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...
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...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has rapidly changed its mind...
Rogers Communications Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding...
The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...
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 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...
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...
Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...
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...
In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...
In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...
Rogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...
The Independent Telecommunications Providers...
Cogeco Inc. is raising concern with the CRTC that...
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...
The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...
Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...
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...
The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...
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...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is rolling out 5G in the City...
Rogers Communications Inc. and civil organizations...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple”...
The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...
A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service
In a...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has opened a regional office in Regina to facilitate its work with...
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...
The telecoms companies that supported Innovation,...
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...
Canada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing...
A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...
BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications...
Canada’s big telecommunications companies are in favour of making access...
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...
The CRTC is seeking further information from...
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...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) is throwing another...
Canada’s big-three telecoms are doubling down on their assertions that...
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...
Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has argued that the average Canadian’s cybersecurity...
The CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based...
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 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...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has asked the CRTC to publicly disclose the information it...
Major Canadian telecoms have ended one of their major relief measures for Canadians who suddenly shifted...
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...
As the federal government and individual companies work on accelerating...
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...
Canada's wireless service providers will send out text messages to their...
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...
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...
The temporary nature of the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to...
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...
The CRTC has directed telecom companies to disclose an additional set of...
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...
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 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...
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 Inc. isn’t among the list of participants in the 600 MHz auction, released by Innovation Canada...
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...
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...
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...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) announced on...
The CRTC said Monday it is asking for input on next-generation 911 (NG911) network design efficiencies...
The issue of set-asides has resurfaced in replies to a consultation on...
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
Perform Group’s over-the-top (OTT) sports service Dazn is partnering with...
Rural wireless towers in Saskatchewan are being upgraded to increase their LTE capacity, Saskatchewan...
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...
The CRTC is seeking comment on whether it should grant regional...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. has rolled out a connected-home service, allowing customers...
Without an Edward Snowden-like scandal, exposing inappropriate government access of citizens’ personal...
TerreStar Solutions Inc. is asking Innovation, Science and Economic...
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...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s president and CEO, Ron Styles, will...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. will improve Internet service...
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....
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...
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...