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Coppers and robbers: Canadian telcos are facing a massive surge in wire theft

| 05/19/2026 11:19 am EDT

Lead-lined copper wiring too small part of network to be concern, telecoms say

Canadian telcos are facing another record-smashing year for copper theft, according to new data obtained by The Wire Report, as both Telus Corp. and BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada...

Copper infrastructure

ISED eyes ‘subscriber’ approach to spectrum access for drones, as Canada’s telcos worry about liability

| 03/09/2026 5:21 pm EDT

ISED eyes ‘subscriber’ approach to spectrum access for drones, as Canada’s telcos worry about liability

It is a question garnering lots of attention from the country’s leading telecommunications companies — who should be responsible for monitoring and regulating drone...

ISED Spectrum

New Indigenous Priority Window should help bridge Canada’s digital divide: telcos, stakeholders

| 02/23/2026 6:08 pm EST

Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World

A recent ISED decision gives Indigenous...

Indigenous ISED Spectrum

Unions flesh out details of Canadian Telecom Workers Alliance

| 02/11/2026 3:22 pm EST

Unions flesh out details of Canadian Telecom Workers Alliance

OTTAWA–Three union leaders framed the founding of the Canadian...

telecom union Wireless

Canada’s largest unions form alliance to protect telecom jobs

| 02/10/2026 4:57 pm EST

Canada’s largest unions form alliance to protect telecom jobs

Three of Canada’s largest unions are joining forces to create a new...

Bell Rogers Telus

NDP leadership candidate proposes national public telecom options, sparking debate amongst advocacy groups

| 11/27/2025 5:51 pm EST

NDP leadership candidate proposes national public telecom options, sparking debate amongst advocacy groups

New Democratic Party leadership candidate Avi...

Internet Rural broadband Wholesale

CRTC directs working group to issue 988 routing plan by next May

| 11/27/2025 4:59 pm EST

Smaller providers worry about effects of CRTC’s proposed outage, disruption regulations

| 11/20/2025 2:54 pm EST

Smaller providers worry about effects of CRTC’s proposed outage, disruption regulations

Smaller telecoms worry about how new CRTC...

CRTC Internet outage

Telecoms want CRTC to adjust service outage reporting, notification requirements

| 10/10/2025 6:55 pm EDT

Telecoms want CRTC to adjust service outage reporting, notification requirements

New requirements changing how telecom companies must notify the CRTC about...

CRTC Internet outage

Telecoms push back on CRTC’s proposed botnet blocking expansion

telecom | 08/15/2025 4:54 pm EDT

Telecoms push back on CRTC's proposed botnet blocking expansion

Major telecommunications companies across Canada voiced strong opposition...

botnet CRTC cybersecurity

CRTC should lift regulations for small incumbents’ wireline voice services: ITPA

telecom | 05/28/2025 5:54 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The Independent Telecommunications Providers...

CRTC Landline phones wireline

CAMH, telecoms disagree on improvements to 988 helpline service

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

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor’s Lana Payne

telecom | 03/04/2025 4:32 pm EST

Technological change in broadcast, telecom worrisome to Unifor's Lana Payne

Lana Payne has a perspective on broadcasting and telecommunications few do....

Bell Feature union

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decision

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

Rogers asks CRTC to reverse MVNO expansion decision

Rogers Communications Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking the commission to review...

CRTC MVNO

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadline

telecom | 01/31/2025 6:07 pm EST

CRTC denies Telus’ request for extension on fibre access deadline

Telus Corp. has been denied the extension it wanted before it has to give...

CRTC fibre Wholesale

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 competitors

Telus Corp. appears to be fighting a solo battle at the CRTC in support of the country’s largest telecom companies being allowed to resell internet services over each...

Bell CRTC fibre

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 CNOC

BCE Inc. says it will not participate in future...

Bell Broadband CRTC

Telus calls wholesale cabinet order ‘protectionist play,’ ‘not fair to consumers’

telecom | 12/10/2024 1:56 pm EST

Telus logo The Wire Report

Telus Corp. is challenging the federal...

CRTC Federal Court fibre

Telus requests four-month extension of fibre access deadline

telecom | 10/31/2024 4:49 pm EDT

Telus logo The Wire Report

Telus Corp. has asked for an additional four months until it has to provide...

CRTC fibre Wholesale

CRTC sets interim rates for wholesale FTTP access

telecom | 10/25/2024 5:39 pm EDT

CRTC sets interim rates for wholesale FTTP access

The CRTC has announced the interim rates competitors will pay three of Canada’s largest telephone...

CRTC fibre Wholesale

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in place

telecom | 10/10/2024 12:49 pm EDT

CRTC keeping thousand-block pooling deadline in place

The CRTC is holding firm on its decision to implement thousand-block pooling to manage the growing demand for telephone numbers in Canada, despite arguments from companies concerned about the amount of time they have to make it work. Under the current number system,...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

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: Research

The CRTC has expanded the terms of its mobile virtual network operator...

CRTC MVNO

PIAC’s outgoing, incoming executive directors discuss advocacy group’s future

telecom | 10/07/2024 5:08 pm EDT

PIAC’s outgoing, incoming executive directors discuss advocacy group's future

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s new...

CRTC PIAC

Closing Canada’s digital divide will take more than reaching 100% broadband coverage, says former CRTC head

telecom | 09/27/2024 3:46 pm EDT

Closing Canada’s digital divide will take more than reaching 100% broadband coverage, says former CRTC head

In order to truly measure progress on closing the...

CRTC Internet Rural broadband

SaskTel rolls out 5G service to more than 50 rural and remote areas

telecom | 09/19/2024 4:49 pm EDT

SaskTel logo The Wire Report

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Thursday that it is...

5g fibre Rural broadband

SaskTel seeks judicial review, appeal of CRTC wholesale fibre decision

telecom | 09/13/2024 5:48 pm EDT

SaskTel head office (screenshot via Google Maps).

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is challenging the CRTC’s...

Appeal Court Court CRTC

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene Gavel

telecom | 09/05/2024 4:51 pm EDT

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene Gavel

Charlene Gavel could be considered a lifer at Saskatchewan...

Feature

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert Ghiz

The head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more...

CRTC Feature ISED

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 say

While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...

BREAKING CRTC fibre

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 outage

Canadian broadcasters and telecoms reported experiencing mixed effects from a global outage on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows platforms Friday morning. Third-party cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it issued a faulty software update, causing blue screens worldwide for...

cybersecurity outage

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 rates

A wireless outage across Europe seems to have had minimal impact on...

outage Wireless

Canadian government spends $7.5 million on Manitoba connectivity

telecom | 03/07/2024 2:44 pm EST

Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings speaks at a press conference in the National Press Theatre on Feb. 13, 2024 (photo by Andrew Meade).

Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour...

Internet Rural broadband Universal Broadband Fund

Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing

telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST

Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing

To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Internet

CRTC expands forbearance on regulation of high-capacity digital data services

telecom | 02/12/2024 4:13 pm EST

CRTC expands forbearance on regulation of high-capacity digital data services

The CRTC announced Monday an expansion in forbearance from regulating...

competition CRTC

SaskTel brings hyper-fast connectivity to Saskatchewan’s rural heartland

telecom | 01/17/2024 3:53 pm EST

SaskTel head office (screenshot via Google Maps).

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Wednesday the deployment of 5G technology across more than 40 additional cell sites, extending its reach to rural...

5g Rural broadband Wireless

CRTC announces funds for Nunavut and rejects Bell’s bid to amend Broadband Fund contributions

telecom | 12/20/2023 4:47 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

The CRTC has denied a BCE Inc. application to...

Broadband Fund CRTC Funding

SaskTel rolls out next-gen WiFi across province

telecom | 12/11/2023 3:42 pm EST

SaskTel head office (screenshot via Google Maps).

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Monday that it was providing state of the art WiFi across the prairie province. SaskTel is joining forces with Eero, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., to deliver...

3,800 MHz auction nets $2.2B in preliminary results

telecom | 11/30/2023 6:14 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Canada’s telecom industry have spent some $2.16 billion on the 3,800 MHz band of spectrum, according to...

3800 MHz Spectrum

Fizz offering $4/month plans in western Canada while in beta testing

telecom | 11/20/2023 3:04 pm EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the...

CRTC Fizz

Telecoms oppose remedies in NG911 Part 1 applications

telecom | 11/16/2023 2:37 pm EST

Telecoms oppose remedies in NG911 Part 1 applications

The major telecommunications companies in Canada oppose suggestions that they pay for pre-production...

911

Bell, SaskTel, expand high-speed internet in prairie provinces

telecom | 11/01/2023 4:59 pm EDT

Bell, SaskTel, expand high-speed internet in prairie provinces

BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. have enhanced...

Wireless

Competitors oppose incumbents’ stance in second phase of FTTP access review

telecom | 10/19/2023 5:15 pm EDT

Competitors oppose incumbents’ stance in second phase of FTTP access review

The debate over what the future of the wholesale high-speed-access (HSA)...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH TPIA

SaskTel rolls out 5G to Saskatoon arena

telecom | 09/19/2023 2:23 pm EDT

SaskTel rolls out 5G to Saskatoon arena

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has rolled out its 5G network to the SaskTel Centre in...

CRTC orders Videotron to pay Bell 911 service fees despite protest over duplicative costs

telecom | 09/11/2023 4:50 pm EDT

CRTC orders Videotron to pay Bell 911 service fees despite protest over duplicative costs

The CRTC denied Quebecor Inc.’s request for relief regarding fees for enhanced 911 (E911) and next-generation 911 services (NG911) and its request that the commission direct...

911 CRTC

CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition

Media | 08/31/2023 5:18 pm EDT

CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition

The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station...

Broadcast Cancon carriage

Lead-lined copper wiring too small part of network to be concern, telecoms say

telecom | 08/08/2023 5:46 pm EDT

Lead-lined copper wiring too small part of network to be concern, telecoms say

Incumbent Canadian telecoms say there is no cause for alarm that...

fibre wireline

SaskTel announces new president and CEO

telecom | 08/03/2023 5:19 pm EDT

SaskTel announces new president and CEO

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Charlene Gavel as its new president and CEO who...

Sasktel

CRTC urged to put a moratorium on broadband fund contributions

telecom | 07/24/2023 5:37 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Telecoms and other stakeholders have had their say on proposed changes to...

CRTC Funding

Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC

telecom | 07/14/2023 5:00 pm EDT

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that Canada’s incumbents are proposing “unconscionable” rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access (HSA) service over fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that “are inflated above the just and reasonable...

CRTC FTTP/FTTH Internet

Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout

telecom | 07/12/2023 5:18 pm EDT

Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout

The federal and Ontario governments are together investing $54 million to roll out high-speed internet in the province. The project was announced Wednesday. “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone for internet...

Bell takeover of MTS didn’t produce expected benefits, CCPA says

telecom | 07/05/2023 4:24 pm EDT

Bell takeover of MTS didn’t produce expected benefits, CCPA says

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...

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

telecom | 06/23/2023 6:19 pm EDT

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...

911 988 CRTC

Telecom sector seeing revenue increase: CRTC telecom report

telecom | 06/20/2023 5:24 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

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...

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

telecom | 06/09/2023 9:55 am EDT

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same...

CRTC Fibre optics Iot

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

telecom | 05/09/2023 2:49 pm EDT

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile...

CRTC MVNO

Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report

telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...

Bell Fibre optics Telus

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings

telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them BCE Inc., to delay the first deadlines in the regulator's new wholesale broadband and...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...

Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan

telecom | 03/17/2023 4:46 pm EDT

Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan

The government of Canada announced Friday that it is spending $37 million to roll out broadband service in Saskatchewan. Over 5,000 homes will see their internet service improve in areas like Prince...

Broadband, mobile prices drop slightly; still high internationally in 2022: Wall report

telecom | 03/14/2023 4:38 pm EDT

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...

ISED mobile Wireless

Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake

telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST

Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devices

Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and...

Bell Rogers Telus

SaskTel rolls out 5G into rural communities

telecom | 01/30/2023 4:00 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Monday that it is expanding its 5G footprint into 11 rural sections of the province. This will further wireless connectivity in Saskatchewan. “Saskatchewan people will continue to benefit from some of the best...

5g Smartphones Wireless

CRTC demands info on MVNO negotiation process

telecom | 01/27/2023 1:33 pm EST

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The CRTC is asking a number of incumbent telecom companies to report back to the regulator with an update about the ongoing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)...

CRTC Wireless

SaskTel backs off plan to charge for email addresses after customer complaints

telecom | 01/23/2023 5:37 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has rapidly changed its mind...

Sasktel

Telecoms file briefs on service fees for radio equipment

telecom | 01/20/2023 4:26 pm EST

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

Rogers Communications Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding...

Bell Rogers

Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order

telecom | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...

Bell Rogers Television

SaskTel expands 5G service

telecom | 10/11/2022 4:59 pm EDT

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is expanding its 5G services to the area around Moose Jaw in the province, the telecom announced Tuesday. The service will...

5g Sasktel

Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments

telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...

CRTC

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

CRTC ISED outage

CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology

telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT

CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology

Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...

911 CRTC

Consults on antenna systems must be done in both official languages, ISED determines

telecom | 08/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

Canadians will be able to participate in public consultations regarding the installation or modification of antenna systems in the official language of their choice, after the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) determined that consultations must be communicated in both official languages in communities located in census subdivisions that have...

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...

ISED mobile Wireless

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...

botnet CRTC

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

telecom | 06/10/2022 4:33 pm EDT

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

Rogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...

CRTC Funding

ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding

telecom | 05/25/2022 6:27 pm EDT

ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding

The Independent Telecommunications Providers...

CRTC Wireless

Telecom fee changes would lead to “significant increases” in financial contributions, Cogeco tells CRTC

telecom | 04/21/2022 4:06 pm EDT

Telecom fee changes would lead to “significant increases” in financial contributions, Cogeco tells CRTC

Cogeco Inc. is raising concern with the CRTC that proposed changes to its Telecom Fees Regulations“would lead to a significant increase” in annual telecommunications fees...

Cogeco CRTC

SaskTel announces $337M investment in province

telecom | 04/13/2022 4:29 pm EDT

$1.7B broadband fund to launch in 2020, no formal consultation: ISED

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is investing approximately $337 million of capital in...

Internet Rural broadband

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

Bell Cogeco CRTC

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

telecom | 03/30/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...

CRTC Internet

Rogers and Ericsson combine for standalone 5G network

telecom | 03/28/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Monday Rogers Communications Inc. announced it was partnering with Ericsson AB on rolling out Canada’s first standalone 5G network. The Toronto-based telecom had earlier deployed the country’s first standalone 5G core and...

CRTC to forbear from regulating IXPL services on 12 additional routes

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:32 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...

CRTC Fibre optics

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order

Media | 03/24/2022 1:28 pm EDT

Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order

Updated with TekSavvy reaction. The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday...

Bell Rogers Television

SaskTel rolling out 5G in Saskatoon, expanding in Regina

telecom | 03/10/2022 5:06 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is rolling out 5G in the City...

5g Fibre optics Iot

Rogers, civil groups, say CRTC should remove Russian state-owned channels from airwaves

Media | 03/09/2022 4:27 pm EST

Rogers, civil groups, say CRTC should remove Russian state-owned channels from airwaves

Rogers Communications Inc. and civil organizations...

CRTC Television

Delay 3,800 Mhz auction until altimeter issues resolved, Sasktel tells ISED

telecom | 03/03/2022 9:52 am EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple” recommendation for the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) as it consults on the...

Bell Rogers Spectrum

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC

telecom | 02/10/2022 5:42 pm EST

Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC

The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...

CRTC Smartphones Television

SaskTel launches new digital mobile service

telecom | 12/07/2021 4:02 pm EST

SaskTel launches new digital mobile service

A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service In a...

Smartphones Wireless

Samsung opens Regina office to work with SaskTel

telecom | 12/01/2021 3:11 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has opened a regional office in Regina to facilitate its work with...

5g Internet Smartphones

CRTC okays statement of work for BH Telecom’s Saskatchewan fibre lay

telecom | 11/19/2021 2:15 pm EST

BH Telecom Corp. has had its proposed statement of work for a Saskatchewan fibre project approved by the CRTC. In a Friday order, the commission said it will provide the approval in confidence to the...

CRTC

Bell says no evidence spectrum will go unused without deployment reqs, supports contiguous holding

telecom | 11/18/2021 5:38 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The telecoms companies that supported Innovation, Science and Economic Development’s (ISED) proposal to impose further deployment requirements on licences primarily used to...

CRTC Spectrum Wireless

Shaw backs delay of STIR/SHAKEN implementation

telecom | 11/09/2021 1:51 pm EST

Shaw backs delay of STIR/SHAKEN implementation

Shaw Communications Inc. has added its voice to those calling for deferral of the implementation of the...

911 CRTC

Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-out

telecom | 11/02/2021 1:56 pm EDT

Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-out

Canada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing...

CRTC

Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV

Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT

Telecoms’ site-blocking court request ‘draconian,’ TekSavvy argues

A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...

Bell, SaskTel, not buying ISED proposal to reintroduce deployment requirements for cellular bands

telecom | 10/20/2021 12:04 pm EDT

Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devices

BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications...

Bell CRTC Rogers

Telecoms support for 3-digit crisis line and transition to ten-digit dialling

telecom | 09/02/2021 5:43 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Canada’s big telecommunications companies are in favour of making access...

CRTC Wireless

CRTC orders some incumbent disclosure to CNOC in disaggregated regime consultation

Media | 08/13/2021 11:13 am EDT

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates

In a dispute between a trade organization representing wholesale-based...

CRTC Internet

CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities

telecom | 07/22/2021 5:25 pm EDT

CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities

The CRTC is seeking further information from...

CRTC Internet Wireless

Bell wary of New Brunswick’s proposed NG911 system

telecom | 07/14/2021 6:34 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has filed an intervention with the CRTC saying New Brunswick’s plan for how it would like to adapt its next-generation 911 (NG911) services may not be the best approach. According to Bell’s intervention, the...

911 Bell CRTC

SaskTel spending another $50 million on rural fibre optic broadband

telecom | 06/25/2021 5:16 pm EDT

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) is throwing another $50 million into its Rural Fibre Initiative, doubling its total spending for the next few years. ...

fibre Funding Sasktel