Canada’s telecom industry have spent some $2.16 billion on the 3,800 MHz band of spectrum, according to preliminary results released Thursday by the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED).
Telus Corp. was the biggest spender, shelling out...
Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of Commons was told Tuesday. Those comments came from Bloc Québécois Heritage critic Martin Champoux.
Speaking in French, the MP said Quebecor Inc. subsidiary TVA and BCE...
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
Quebecor Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced its new roaming plan, Roam...
The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should...
Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the...
Stéphanie Paquette has been named as a regional commissioner for Quebec on the CRTC, it was announced Tuesday. She begins her five-year term on Nov. 23.
She comes to the commission from Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, where she led the group responsible for acquisition and distribution of programming. Before that, she spent 11 years at CBC/Radio-Canada as legal counsel. She graduated from the Université de Montréal in law and has nearly 30 years experience in the...
Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl...
MISSISSAUGA, Ont.— The Canadian...
Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group announced Thursday a series of changes to cut down on operating costs, resulting in the elimination of 547 positions or 31 per cent of the company’s current workforce....
Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron will be locking out its unionized workers in Gatineau, Que., the...
The debate over what the future of the wholesale high-speed-access (HSA)...
BCE Inc. filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal for leave to...
Both BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. have reacted to the CRTC’s decision that Bell Mobility's offer on...
APTN says its proposal to shift the terms of its licence will be good for...
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have joined together to spend $2.6 million on internet infrastructure, it was announced Tuesday. The action will bring high-speed broadband to more than 400 households in rural communities.
Most of the $2.23 million will be...
The CRTC denied an application brought forward by TekSavvy Solutions Inc....
The CRTC denied Quebecor Inc.’s request for...
BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...
The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...
The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The matter was instigated by a filing from Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Group.
The commission is removing the limit of 12 minutes of advertising per hour but is keeping the...
The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station...
The Quebec Court of Appeal has denied an application for leave to appeal...
Rogers Communications Inc. has rolled out its 5G wireless service on some stations on the Toronto Transit...
BCE Inc. has announced it is closing its Vrak Channel and is laying the blame squarely at the feet of...
Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl...
The CRTC has denied a request from Rogers Communications Inc. to delete the...
Battles over money and how to allocate it are at the forefront as the CRTC...
Canadian public broadcasting advocacy group...
By John Lawford, executive eirector and general counsel of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre
I wish to address the recent opinion piece in The Wire Report from Robert...
Rogers Communications Inc. will be reviewing the impact of the CRTC’s...
Industry analysts said it is no surprise that the CRTC selected Quebecor...
Telecoms and other stakeholders have had their say on proposed changes to...
Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal to change...
The Federal Court has issued a site-blocking order against several alleged unauthorized MLB live streams, continuing its crackdown on online piracy.
The court order,...
The public broadcasting advocacy group Friends...
By Robert Ghiz, president and CEO, Canadian...
Major telecommunications service providers were...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that...
BCE Inc. told the CRTC that it is prepared to allow Rogers Communications...
Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to mandate Telus Corp., BCE...
The Forum for Research and Policy in...
The CRTC is seeking comments on whether it should consolidate several...
Other 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 response to the passage of the Online News Act.
Last week, the federal government announced it was halting all advertising on the platforms. Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. made similar announcements at the same time.
Since then, the government of Quebec and several cities...
The federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...
BCE Inc.’s takeover of MTS six years ago has not proved beneficial to the prairie province, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued For Whom the Bell Tolls: The...
The CRTC has now received reply comments in its ongoing proceeding into how to implement the Online Streaming Act. As with the original interventions, proposals vary depending on the group submitting...
As the advertising recession maintains its grip on Corus Entertainment Inc.’s revenue stream, the company said it will continue leaning into its Canadian and unscripted...
The CRTC rejected a request by BCE Inc. to expeditiously rule on whether it should prohibit Rogers Communications Inc. from providing access to its customers on the Toronto...
BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...
Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to amend the conditions of...
Quebecor Inc. has reversed itself and will not be suspending TVA’s newscasts in Quebec City on weekends...
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...
Rogers Communications Inc. says giving BCE Inc....
Quebecor Media Inc. is asking the CRTC to remove some of the conditions of...
BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to prohibit Rogers...
Several trade unions representing Canadian media...
Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s wholesale HSA framework, including its consideration to mandate temporary aggregated access to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) facilities.
Interventions from BCE Inc., Telus Corp., Saskatchewan...
Quebecor Inc. has won a copyright infringement case against a trio of...
In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has...
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has dismissed an attempt by BCE Inc.,...
OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...
The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) rates to prevent situations where providers offer prices significantly below approved wholesale rates, according to Quebecor Inc.’s CEO.
Pierre Karl Péladeau made the comments Thursday...
On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that...
Rogers Communications Inc.'s announcement to extend cell service to Toronto’s entire subway system is getting universal praise from experts, activists and elected officials – but they want to see...
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...
Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...
After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...
On the same day the Innovation Minister...
The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...
OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is permitting the transfer of Freedom Mobile licences from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor...
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
The CRTC won’t force Quebecor Inc. into final...
A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied...
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service quality metrics got a smooth ride in the House of Commons industry committee on Monday. MPs from all parties backed the bill and all the witnesses who appeared before the panel spoke in favour of the...
Days before the CRTC announced that it would open...
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
BCE Inc. is implementing a temporary embargo for next-generation 911 (NG911) onboarding and go-live...
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements...
Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...
Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement (OTA) that its hopeful future owner Rogers Communications Inc. has agreed to enter into with Quebecor...
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
The CRTC has denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit...
For the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
In its first notable broadcasting decision under...
Rogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital markets in order to close its deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc., according to Rogers' chief...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has...
The three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian...
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...
Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell said Tuesday his agency will not take the fight against the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. to the Supreme Court. The...
Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...
Is last week's Part 1 application from TekSavvy Solutions Inc. a last minute, Hail Mary pass attempt at blocking the all-but assured blockbuster merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...
The CRTC is starting a fresh chapter with new chair Vicky Eatrides who will be making it her top priority to modernize the commission’s internet framework as it has not...