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Rogers keeps mum on post-ouster Natale consultation fee
Media | 11/30/2021 6:08 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has declined to adjust its calculation of the value of the acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. to include in its application to the CRTC the value of any consulting fee paid to ousted CEO Joe Natale, a week after the regulator asked it to do...
No evidence suggests foreign streamers will enter into exclusivity with Rogers, incumbent tells CRTC
Media | 11/26/2021 5:08 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. executives told the CRTC that there is no evidence to suggest that its merger with Shaw Communications Inc. would result in content exclusivity with...
Safeguards can’t justify Rogers-Shaw merger: Bell to CRTC
Media | 11/25/2021 6:35 pm EST
No amount of proposed remedies will undo the damage of Rogers...
At CRTC, Cogeco cites Rogers opposition to Bell-Astral merger
Media | 11/25/2021 10:05 am EST
On the third day of CRTC hearings into the proposed takeover of Shaw...
CRTC approves Rogers new wholesale high-speed access service tier, ignores TekSavvy wholesale customer concerns
Media | 11/24/2021 3:58 pm EST
The CRTC approved on an interim basis a proposal...
Rogers-Shaw merger will result in content exclusivity, “force” consumer to switch services: Telus
Media | 11/23/2021 6:10 pm EST
Telus Corp. executives told the CTRC that if the...
Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services
Media | 11/22/2021 8:35 pm EST
Top brass from Shaw Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. sought to convince CRTC officials that a merger of their two companies would be a boon for Canadian television programming in the face of increased competition from U.S.-based over-the-top streaming...
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,...
Big three telecoms respond to ISED consultations
telecom | 11/18/2021 3:29 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has released responses to its consultation on...
Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing now has ‘extra element of intrigue’: analyst
Media | 11/17/2021 11:49 am EST
The Tuesday night announcement of the departure of Rogers Communications...
Quebecor sells its westward expansion
telecom | 11/16/2021 2:30 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...
CRTC denies request for delay in Roger-Shaw hearing
Media | 11/15/2021 9:56 am EST
The CRTC has denied a request by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners...
Telus still wants CRTC to delay Rogers-Shaw hearing despite court decision on board control
Media | 11/11/2021 4:24 pm EST
One of Canada’s telecom incumbents is urging the...
CRTC should proceed with Rogers-Shaw hearing: Rogers, analyst
telecom | 11/08/2021 1:40 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. says there is no reason to delay the CRTC on its...
Competitive pay-telephone service provider tells CRTC Bell should pay its bills
telecom | 11/08/2021 9:49 am EST
An Ontario-based pay-telephone owner and competitive pay-telephone service...
Edward Rogers “takes no joy” in B.C. court decision, keeping Natale around after CEO offered millions in severance
Media | 11/05/2021 5:31 pm EDT
Formerly ousted and now-reinstated Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) chairman plans to keep CEO and president Joe Natale in his position, after a Supreme Court of British...
Quebecor to rollout wireless despite challenges
Media | 11/04/2021 4:40 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. will move ahead with its rollout of wireless service in western Canada despite challenges...
ISED approves Rogers subordinated spectrum licence to SSi Micro
telecom | 11/04/2021 4:18 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved to subdivide and subordinate spectrum licences in northern Quebec from Rogers Communications Canada Inc. to SSi Micro Ltd. In a...
CanCon rules need to be updated for new media landscape, conference hears
telecom | 11/03/2021 6:35 pm EDT
Canadian content should be better defined as we advance to a greater...
Please don’t delay merger hearing: Rogers to CRTC
Media | 11/03/2021 5:59 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.'s regulatory team can present the company's...
Dynamic site-blocking case gets Nov. 23 hearing date
Media | 11/03/2021 5:51 pm EDT
A test-case for Canada's first-ever "dynamic" site-blocking order is headed for a three-day hearing starting on Nov. 23, with the possibility for a fourth day of arguments.
In the case, BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. are asking the court to force a...
Delay Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing until its clear who controls Rogers: PIAC
Media | 11/01/2021 5:35 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to delay a hearing...
UPDATED: Board can’t change “at the stroke of a pen”: RCI
Media | 11/01/2021 5:25 pm EDT
Lawyers for Edward Rogers are arguing that the recently ousted chairman of...
Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : Report
telecom | 10/29/2021 5:48 pm EDT
Canada’s targets of reaching connectivity speeds...
Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek larger damages from set-top box seller
Media | 10/27/2021 5:13 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. have turned to...
Rogers family feud to be heard in BC court Monday
telecom | 10/27/2021 12:32 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of British Columbia will hear submissions regarding the legality of ousted chairman...
CNOC files review and vary application on CRTC in-building wire access decision
telecom | 10/26/2021 6:17 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has filed a review and...
Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV
Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT
A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...
Two separate Boards claim authority over Rogers
telecom | 10/25/2021 10:22 am EDT
Ousted Rogers Communication Inc. chairman Edward Rogers intends to initiate proceedings in the British...
Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor’s 3500 MHz licenses
telecom | 10/23/2021 11:40 am EDT
The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp. request to stop the department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) from issuing licenses for set-aside...
Rogers ordered to put employment and programming data on the public record for merger hearing
Media | 10/22/2021 6:21 pm EDT
The CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to...
Edward Rogers strikes back, seeks to remake Rogers board
Media | 10/22/2021 9:08 am EDT
In the latest twist in an increasingly public rift in one of Canada's...
Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama
Media | 10/21/2021 5:52 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale said...
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...
Quebecor’s spectrum winnings an ‘unfair cost advantage,’ Telus tells Federal Court
Media | 10/19/2021 7:16 pm EDT
A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) from issuing licenses for set-aside spectrum won by Quebecor Inc. in...
Court grants CIPPIC, Beanfield intervenor status in dynamic site-blocking case
Media | 10/14/2021 5:39 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge has granted intervenor status to the...
CRTC rejects Rogers request for interveners at Shaw merger hearing
telecom | 10/14/2021 1:58 pm EDT
The CRTC denied Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for several...
Rogers expands 5G in 11 Quebec cities
telecom | 10/13/2021 6:31 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. extended its 5G network in Quebec which now reaches more than 90 communities...
CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing
Media | 10/13/2021 6:28 pm EDT
The CRTC has granted Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. -- more widely known...
Several Quebec organizations receive leftover funds from Rogers $26M class-action lawsuit
telecom | 10/08/2021 6:30 pm EDT
A Quebec judge Tuesday decided the majority of the...
Telecoms companies debating immediate vs. phased-in deployment of crisis line
telecom | 10/05/2021 7:09 pm EDT
Canada’s telecom companies are debating before the CRTC whether it is...
Man fined $40,000 for selling set-top boxes
Media | 09/30/2021 4:49 pm EDT
A federal court judge has fined a pre-loaded set top box seller $40,000 for being in contempt of an...
Rogers CFO leaving the company
Media | 09/30/2021 10:27 am EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CFO Tony Staffieri has left his post after...
Shaw-Rogers deal would decrease competition, even with Freedom divestiture to Quebecor: analyst
telecom | 09/28/2021 6:19 pm EDT
Even if the Competition Bureau forces Shaw Communications Inc. to spin off its wireless Freedom Mobile brand as part of the bureau's approval of the deal with Rogers...
Petitions to overturn recent CRTC decisions gaining steam
telecom | 09/23/2021 7:09 pm EDT
Days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won another minority government...
Rogers expands 5G network in Nova Scotia
telecom | 09/23/2021 5:58 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has expanded its 5G network in the Halifax, N.S., region.
Rogers said in...
New ‘dynamic’ site-blocking needs new safeguards: CIPPIC
Media | 09/22/2021 5:56 pm EDT
The site-blocking order that will block a rolling list of pirate streaming...
Rogers extends modem migration deadline
telecom | 09/21/2021 4:20 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has told the CRTC the pandemic has slowed work down after it was asked by the...
Bell, Telus and PIAC want CRTC to deny Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw’s broadcasting interests
telecom | 09/14/2021 7:50 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Telus Corp., considered to be two of Rogers Communications Inc.’s greatest competitors, have asked the CRTC to deny Rogers’ proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Singh says he would use laws to meet telecom affordability goals
telecom | 09/14/2021 1:28 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said his party could use laws to direct the...
Election outcome won’t stop Rogers-Shaw deal: Rogers CFO
Media | 09/13/2021 6:05 pm EDT
Whatever the outcome of the vote after polls close in the Sept. 20 federal election, it won't have much of an effect on regulatory approval of the proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. by...
Singh says he’ll oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 09/10/2021 2:46 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Lower your prices or else, Trudeau tells big telecom at debate
Media | 09/09/2021 11:22 am EDT
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada’s...
Conservatives would reject mergers impacting competition: O’Toole
telecom | 09/07/2021 5:14 pm EDT
Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole said during a press conference on...
Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:50 pm EDT
With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a...
Telecoms say no need for additional accessibility requirements; advocates disagree
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:28 pm EDT
Canada’s telecommunications companies are recommending that the CRTC...
Telecom unions want govt. action on jobs outsourcing
telecom | 09/03/2021 4:33 pm EDT
Two telecommunication workers’ unions, Unifor and the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE), have partnered up to demand the federal government step in to minimize the outsourcing of Canadian jobs overseas in the telecom...
Telecoms support for 3-digit crisis line and transition to ten-digit dialling
telecom | 09/02/2021 5:43 pm EDT
Canada’s big telecommunications companies are in favour of making access to mental services more convenient for Canadians, by implementing 988 as the national three-digit...
Rogers claims Yorkville MDU owner playing ignorant to stall CRTC proceeding
telecom | 08/31/2021 4:46 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is calling out a Toronto developer’s so-called...
More than a dozen nearly-identical interventions filed with CRTC in favour of Rogers-Shaw broadcasting acquisition
Media | 08/30/2021 4:54 pm EDT
A number of film groups and companies have...
Bell seeks to block Quebecor set-aside 3,500 MHz purchases
telecom | 08/27/2021 2:26 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is going to court to stop Quebecor Inc. from purchasing valuable...
TekSavvy takes GoldTV site-blocking fight to Supreme Court
Media | 08/26/2021 6:11 pm EDT
After Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order survived an appeal from...
Bell misunderstands CRTC toll-trunk order: Telus
telecom | 08/26/2021 6:01 pm EDT
Three companies are disputing claims from BCE Inc. that it would be unduly harmed by the CRTC’s decision to include all competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) in receiving toll-free traffic.
Telus Corp., Quebecor Inc. on behalf of Videotron, and Distributel Ltd....
Iristel asks CRTC for incumbents’ MVNO template agreements
telecom | 08/24/2021 5:55 pm EDT
The CRTC has said it will consider a procedural request from Iristel Inc....
Tell us more about Rogers facilities in our building: MDU owner
Media | 08/24/2021 5:28 pm EDT
In its response to a Rogers Communications Inc. request to the CRTC asking...
Rogers picking up Nova Scotian ISP
telecom | 08/23/2021 5:35 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has made a deal to acquire Seaside Communications, a long-time local internet...
Redline Communications hires new CEO as it eyes LTE and 5G growth
telecom | 08/19/2021 12:54 pm EDT
Redline Communications Group Inc., a Markham-Ont.-based manufacturer of...
The Wire Report’s guide to the 2021 federal election
Media | 08/17/2021 2:35 pm EDT
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally called Sunday for a...
CRTC orders some incumbent disclosure to CNOC in disaggregated regime consultation
Media | 08/13/2021 11:13 am EDT
In a dispute between a trade organization representing wholesale-based...
CRTC rejects PIAC/FRPC call for strengthened broadband participation fund
Media | 08/12/2021 5:24 pm EDT
The CRTC has decided it will not open proceedings into creating a...
Court to hear Telus challenge to CRTC wireless review decision
telecom | 08/12/2021 1:13 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal will take up a Telus Corp. challenge to two...
CRTC to hold hearing on Rogers-Shaw merger, opens consultation
Media | 08/12/2021 1:00 pm EDT
The CRTC will hold hearings on whether Rogers Communications Inc. may purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Shaw Communications Inc. and its subsidiaries Nov. 22, and is looking for interventions and comments on the matter.
The commission, in a notice...
Federal Court orders content pirates to pay millions to Bell, Rogers, Videotron
Media | 08/11/2021 5:14 pm EDT
A Federal Court judge ordered three pirate TV services to pay more than $29...
Rogers files another MDU access complaint
telecom | 08/10/2021 4:49 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to force a high-rise building owner in Toronto, ON, to give...
Consensus on CRTC data collection for foreign outlets; disagreement on how
Media | 08/09/2021 5:32 pm EDT
Civil groups and Canadian telecoms companies agree that the CRTC should...
No reason to deny TSPs access to secure telephony identity certificates: CRTC
telecom | 08/05/2021 2:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has determined that, unless a telecommunications service provider...
CRTC announces 10 projects, $20.5M, in Broadband Fund
telecom | 08/04/2021 5:39 pm EDT
Approximately 3,625 households will benefit from the CRTC’s Broadband Fund, after a Wednesday announcement of 10 projects selected to receive a total of $20.5 million.
“As many Canadians have adopted new ways to work, learn and live, the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed that poor Internet...
CRTC dismisses Quebecor complaint of CBC undue preference
Media | 08/03/2021 5:22 pm EDT
The CRTC has ruled that the CBC/Radio-Canada is not giving itself an...
BREAKING: 3500 MHz auction nets $8.9B, $7.3B from incumbents
telecom | 07/29/2021 6:04 pm EDT
Canadian telecom companies -- and wireless service hopefuls -- have spent...
Comp. Bureau asks court for info from Bell, Telus, Quebecor, Xplornet in its review of Rogers-Shaw deal
telecom | 07/26/2021 6:22 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is asking the Federal Court...
Bell asks CRTC to reverse decision to deploy new toll trunks to all LECs
telecom | 07/26/2021 6:10 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is requesting that the CRTC allow it to deploy its new toll trunks...
Cogeco hires Fido VP Nancy Audette
telecom | 07/26/2021 4:56 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. cable subsidiary Cogeco Connexion has signed on Fido Mobile VP Nancy Audette as its own vice...
Federal Court of Appeal dismisses BDUs’ appeal of distant signal tariffs
telecom | 07/23/2021 6:34 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday partially in favour of a group...
CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities
telecom | 07/22/2021 5:25 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking further information from...
Rogers reports spike in wireless subscribers and rise in profit for Q2
Media | 07/21/2021 6:52 pm EDT
The return of the Toronto Blue Jays has caused Rogers Communications...
Rogers claims Saint John developer ignoring CRTC proceeding
telecom | 07/21/2021 6:11 pm EDT
In its ongoing effort to gain access to multiple apartment buildings in Saint John, N.B., Rogers Communications Inc. said in a reply filed with the CRTC Tuesday that a representative of IronGate Developments has not officially responded to its application.
The...
High spectrum costs could be driven by competition for set aside: analyst
telecom | 07/15/2021 6:32 pm EDT
Industry analysts are declining to speculate too much on what caused the...
Low cost mobile plans fall short of the mark: PIAC
telecom | 07/15/2021 6:08 pm EDT
The new low-cost mobile wireless plans released yesterday by BCE Inc., Telus Corp., and Rogers Communications Inc. are not good enough, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. PIAC's Thursday letter argues that the...
Q2 telecom earnings could be sign of recovery: Analysis
telecom | 07/13/2021 6:46 pm EDT
The telecom sector is on track to rebound following a bleak 2019 and 2020, according to an analysis of the industry halfway through the 2021 financial year. “Halfway through the year, we see...
Quebec judge ups claims cap in Rogers termination fee class action
telecom | 07/09/2021 5:05 pm EDT
Quebec’s Superior Court has granted an increase in the number of total...
PIAC disappointed with CRTC SIM swap disclosure
telecom | 07/09/2021 4:59 pm EDT
Six months after it received a request to release the data it collects on a fraud process known as "SIM swapping," the CRTC yesterday sent a letter to parties involved in a proceeding on the matter saying that instances of the fraud had fallen by 95 per cent between October 2020 and May of this year. The CRTC did not disclose how many instances of the fraud the 95 per cent drop represented, either at the beginning or the end of the monitoring period. SIM swapping involves a fraudster convincing a wireless provider to transfer the victim’s phone number to a new SIM card in the...
Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever ‘dynamic’ site-blocking order
Media | 07/08/2021 6:22 pm EDT
Nearly six weeks after a Federal Court of Appeal upheld Canada's first-ever...
Bell, Rogers announce rural connectivity investments
telecom | 07/07/2021 4:48 pm EDT
Work to upgrade the wireless networks of communities in British Columbia and homes and businesses in rural Ontario is coming along according to two of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies....
CRTC releases accessibility reporting regulations
telecom | 07/07/2021 4:44 pm EDT
The CRTC today released its regulations for accessibility reporting requirements, which will govern the obligations of telecom companies when it comes to their compliance under the Accessible Canada Act. The regulations flow...
Rogers wants immediate MDU access in NB while Bell pushes for incremental enforcement
telecom | 07/05/2021 5:18 pm EDT
In a dispute over access to an apartment building...
FCM rejects Telus complaint of regulatory uncertainty in wireless review appeal
telecom | 06/23/2021 5:20 pm EDT
Rather than creating a "lacuna in the federal regulatory scheme," causing...
Hockey broadcasters seek injunction against pirate streamers
Media | 06/17/2021 6:11 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and Quebecor Inc. are asking a...
3500 MHz auction finally launches; valuable mid-band spectrum to come with new deployment requirements
Media | 06/15/2021 6:30 pm EDT
Bidding opened Tuesday morning in what will be a...
Rogers backs Telus in Wireless Review decision challenge
telecom | 06/08/2021 5:50 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has voiced its support for Telus Corp.'s Federal...
Rogers renews request to CRTC for building access in N.B.
Media | 05/31/2021 2:40 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is repeating its request that the CRTC help it gain access to a number of apartment complexes in Saint John, N.B., as it claims it has not heard from the developer following its Part 1 application.
Rogers said in a reply last week to its own...