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Telecoms and broadcasters hit by CrowdStrike IT outage
Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 12:04 pm EDT
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...
European wireless outage had little effect on Canadian travellers, telcos say
telecom | 07/03/2024 5:09 pm EDT
A wireless outage across Europe seems to have had minimal impact on Canadian tourists, according to wireless providers in this country. The outage lasted for 24 hours last...
Canadian government spends $7.5 million on Manitoba connectivity
telecom | 03/07/2024 2:44 pm EST
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour...
Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing
telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST
To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...
CRTC expands forbearance on regulation of high-capacity digital data services
telecom | 02/12/2024 4:13 pm EST
The CRTC announced Monday an expansion in forbearance from regulating...
SaskTel brings hyper-fast connectivity to Saskatchewan’s rural heartland
telecom | 01/17/2024 3:53 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Wednesday the...
CRTC announces funds for Nunavut and rejects Bell’s bid to amend Broadband Fund contributions
telecom | 12/20/2023 4:47 pm EST
The CRTC has denied a BCE Inc. application to review and amend its 2018 Broadband Fund framework and its set contribution rates and interim funding for 2023 set last year....
SaskTel rolls out next-gen WiFi across province
telecom | 12/11/2023 3:42 pm EST
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
Canada’s telecom industry have spent some $2.16 billion on the 3,800 MHz band of spectrum, according to...
Fizz offering $4/month plans in western Canada while in beta testing
telecom | 11/20/2023 3:04 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.'s Fizz went live in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, the...
Telecoms oppose remedies in NG911 Part 1 applications
telecom | 11/16/2023 2:37 pm EST
The major telecommunications companies in Canada oppose suggestions that they pay for pre-production...
Bell, SaskTel, expand high-speed internet in prairie provinces
telecom | 11/01/2023 4:59 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. have enhanced...
Competitors oppose incumbents’ stance in second phase of FTTP access review
telecom | 10/19/2023 5:15 pm EDT
The debate over what the future of the wholesale high-speed-access (HSA)...
SaskTel rolls out 5G to Saskatoon arena
telecom | 09/19/2023 2:23 pm EDT
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
The CRTC denied Quebecor Inc.’s request for...
CRTC approves mandatory carriage for Francophone TV station despite incumbent opposition
Media | 08/31/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The CRTC added Natyf Inc., a Francophone station serving racialized communities, to Quebec’s basic package and issued a mandatory order for terrestrial and direct-to-home...
Lead-lined copper wiring too small part of network to be concern, telecoms say
telecom | 08/08/2023 5:46 pm EDT
Incumbent Canadian telecoms say there is no cause for alarm that...
SaskTel announces new president and CEO
telecom | 08/03/2023 5:19 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Charlene Gavel as its new president and CEO who...
CRTC urged to put a moratorium on broadband fund contributions
telecom | 07/24/2023 5:37 pm EDT
Telecoms and other stakeholders have had their say on proposed changes to...
Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC
telecom | 07/14/2023 5:00 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that...
Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout
telecom | 07/12/2023 5:18 pm EDT
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 connectivity in rural Ontario,” federal Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings said in a statement. “Working with Rogers, we will help connect more than 20,000 underserved homes in 83 rural and remote communities in Ontario.”...
Bell takeover of MTS didn’t produce expected benefits, CCPA says
telecom | 07/05/2023 4:24 pm EDT
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
The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...
Telecom sector seeing revenue increase: CRTC telecom report
telecom | 06/20/2023 5:24 pm EDT
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
Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...
Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime
Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT
The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same...
CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7
telecom | 05/09/2023 2:49 pm EDT
The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile...
Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report
telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings
telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities
telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT
A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is asking the government to expand the CRTC’s authority over passive infrastructure and provincially regulated support structures.
Earlier this month the Canadian Telecommunications Network...
Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan
telecom | 03/17/2023 4:46 pm EDT
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
The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...
Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake
telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST
Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and...
SaskTel rolls out 5G into rural communities
telecom | 01/30/2023 4:00 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Monday that it is expanding its 5G footprint into...
CRTC demands info on MVNO negotiation process
telecom | 01/27/2023 1:33 pm EST
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) negotiations.
In a letter sent to the incumbents on Wednesday, the CRTC wants to know: what regional carriers have made requests to begin...
SaskTel backs off plan to charge for email addresses after customer complaints
telecom | 01/23/2023 5:37 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has rapidly changed its mind...
Telecoms file briefs on service fees for radio equipment
telecom | 01/20/2023 4:26 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding...
Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order
telecom | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST
The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...
SaskTel expands 5G service
telecom | 10/11/2022 4:59 pm EDT
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...
Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments
telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT
Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...
Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage
telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...
CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology
telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...
Consults on antenna systems must be done in both official languages, ISED determines
telecom | 08/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
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...
Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT
In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much as 15 per cent, fixed broadband prices increased by as much as 13 per cent, while mobile internet prices have remained...
CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic
telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT
In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...
ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments
telecom | 06/10/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...
ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding
telecom | 05/25/2022 6:27 pm EDT
The Independent Telecommunications Providers...
Telecom fee changes would lead to “significant increases” in financial contributions, Cogeco tells CRTC
telecom | 04/21/2022 4:06 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. is raising concern with the CRTC that...
SaskTel announces $337M investment in province
telecom | 04/13/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is investing approximately $337 million of capital in Saskatchewan over the course of the next 12 months and more than $1.5 billion over the next five years.
According to a Wednesday release the investment will give...
CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision
telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT
The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...
Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime
telecom | 03/30/2022 6:57 pm EDT
Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...
Rogers and Ericsson combine for standalone 5G network
telecom | 03/28/2022 5:02 pm EDT
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
The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...
Supreme Court dismisses TekSavvy appeal of GoldTV site-blocking order
Media | 03/24/2022 1:28 pm EDT
Updated with TekSavvy reaction.
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday...
SaskTel rolling out 5G in Saskatoon, expanding in Regina
telecom | 03/10/2022 5:06 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is rolling out 5G in the City...
Rogers, civil groups, say CRTC should remove Russian state-owned channels from airwaves
Media | 03/09/2022 4:27 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and civil organizations...
Delay 3,800 Mhz auction until altimeter issues resolved, Sasktel tells ISED
telecom | 03/03/2022 9:52 am EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple”...
Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC
telecom | 02/10/2022 5:42 pm EST
The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs), including telecommunications service providers (TSPs), Canadian carriers, and broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs), must provide certain market segments with free paper billing, in an effort...
SaskTel launches new digital mobile service
telecom | 12/07/2021 4:02 pm EST
A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service
In a...
Samsung opens Regina office to work with SaskTel
telecom | 12/01/2021 3:11 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has opened a regional office in Regina to facilitate its work with...
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...
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,...
Shaw backs delay of STIR/SHAKEN implementation
telecom | 11/09/2021 1:51 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc. has added its voice to those calling for deferral of the implementation of the STIR/SHAKEN condition.
In a Nov. 8 letter to the CRTC, the parent company of Freedom Mobile Inc. says technical issues involving enhanced 911 (E911) and next...
Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-out
telecom | 11/02/2021 1:56 pm EDT
Canada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
SaskTel spending another $50 million on rural fibre optic broadband
telecom | 06/25/2021 5:16 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) is throwing another...
Telecoms emphasize concerns, support for CRTC’s botnet blocking proposal
telecom | 05/06/2021 7:19 pm EDT
Canada’s big-three telecoms are doubling down on their assertions that the CRTC does not need to implement a proposal that would require them to block malicious botnet...
Majority of Canadian mobile wireless prices second-highest internationally: ISED report
telecom | 05/04/2021 8:10 pm EDT
The average Canadian mobile wireless prices rank the second highest internationally in four of seven service “baskets,” and remains in the middle-high range for the...
UPDATED – CRTC rejects broad MVNO model, will mandate limited access for regional players
telecom | 04/15/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...
Botnet-blocking provides security for Canadians: CSE
telecom | 04/13/2021 5:57 pm EDT
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has argued that the average Canadian’s cybersecurity...
CRTC rejects incumbent request to expand Internet Code
telecom | 04/08/2021 5:05 pm EDT
The CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based...
SaskTel chooses Samsung for 5G supplier
telecom | 03/15/2021 2:26 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. will be using Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as its primary supplier as the company builds out its own 5G network, the company announced Monday. Samsung will be SaskTel’s sole vendor for the hardware, software and expertise needed for its 4G/5G Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core. “SaskTel’s deployment of a transformational 5G network will foster continued innovation and support the growth of Saskatchewan's technology sector,” Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SaskTel, said in a press release. “5G technology will deliver...
Mitel pushes back on incumbents in STIR/SHAKEN access debate
telecom | 02/18/2021 5:06 pm EST
Mitel Networks Corp. has delivered a blunt reply to incumbents over their approaches to implementing the STIR/SHAKEN anti-fraud-call technology, suggesting that larger companies are seeking...
PIAC reiterates demands for CRTC to impose paper billing rules
telecom | 02/16/2021 5:06 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners...
CRTC should release data on fraud calls: PIAC
telecom | 02/09/2021 5:58 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has asked the CRTC to publicly disclose the information it...
Telecoms end overage fees suspension
telecom | 07/02/2020 4:52 pm EDT
Major Canadian telecoms have ended one of their major relief measures for Canadians who suddenly shifted...
SaskTel to resume charging overage fees on June 9
telecom | 05/29/2020 2:13 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. will become the second Canadian telecom to resume charging overage fees to home internet customers who go over their data caps, with the company announcing it will end the COVID-19...
Provinces also looking at speeding up rural broadband rollouts
telecom | 05/01/2020 1:10 pm EDT
As the federal government and individual companies work on accelerating...
Cogeco to bring back overage fees as of May 1
telecom | 04/30/2020 2:10 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. will again start charging overage fees to its home internet customers who exceed their data limits as of Friday, with the company instead focusing on other measures it considers to “be more essential” to its...
Carriers to text consular information to Canadians abroad
telecom | 03/18/2020 5:30 pm EDT
Canada's wireless service providers will send out text messages to their...
Telecoms close stores, offer free channels in response to COVID-19
Media | 03/16/2020 5:56 pm EDT
Telecommunication providers are closing retail stores, offering complimentary TV channels and continuing to waive overage fees on home internet plans as they respond to COVID-19. Xplornet Communications Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. were the latest providers to announce a temporary pause to wireless internet overage charges on Monday, joining a number of telecommunications companies who announced similar moves on March 13. BCE Inc.’s Northwestel announced in a...
Wireless prices down in Canada in 2019, but still high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 03/05/2020 4:45 pm EST
Mobile wireless prices are lower or have stayed the same across all service "baskets" compared to last year, but the higher data plan prices remain stubbornly higher than most other countries, a new...
TekSavvy sticking to lower internet prices despite wholesale rate stay
telecom | 09/30/2019 12:13 pm EDT
The temporary nature of the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to...
Unifor rejects latest Sasktel offer, in strike position
telecom | 08/14/2019 6:25 pm EDT
The union representing employees at Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has rejected the latest contract offer from the telecom and are in a legal strike position. That means Unifor can...
Telecoms must hand over more detailed info to Comp Bureau
telecom | 08/06/2019 7:23 pm EDT
The CRTC has directed telecom companies to disclose an additional set of...
Internet code will indirectly tackle poor sales practices, CRTC chairman says
telecom | 07/31/2019 11:01 am EDT
CRTC chairman Ian Scott said the new internet code will address many of the underlying issues that have resulted in complaints about the industry's poor sales practices, which...
CRTC accepts Comp Bureau’s narrowed request for wireless data
telecom | 05/24/2019 5:49 pm EDT
After the CRTC in April denied the Competition Bureau’s request for more specific telecom data for its wireless review, the commission Friday changed course and said it will go ahead and ask...
Shaw says patience, not regulation, required to see organic MVNO market
telecom | 05/17/2019 4:55 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom, the country’s major fourth wireless player, says it is most susceptible to harm if the CRTC decides to mandate MVNO access to incumbent facilities, and that...
Bell opts out of 600 MHz, Rogers nabs 52 licenses for $1.7B
telecom | 04/10/2019 5:30 pm EDT
BCE Inc. was among three prospective applicants who didn’t grab licenses for the coveted 600 MHz spectrum, widely considered to be the last chance to get valuable low-band frequencies. The...
Cogeco won’t be among bidders for 600 MHz spectrum
telecom | 12/06/2018 6:29 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. isn’t among the list of participants in the 600 MHz auction, released by Innovation Canada...
BDUs need to have STB data ready for Sept. 2019: CRTC
telecom | 08/03/2018 2:31 pm EDT
The CRTC renewed the licences of a slew of broadcasters in multiple decisions on Thursday, taking a hands-off approach to issues like pricing of standalone channels, but setting conditions of license for community programming,...
CRTC to hold sales practices hearing in October
telecom | 07/16/2018 1:57 pm EDT
The CRTC will question telecoms about their sales practices at an October hearing in Gatineau, Que., the regulator said Monday as it launched a consultation. The proceeding is in response to an order by the federal government...
Bell tops broadband speed tests, but falls in customer satisfaction survey
Media | 06/22/2018 5:06 pm EDT
In a pair of studies measuring home internet service this week, BCE Inc. was positioned at the two ends of the spectrum, topping out the list of fastest connections in Canada, but falling to near the...
SaskTel’s microwave backhaul network getting an upgrade
telecom | 05/31/2018 5:16 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) announced on...
CRTC consulting on NG911 network efficiency
telecom | 03/26/2018 1:29 pm EDT
The CRTC said Monday it is asking for input on next-generation 911 (NG911) network design efficiencies recommended by telcos.
The consultation follows a report the CRTC had asked incumbent telcos to submit on aspects of the NG911 network, and will look at issues like...