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Tribunal to hear Rogers’ bid to compel documents from Competition Bureau in data plan dispute

| 07/11/2025 5:20 pm EDT

Tribunal to hear Rogers' bid to compel documents from Competition Bureau in data plan disputeRogers Communications Inc. has asked the Competition Tribunal to compel the Canadian Commissioner of Competition to produce additional documents in its dispute over the...

Union alleges Rogers won’t return to bargaining table in Abbotsford, B.C. strike

| 07/10/2025 5:01 pm EDT

Union alleges Rogers won't return to bargaining table in Abbotsford, B.C. strikeThe union representing striking workers at Rogers Communications Inc. in Abbotsford, B.C. is castigating the company for allegedly walking away from the bargaining table. The...

Greater penalties needed for copper theft, telecoms maintain

| 07/09/2025 11:21 pm EDT

Greater penalties needed for copper theft, telecoms maintainThe co-chair of the Canadian telecom network resiliency working group at...

Amazon Prime ‘not anything like’ a BDU, CRTC panel told; union disagrees

| 07/04/2025 3:45 pm EDT

Amazon Prime ‘not anything like’ a BDU, CRTC panel told; union disagreesAmazon.com, Inc. is looking to draw a clear line between how it does...

APTN: From unlikely notion to cross-country broadcaster

| 07/01/2025 9:55 am EDT

APTN: From unlikely notion to cross-country broadcasterIt seemed like a pipe dream when the idea was first broached, but...

Corus posts another quarter of revenue, profit loss; employee costs down 7%

Media | 06/26/2025 6:14 pm EDT

CRTC hears plea from Corus for stronger broadcasting rules as Rogers calls for deregulationCorus Entertainment Inc. reported losses in revenue and profit for the...

Big broadcasters should not dominate over smaller rivals, Eastlink tells CRTC

Media | 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 regional company told the CRTC on Wednesday June 25, as the commission held another day of hearings on...

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...

UPDATED: Rogers workers in Abbotsford, B.C. to strike Thursday

telecom | 06/17/2025 6:22 pm EDT

UPDATED: Rogers workers in Abbotsford, B.C. to strike ThursdayTwenty five employees of Rogers Communications Inc. in Abbotsford, B.C. are...

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...

Rogers expects to close MLSE acquisition in July

telecom | 06/12/2025 10:25 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.The CRTC has reached majority agreement that Rogers Communications Inc. can acquire BCE Inc.’s stake in...

UPDATED: Ztar Mobile seeks urgent CRTC order to stop Rogers service cut

telecom | 06/09/2025 1:22 pm EDT

UPDATED: Ztar Mobile seeks urgent CRTC order to stop Rogers service cutA reseller offering prepaid mobile services for retailers such as 7-Eleven...

Rogers gets league approvals to buy Bell’s stake in MLSE

telecom | 06/04/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.Rogers Communications Inc. revealed Wednesday, June 4 that it has received...

Appeals court dismisses Rogers’ challenge against CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates

telecom | 05/29/2025 6:04 pm EDT

Rogers and QuebecorThe Federal Court of Appeal threw out Rogers Communications Inc.’s attempt to overturn a CRTC decision which chose Quebecor Inc.’s wholesale access rates over its own...

Changing CanCon rules might benefit from broader consultation, CRTC panel told

telecom | 05/27/2025 6:40 pm EDT

Changing CanCon rules might benefit from broader consultation, CRTC panel toldA media company appearing at the last day of a CRTC hearing on redefining...

Rogers dismisses Bell’s channel packaging complaint as ‘trivial,’ ‘gamesmanship’

Media | 05/27/2025 5:51 pm EDT

Rogers dismisses Bell’s channel packaging complaint as ‘trivial,’ ‘gamesmanship’Rogers Communications Inc. is urging the CRTC to...

Telecoms want CRTC to review wireline voice service regulations

telecom | 05/15/2025 5:12 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsSeveral telecoms are asking the CRTC to launch a proceeding looking at how...

Telus CFO says execs meeting with potential tower infrastructure stakeholders in next couple weeks

telecom | 05/14/2025 5:07 pm EDT

Telus logo The Wire ReportTelus Corp. CFO Doug French said Wednesday, May 14 that he is meeting with a short list of parties interested in buying a minority stake in the telecom’s wireless tower...

CRTC confirms ILECs must offer small cell pole access to competitors

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

CRTC confirms ILECs must offer small cell pole access to competitorsIn a Wednesday, May 14 ruling, the CRTC told incumbent telephone companies...

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...

Bell creates U.S. fibre firm, cuts dividend in first quarter report

telecom | 05/08/2025 5:52 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEOBCE Inc. has entered into a partnership with the Public Sector Pension...

Former Rogers CEO Joe Natale looking to join Shopify board

telecom | 04/30/2025 5:27 pm EDT

Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama Former Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale will seek election to...

Bell accuses Rogers of undue preference over Shaw Direct channel placements

telecom | 04/25/2025 6:52 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsBCE Inc. is joining the roster of companies which have filed undue preference claims against Rogers Communications Inc. in recent weeks. Bell’s application, dated Feb. 14...

Rogers saga goes from the page to the stage in December debut

telecom | 04/22/2025 4:02 am EDT

Rogers saga goes from the page to the stage in December debutThe battle for control of the Rogers Communications Inc. empire was...

Rogers disputes OUTtv’s undue preference arguments, says it wants to negotiate

Media | 04/16/2025 4:48 pm EDT

OUTtvRogers Communications Inc. has responded to a Part 1 application filed with...

ITPA wants CRTC to lighten regulations on small incumbent phone companies

Media | 04/14/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association is asking the CRTC...

Videotron suing Rogers for $91M over Freedom Mobile sale contract

Media | 04/10/2025 3:32 pm EDT

Rogers and QuebecorQuebecor Inc.’s Videotron is accusing Rogers Communications Inc. of...

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld’s Tonya Williams is a powerhouse

Media | 04/07/2025 4:59 pm EDT

From teenage actor to industry bigwig, Reelworld's Tonya Williams is a powerhouseWhen Tonya Williams was a teenager in Toronto, she started making commercials and appearing in minor roles in television shows and films; she had a stunning revelation....

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline service

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

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline serviceThe agency responsible for administering the 988 mental health helpline...

Rogers holds onto NHL broadcast rights for another 12 years

Media | 04/02/2025 10:50 am EDT

Rogers holds onto NHL broadcast rights for another 12 yearsRogers Communications Inc. has come to an agreement with the National...

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNAC

Media | 03/31/2025 4:31 pm EDT

CRTC grants telecoms exemption from wireless and SMS fees for CNACThe CRTC has decided that wireless data and short message service (SMS)...

Telus confirms plan to sell minority stake in wireless tower network

Media | 03/27/2025 10:39 am EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report findsTelus Corp. is planning to sell a minority stake in wireless tower...

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company argues

Media | 03/25/2025 5:38 pm EDT

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company arguesStarlink parent Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) says it would...

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rules

Media | 03/20/2025 5:53 pm EDT

Broadcasters differ on usefulness of CRTC’s undue preference, standstill rulesRogers Communications Inc. and its fellow broadcasters in the Canadian...

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcasters

Media | 03/18/2025 3:31 pm EDT

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcastersWith a trade war launched against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

After months of dispute, Rogers & Corus take fight over channel placements, repackaging to Federal Court of Appeal

Media | 03/14/2025 2:04 pm EDT

After months of dispute, Rogers & Corus take fight over channel placements, repackaging to Federal Court of AppealCanada’s Federal Court of Appeal will hear Rogers Communications Inc.’s arguments in its fight with Corus Entertainment Inc., one that has spanned arguments to the CRTC...

Bell, Telus wholesale rates for pole access in certain provinces now interim rates 

Media | 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...

Cogeco CEO open to eventual expansion of business, heralds AI use

Media | 03/06/2025 6:25 pm EST

Cogeco CEO open to eventual expansion of business, heralds AI useCogeco Communications Inc. may be a smaller player in the Canadian...

Wholesale internet rates must be the same coast to coast: Peladeau

Media | 02/28/2025 11:56 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearingsWhile the CRTC’s recent decision to expand the wholesale fibre access...

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raises

Media | 02/27/2025 11:46 am EST

Projected salary increases for telecom employees down as Canadian companies cautious on pay raisesA survey by consulting firm Normandin Beaudry has found that Canadian companies in general are exercising caution when it comes to increasing compensation to their employees....

BDUs fight back against OUTtv must-carry proposal

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

OUTtvCanada’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...

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobs

Media | 02/21/2025 4:09 pm EST

Rogers laying off customer service workers; Corus cutting Global News staff, radio jobsRogers Communications Inc. is laying off a number...

Government releases framework on expanding wireless service by satellite

Media | 02/21/2025 3:15 pm EST

ISED hears further efforts needed in consultation on Indigenous Priority Window for spectrumThe federal government has released a decision on enabling mobile phone...

Rogers fights back in dispute with Competition Bureau over ‘Infinite’ data plans

Media | 02/06/2025 6:03 pm EST

Rogers fights back in dispute with Competition Bureau over ‘Infinite’ data plansIn response to a suit filed by Canada’s Competition Bureau with the...

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decision

Media | 02/04/2025 4:28 pm EST

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decisionRogers Communications Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking the commission to review and vary its decision on access tariffs for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). The original decision was issued by the regulator last fall. The 2024 decision...

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access review

telecom | 01/29/2025 4:57 pm EST

Alberta, B.C. ministers calls on federal government to halt high-speed access reviewTwo provincial cabinet ministers are calling on the federal cabinet to halt the review of the CRTC’s interim decision on wholesale high-speed access.  Last November,...

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

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcasters

telecom | 01/21/2025 7:21 pm EST

CRTC hears mixed arguments on licence terms for radio broadcastersCanada’s broadcasters have responded to the CRTC’s call for comments on...

WildBrain accuses Rogers of unfair treatment of its children’s programming

Media | 01/21/2025 5:51 pm EST

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitToronto-based DHX Television Ltd., which operates WildBrain Television, is...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

Media | 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...

Corus earnings lag in Q1 despite efforts to stop the bleeding

Media | 01/13/2025 5:44 pm EST

Corus earnings lag in Q1 despite efforts to stop the bleedingCorus Entertainment Inc. experienced a challenging first quarter of fiscal...

Telesat appoints new chief technology officer, network and information officer

Media | 01/13/2025 2:16 pm EST

Telesat appoints new chief technology officer, network and information officerTelesat Inc. announced the appointments of two senior executives Monday...

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

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 CNOCBCE Inc. says it will not participate in future government-subsidized broadband projects – such as those meant to support Canada’s connectivity goals through the Universal...

Quebecor seeks to review and vary Bell MVNO decision

Internet and Governance | 12/03/2024 5:38 pm EST

Quebecor logo graphic for The Wire ReportQuebecor Inc., acting on behalf of its Videotron and Freedom Mobile divisions, is asking the CRTC to...

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meeting

telecom | 12/03/2024 1:44 pm EST

MPs grill Rogers CEO on price increases during industry committee meetingRogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri was met with scrutiny during...

Xplore appoints Brent Johnston as new CEO

telecom | 12/02/2024 4:27 pm EST

Xplore Inc.'s logoXplore Inc. has hired Brent Johnston as its new CEO effective immediately, the company announced Monday. Johnston’s appointment comes several months after the departure of former CEO Rizwan Jamal earlier this year, after which Geoff Lowe had served as interim CEO. Lowe...

INDU committee frustrated with Rogers CEO Staffieri, summons him to appear

telecom | 11/28/2024 4:57 pm EST

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss Members of the federal standing committee on industry and technology (INDU)...

Union concerned over Bell expansion into United States

telecom | 11/25/2024 1:28 pm EST

Union concerned over Bell expansion into United StatesA union representing thousands of BCE Inc. employees is concerned that the...

Bell, Telus oppose broadening roaming network access for smaller players 

telecom | 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...

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

Execulink wants CRTC to enforce access rules against Ontario landlord

telecom | 11/05/2024 5:33 pm EST

CRTC logo graphic The Wire ReportExeculink Telecom Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC,...

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

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

Bell logo The Wire ReportBCE Inc. has moved into the Pacific Northwest of the United States with the...

NDP critic calls for Rogers to reverse price hikes or be blocked from federal contracts

telecom | 10/28/2024 4:07 pm EDT

Brian Masse at the microphone during a press conference (Photo: Andrew Meade/Hill Times Publishing)New Democratic Party MP Brian Masse (Windsor West) is arguing that Rogers Communications Inc. should reverse an increase in service prices for TV boxes or be barred from...

Rogers announces $7B sale of minority stake in regional backhaul infrastructure

telecom | 10/24/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitRogers Communications Inc. has announced a $7-billion-deal to sell a...

Rogers spends $8 million upping capacity at Toronto stadium; TTC work remains underway

telecom | 10/17/2024 4:54 pm EDT

Rogers spends $8 million upping capacity at Toronto stadium; TTC work remains underwayRogers Communications Inc. says it has increased...

TekSavvy wants to take fight over 2021 wholesale rate decision to Supreme Court

telecom | 10/10/2024 5:49 pm EDT

Supreme Court to hear Telus’ appeal of CRTC access to public infrastructure decisionTekSavvy Solutions Inc. is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada for an...

CRTC changes terms of MVNO rules to include enterprise and IoT customers

telecom | 10/09/2024 5:14 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe CRTC has expanded the terms of its mobile virtual network operator...

Legal dispute between Bell, Rogers over Discovery channels ends

telecom | 10/08/2024 9:49 am EDT

Regional players shouldn’t qualify for spectrum set asides: Bell, RogersRogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. announced in tandem Tuesday morning that the legal dispute over Rogers' launch of Discovery channels in Canada has ended. Rogers announced in June that it had signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. that would see it take...

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

telecom | 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...

Rogers names Mark Kennedy as chief technology officer, following retirement of Ron McKenzie

telecom | 10/01/2024 2:39 pm EDT

Mark Kennedy, Rogers' new chief technology officer, and outgoing CTIO Ron McKenzie.Mark Kennedy is Rogers Communications Inc.’s new...

Iristel blossoms from Montreal apartment to national carrier

telecom | 09/26/2024 12:07 pm EDT

Samer BishaySamer Bishay was working for the Canadian Space Agency in Saint-Hubert,...

Rogers buys Bell’s stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment for $4.7B

Media | 09/18/2024 12:05 pm EDT

Rogers and Bell logos in front of television screen.Rogers Communications Inc. is picking up BCE Inc.’s stake in Maple Leaf...

Rogers wants Corus’ undue preference allegations dismissed by CRTC 

Media | 09/17/2024 4:37 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitRogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to dismiss allegations of...

Telus seeks clarity on undue preference allegations against Rogers

Media | 09/12/2024 6:35 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitTelus Corp. wants to see an unredacted version of Corus Entertainment...

Rogers moving forward with appeal of CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates

telecom | 09/10/2024 6:27 pm EDT

Rogers and QuebecorThe Federal Court of Appeal has granted an application from Rogers...

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...

Accusations fly between Rogers, sports programmer Timeless Inc. in carriage dispute

Media | 08/27/2024 6:00 pm EDT

Accusations fly between Rogers, sports programmer Timeless Inc. in carriage disputeRogers Communications Inc. and an independent programming company locked in a dispute over soccer programming carriage in Canada have launched accusations at one another of...