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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 the CRTC by OUTtv, which argued the broadcaster has unfairly repackaged its LGBTQ+-focused channel....

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 to release its members providing wireline phone services of some of the “regulatory burden”...

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...

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) revenues should not be considered when determining what telecoms should pay for the Canadian Numbering...

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...

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 framework across the country was a “step in the right direction” for Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl...

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...

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 of its customer service workers.  Company spokesperson Zac Carreiro told The Wire Report in an emailed statement that the...

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...

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...

Rogers eying changes to federal immigration policies, tariff dispute heading into 2025

Internet and Governance | 01/30/2025 4:02 pm EST

Staffieri touts Rogers accomplishments in Toronto speechLeading into 2025, Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri says attention must be paid to a difficult-to-predict political environment in Canada and the United States. ...

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...

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 accusing Rogers Communications Inc. of giving preferential treatment to its competitors....

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...

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 review and vary its August decision on operating as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) on BCE Inc.’s networks. It filed the application on Nov. 27. In the original...

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....

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 greater access to the roaming networks of BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. (also referred to as TCI in the...

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...

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 assist in its efforts to fight the CRTC’s reversal of a decision that would have slashed wholesale...

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...

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, Que. in the late 1990s when he stumbled across a magazine article about real-time communications. At the time, a long distance phone call from Bishay’s Montreal apartment to his family in Toronto cost...

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...

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasible

Internet and Governance | 08/26/2024 4:50 pm EDT

Streamers tell CRTC closed captioning on all programming not feasibleWhile providing closed captioning on all programming for the deaf and hard...

Edward Rogers named executive chair of Rogers Communications

telecom | 08/15/2024 1:14 pm EDT

Edward RogersEdward Rogers has been named executive chair of Rogers Communications Inc....

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 aggregated wholesale access to fibre networks across Canada, they are hesitant to celebrate just...

Union seeks injunction over Telus back-to-office order

telecom | 07/31/2024 5:03 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOEditor's note: To read the Aug. 9, 2024 update on this news story, click...

Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences

Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science...

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profit

Media | 07/24/2024 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profitRogers Communications Inc. reported a successful second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. Although the...

Court adds MLB, UFC, UEFA Euro live streams to site-blocking order

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 11:21 am EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsMore sports leagues have been added to the list of game live streams protected from pirate streamers through a site-blocking order issued by the Federal Court earlier this...

CTRC considering updating eligibility for Independent Local News Fund

Media | 07/24/2024 8:50 am EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviewsThe CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility...

Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outage

Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 12:04 pm EDT

Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outageCanadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from...

Blue Ant joins broadcasters in call for CanCon relief

Media | 07/18/2024 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsBlue Ant Media Inc. is calling on the CRTC to lighten its CanCon spending obligations, blaming its...

Corus reports drops in revenue, profit during Q3 as layoffs continue

Media | 07/15/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Corus proposes contribution framework at CRTC, says time to regulate streamers is nowCorus Entertainment Inc. expects to have cut a quarter of its full-time...

European wireless outage had little effect on Canadian travellers, telcos say

telecom | 07/03/2024 5:09 pm EDT

CRTC seeks info on international roaming ratesA wireless outage across Europe seems to have had minimal impact on...

Bell files for injunction over Rogers, Warner Bros. deal

Media | 06/28/2024 4:19 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)BCE Inc. has filed for an injunction to stop the launch of Discovery...

Netflash seeks entry to two Kitchener buildings

telecom | 06/26/2024 3:58 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsContinuum Online Services Ltd., which operates under the Netflash name, has filed a Part 1 application...

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel options

Media | 06/25/2024 12:27 pm EDT

Stingray, Rogers bolstering FAST channel optionsStingray Group Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. both announced new offerings of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels Tuesday.  Stingray is “expanding” the array of ad-supported music it offers for free via Roku Inc. in Canada and the U.S., while...

Satellite networks vital next step for Canada to reach connectivity goals: Terrestar

telecom | 06/24/2024 6:02 pm EDT

Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStarRecent advancements in the satellite communications ecosystem have made...

CTS panelists criticize asymmetrical fibre access regime, urge national approach

telecom | 06/20/2024 11:40 am EDT

CTS discusses road map to growth in telecom market despite challengesIndustry experts on the Canadian Telecom Summit’s “regulatory...

Freedom Mobile serious in its intention to be fourth player, Péladeau tells CTS

telecom | 06/17/2024 9:58 pm EDT

Freedom Mobile serious in its intention to be fourth player, Péladeau tells CTSTORONTO – The head of Quebecor Inc. came out swinging against the Big...

ISED launches consultation on expanding mobile coverage with satellites

telecom | 06/17/2024 7:58 pm EDT

ISED launches consultation on expanding mobile coverage with satellitesTORONTO – The Government is developing a new framework to enable telecom...

CACTUS thorn in side of Rogers’ plan for community stations

Media | 06/14/2024 5:21 pm EDT

CACTUS thorn in side of Rogers’ plan for community stationsThe Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) is opposing a plan by Rogers Communications Inc. to change the conditions of service for linear community programming. The association filed an intervention with the CRTC on June 12. The Toronto...

TekSavvy and Rogers reach agreement in copper decommissioning dispute

telecom | 06/14/2024 4:20 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCTekSavvy Solutions Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. have settled their...

Quebecor files complaint with Competition Bureau over Loblaw deal with Bell, Rogers

telecom | 06/12/2024 5:43 pm EDT

Quebecor files complaint with Competition Bureau over Loblaw deal with Bell, RogersQuebecor Inc. has lodged a complaint with the Competition Bureau over...

UPDATED: Rogers snatches content from Corus and Bell

Media | 06/10/2024 11:37 am EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc. announced Monday that it had signed deals to bring programming from Warner...

Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supports

Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 4:59 pm EDT

Big telecoms oppose change to contribution regime threshold, CNOC supportsThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is seeking...

Privacy tribunal unlikely to get through INDU’s look at Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 06/03/2024 3:28 pm EDT

Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms lawsThe government’s proposal to establish a privacy tribunal as part of Bill...

CRTC asks Rogers to maintain service for TekSavvy in decommissioning dispute

telecom | 06/03/2024 12:29 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: reportThe CRTC has requested Rogers Communications Inc. maintain service for TekSavvy Solutions Inc. in two Toronto buildings until it can make a...

CCTS reports increasing compliance among service providers 

telecom | 05/16/2024 5:10 pm EDT

CCTS reports increasing compliance among service providers Compliance among telecom and TV service providers with the Commission for...

CRTC grants Corus, TVA CanCon relief; other BDUs must wait

Media | 05/13/2024 1:46 pm EDT

Corus expects modest revenue decline in Q4, leaning into CanCon amid US writers’ strikeThe CRTC approved amendments to Corus Entertainment Inc.'s broadcasting...

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...