according to the majority of interveners who submitted feedback to the CRTC’s call for comments on disconnection practices. Most contracts between carriers or...
Ice Wireless boosting northern LTE network
telecom | 08/23/2016 9:01 pm EDT
Ice Wireless, a subsidiary of Iristel Inc., said it is rolling out a HSPA/LTE network in 14 northern Quebec communities. A Tuesday press release from Tecore Networks, which supplies mobile network infrastructure,...
CRTC consulting on disconnection practices
telecom | 08/18/2016 8:41 pm EDT
The CRTC is requesting comment on whether regulatory measures are required to prevent service interruptions after a dispute between two telecommunications providers in January. In a notice of consultation posted to its...
Ice Wireless can continue to roam until final decision
telecom | 07/07/2016 4:43 pm EDT
Sugar Mobile, an affiliate of Iristel Inc.-subsidiary Ice Wireless, can continue roaming on Rogers Communications Inc.’s network while the CRTC considers its final decision in a...
Wireless providers obligated to meet 911 standard: CRTC
telecom | 06/20/2016 9:09 pm EDT
All wireless service providers must provide the same basic level of 911 service, the CRTC said Monday. In a policy decision posted to its website, the regulator set out new rules stating that...
CRTC considers regulations after lost telephone service case
telecom | 06/08/2016 6:00 pm EDT
The CRTC said it might consider preventative regulations after a dispute involving two phone service providers resulted in lost telephone service for 27,000 Canadian phone number holders. On Jan. 15,...
What does the future hold for WiFi calling?
telecom | 05/20/2016 6:47 pm EDT
Despite the fact that large wireless carriers have been offering WiFi calling for months, the emergence of WiFi calling provider Sugar Mobile, and hinted-at-plans by Shaw Communications Inc. to integrate Wind with its WiFi network, experts say the technology is unlikely to take centre stage in the Canadian wireless market. Small companies wanting to sell WiFi calling face both the cost of roaming and the challenge of dealing with companies that may be unwilling to sell that roaming in the first place — as seen in the Sugar Mobile dispute currently in front of the CRTC —...