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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 11 rural sections of the province. This will further wireless connectivity in Saskatchewan.
“Saskatchewan people will continue to benefit from some of the best...
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 television service from $25 a month to $28 per month with a yearly indexing mechanism being added to...
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...
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 morning dismissed a last effort by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. to challenge Canada's first-ever...
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),...
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 internet service providers (ISPs) and facilities-based ISPs over the amount of information the latter...
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...
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 relief measure on June 8. SaskTel announced in a Friday press release that it had extended the suspension of overage fees -- scheduled to end on May 31 -- a further eight days, but customers would again be charged for exceeding their caps as of June 9. SaskTel president and CEO Doug Burnett said in the release that the company understood the importance of...
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...
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, accessibility and a firm deadline for the national set top box data program. It renewed broadcast distribution undertakings (BDU) licenses for Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., Telus Corp., BCE Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp., Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, Cogeco Inc. and Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron in their...
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...
Millimetre wave spectrum set-asides harmful to 5G potential: telcos
telecom | 11/27/2017 5:51 pm EST
The issue of set-asides has resurfaced in replies to a consultation on...
Telus joins Rogers in Wireless Code extension ask
telecom | 11/20/2017 6:12 pm EST
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
NFL Sunday Ticket returns to broadcast TV with Dazn partnership
Media | 10/11/2017 6:16 pm EDT
Perform Group’s over-the-top (OTT) sports service Dazn is partnering with...
SaskTel updating rural wireless towers
telecom | 09/01/2017 5:27 pm EDT
Rural wireless towers in Saskatchewan are being upgraded to increase their LTE capacity, Saskatchewan...
Hargrave in as new SaskTel minister
telecom | 08/30/2017 4:24 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. has a new minister responsible for the Crown telecom corporation after Premier Brad Wall shuffled his cabinet Wednesday.
In a press release, Wall announced that Joe Hargrave, Minister responsible for Crown Investments...
TBayTel asks for 1-year extension for Wireless Code changes
telecom | 08/22/2017 12:56 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comment on whether it should grant regional...
SaskTel launches smart-home service
telecom | 08/21/2017 5:29 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. has rolled out a connected-home service, allowing customers...
Transparency reporting in Canada: still opaque?
telecom | 07/31/2017 4:15 pm EDT
Without an Edward Snowden-like scandal, exposing inappropriate government access of citizens’ personal...
Deny TerreStar ask for more spectrum, telecoms tell ISED
telecom | 07/26/2017 3:17 pm EDT
TerreStar Solutions Inc. is asking Innovation, Science and Economic...
STB data measurement complex task, group says
Media | 06/30/2017 2:23 pm EDT
Activity by a working group tasked with studying the implementation of an audience measurement system via set-top boxes is slow, but steady, TV providers told the CRTC, with user privacy coming to bear as a top concern for those involved.
Broadcast distribution...
SaskTel CEO leaving company July 1
telecom | 06/29/2017 2:38 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s president and CEO, Ron Styles, will...
SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities
telecom | 06/20/2017 2:56 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. will improve Internet service...
Sask. to cost Internet improvements: report
telecom | 06/08/2017 4:50 pm EDT
The Saskatchewan government will appoint someone to investigate the cost of expanding Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s Internet coverage, Premier Brad Wall was reported as saying this week, according to CTV News....
‘Alternative video’ services more satisfying than pay TV: study
Media | 06/08/2017 3:10 pm EDT
Non-traditional TV subscribers, such as those who use over-the-top (OTT) services, are more satisfied than those with traditional pay-TV subscriptions, a new J.D. Power survey suggested. Customers...
Telus, Videotron lead in wireless network quality: study
telecom | 05/26/2017 3:52 pm EDT
Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron had the fewest reported problems on their networks in certain regions of the country, according to a new study by J.D. Power. Released Thursday, the...
Partial sale would bring benefits to SaskTel: Desjardins
telecom | 05/08/2017 6:53 pm EDT
The sale of a stake in Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. would help the crown corporation when it comes to adopting new technologies, according to Desjardins Capital Markets...
Big three haven’t met with minister about SaskTel sale: report
Media | 05/03/2017 9:41 pm EDT
Canada’s big three wireless providers have not spoken with the minister for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. about the potential partial sale of the company, even though last week he said he met with a major telecom, according to a Tuesday Regina Leader-Post report. SaskTel Minister Dustin...
SaskTel minister confirms discussions about partial sale
telecom | 05/01/2017 8:22 pm EDT
Saskatchewan's minister for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. said last week the government met with a major Canadian telecom company to discuss a partial sale of the...
SaskTel sale off the table, Wall says
telecom | 03/07/2017 5:38 pm EST
The premier of Saskatchewan said Monday that the province will not pursue the sale of its telecommunications crown corporation, according to a report in the Canadian Press. Brad Wall said last year that the province would hold a referendum on whether to pursue a suitable offer for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. Alluding to the public not wanting its sale, Wall took it off the table. “They’re not interested in a referendum. They’re not interested in the potential sale of SaskTel,” he said as the legislature returned for spring,...
Telecoms bond over stirring proposals to shake up call spoofing
telecom | 03/03/2017 7:18 pm EST
Technologies identified by the CRTC as potential tools to combat spoofed and nuisance calls have promise, but barriers to their deployment mean they’re not likely to be put in place any time...
SaskTel says it’s ‘concerned’ by end of local voice subsidy
telecom | 02/13/2017 6:09 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. said Monday that it is concerned about the CRTC’s December decision to eliminate the local voice subsidy in favour of a...
Eliminate locked phones in Canada, Freedom Mobile tells CRTC
telecom | 02/08/2017 10:05 pm EST
In a departure from the positions of its fellow wireless providers, Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile suggested Wednesday the CRTC should forbid carriers from charging...
Trump raising concerns about Internet traffic passing U.S.: advocates
telecom | 01/30/2017 9:21 pm EST
In November 2016, a group of Internet experts met in Toronto to discuss how to address the issue of Canadian Internet traffic travelling to the United States, which some say raises data privacy...
SaskTel opens Saskatoon data centre
telecom | 01/26/2017 9:00 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holdings Corp. said Thursday that its newest data centre is now operational. The 24,000-square-foot Tier III facility, first announced in 2015, “significantly increases SaskTel’s data centre capacity,” the company said. SaskTel “previously had a total of 31,088 square feet in 6 different data centre locations with 4 locations in Regina and 2 in Saskatoon,” the release added....
Sasktel boosting Internet offerings in 4 communities
telecom | 11/16/2016 7:18 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is upgrading Internet speeds in some communities and will begin offering higher-speed service to another in Saskatchewan. In one of two press releases Wednesday, the...
Sasktel ties for fastest LTE speeds in the world: OpenSignal
telecom | 11/10/2016 9:29 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s LTE download speeds are among the fastest in the world, according to a new OpenSignal Inc. report. “In the fourth quarter, Singapore had...
CRTC’s lowering of HSA rates means small ISPs ‘free to innovate’: CNOC
telecom | 10/06/2016 8:00 pm EDT
The CRTC has set revised interim wholesale rates for high-speed access (HSA) services, criticizing large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for proposing “unreasonable” rates that were too...
Wireless Code could use tweaks, providers tell CRTC
telecom | 10/04/2016 8:55 pm EDT
While the general consensus among the industry’s biggest players is that the Wireless Code has been an effective tool over the past three years, it could do with few upgrades, according to submissions made to the CRTC’s review of the regulation. Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. argued a return to three-year contracts is in...
Union-backed ads call for SaskTel status quo
telecom | 09/09/2016 4:25 pm EDT
A union representing Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. employees has launched an advertising campaign calling for Premier Brad Wall to abandon any idea of selling the telecom. In a press release Thursday,...
Bell has fastest wireless network again: report
telecom | 08/31/2016 8:51 pm EDT
BCE Inc. owns the country’s fastest mobile speeds for a second consecutive year, helped by partnerships agreements with other companies, according to a report released Wednesday by PCMag.com. With an average of 59.72...
Rogers’ OMNI application a ‘band-aid’ solution, critics say
Media | 08/18/2016 7:14 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal for a new national ethnic programming service is neither innovative nor appropriate in today’s TV environment aimed at providing consumers more...
FTTH rollout crucial for affordability in long-term: report
telecom | 08/16/2016 5:13 pm EDT
The deployment of fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks will be an important step for improving affordability of communications services in the long-term, according to a...
CRTC allowing off-tariff GSM agreements, for now
telecom | 08/05/2016 8:50 pm EDT
The CRTC has determined that a hands-off approach to regulating roaming rates on GSM networks until it approves a final set of guidelines would not put smaller carriers in a negotiating disadvantage with larger ones. The regulator drew that conclusion in a decision on Friday, stating that negotiations on GSM roaming pricing are optional and if a smaller carrier does not agree with the terms, “ it can use a Commission-approved default tariff that contains rates, terms, and conditions that are just and reasonable.” In the meantime, “allowing off-tariff agreements...