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Rogers v. Rogers a tour de force for Toronto actor Tom Rooney

| 01/02/2026 3:30 am EST

Rogers v. Rogers a tour de force for Toronto actor Tom RooneyYou can be forgiven for thinking Tom Rooney does not know who he is. The Toronto actor plays several characters in the play Rogers v. Rogers, currently being staged by Crow’s Theatre in the Ontario capital. The drama began its run on Dec. 2; it has been extended until Jan....

Telus accuses Rogers of anticompetitive motivation in blocking its ads

| 09/10/2025 5:51 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOTelus Corp. is accusing Rogers Communications Inc. of blocking it from advertising its telecom services on Rogers’ radio and TV stations to protect its own business. ...

Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following dispute

| 05/09/2025 5:45 pm EDT

Court orders Copyright Board to issue new distant signal tariff following disputeThe Copyright Board of Canada has been ordered by the Federal Court of...

Former Rogers CEO Joe Natale looking to join Shopify board

| 04/30/2025 5:27 pm EDT

Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama Former Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale will seek election to...

CCTS report finds Telus most complained-about service provider; billing issues ‘top of mind’ for customers

| 04/30/2025 8:42 am EDT

Iristel, Bell still in dispute over repayments, disconnectionsFor the first time in its reporting history, the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found Telus Corp. to be the most complained-about service...

Rogers saga goes from the page to the stage in December debut

| 04/22/2025 4:02 am EDT

Rogers saga goes from the page to the stage in December debutThe battle for control of the Rogers Communications Inc. empire was...

Billing issues, wireless service complaints spike in CCTS annual report

| 01/15/2025 9:34 am EST

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchThe Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services says the...

OUTtv moves from bankruptcy to goal of being global powerhouse

| 01/02/2025 8:00 am EST

OUTtv moves from bankruptcy to goal of being global powerhouseOUTtv was one of the first specialty channels introduced to Canada in...

Rogers names Mark Kennedy as chief technology officer, following retirement of Ron McKenzie

telecom | 10/01/2024 2:39 pm EDT

Mark Kennedy, Rogers' new chief technology officer, and outgoing CTIO Ron McKenzie.Mark Kennedy is Rogers Communications Inc.’s new...

Edward Rogers named executive chair of Rogers Communications

telecom | 08/15/2024 1:14 pm EDT

Edward RogersEdward Rogers has been named executive chair of Rogers Communications Inc....

Media division bolsters Quebecor’s Q2 results

Media | 08/08/2024 4:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysStrong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...

CTRC considering updating eligibility for Independent Local News Fund

Media | 07/24/2024 8:50 am EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviewsThe CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility...

INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes

telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyrightAfter almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed...

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss 

telecom | 11/09/2023 4:40 pm EST

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri said, during the company’s third quarter conference call on Thursday, that he supports the CRTC’s decision to “level the...

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 saysBCE 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...

Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC 

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionA group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for...

Quebecor launches Freedom’s first nationwide plan

telecom | 05/25/2023 4:05 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysIn its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has announced a nationwide mobile plan.  The $50 plan includes unlimited calls and text messages and 40 GB of data anywhere in Canada or the United States. The company...

Federal Court and Competition Tribunal didn’t understand Rogers-Shaw merger: Prof

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesOTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...

CRTC must implement a reasonable test for FTTP rates: Péladeau

telecom | 05/11/2023 5:44 pm EDT

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choiceThe CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...

Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite

Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationFormer Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...

Public interest groups call for shored up Broadcasting Participation Fund

Media | 04/17/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: reportA group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to...

Rogers needs to work with competitors on TTC network expansion: Experts

telecom | 04/14/2023 5:04 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionRogers Communications Inc.'s announcement to extend cell service to Toronto’s entire subway system is getting universal praise from experts, activists and elected officials – but they want to see...

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...

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed

telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closedAfter a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...

Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal

telecom | 03/31/2023 5:00 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysOn the same day the Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Freedom Mobile's spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor Inc.,...

UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

telecom | 03/31/2023 9:11 am EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksOTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings 

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

STB data measurement complex task, group saysThe 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

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilitiesA working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...

Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds

telecom | 03/22/2023 12:56 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksInnovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied...

All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee

telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT

All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committeeConservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service quality metrics got a smooth ride in the House of Commons industry committee on Monday. MPs from all parties backed the bill and all the witnesses who appeared before the panel spoke in favour of the...

Competition Bureau releases recommendations for changes to law

Internet and Governance | 03/15/2023 5:24 pm EDT

Rogers sued by Competition Bureau over alleged false advertising in ‘unlimited’ data plansThe Competition Bureau Wednesday released its recommendations regarding...

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,...

B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs

telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST

STB data measurement complex task, group saysBritish Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...

CRTC wants telecoms to address Canadians with disabilities wireless services

telecom | 02/23/2023 3:29 pm EST

Ethics committee seeks changes to privacy laws, opting out of data collectionThursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...

Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint 

telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysShaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...

CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding

Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...

Deadline for Shaw-Videotron deal extended, yet again

telecom | 02/17/2023 1:27 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysFor the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

CRTC modifies Telus tariffs on digital network access

telecom | 02/10/2023 3:51 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOIn a Friday decision, the CRTC approved with modifications three tariff notifications submitted by Telus Corp. The trio of applications were filed in January 2022. Two of the applications sought to change digital network access and inter-exchange digital channels. The...

Democracy Watch calls for Telecom Consumer Organization

telecom | 02/08/2023 5:04 pm EST

Democracy Watch calls for Telecom Consumer OrganizationPublic interest lobby group Democracy Watch is urging the establishment of...

OpenMedia backs TekSavvy’s complaint over off-tariff agreements

telecom | 02/07/2023 3:50 pm EST

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCLobby group OpenMedia is in the corner of TekSavvy Solutions Inc. over...

Rogers will be able to compete in a four-player market: Staffieri to investors

Media | 02/02/2023 4:43 pm EST

Rogers will be able to compete in a four-player market: Staffieri to investorsRogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital...

Wireless, internet and media lead to strong Bell fourth quarter

telecom | 02/02/2023 4:09 pm EST

Wireless, internet and media lead to strong Bell fourth quarterBCE Inc. released its fourth quarter results Thursday, reporting 330,743...

Rogers, Shaw, and Quebecor extend their deadline once again

telecom | 01/30/2023 4:02 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysThe three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian telecom history have once again extended their "deadline" for the companies to finalize the deal, this time to Feb. 17.  After the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the Competition Bureau's...

ISED releases results of residual spectrum band auction

telecom | 01/27/2023 4:19 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choiceAll eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

Market reaction positive to appeal outcome over Rogers-Shaw merger

Media | 01/25/2023 6:23 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionCommissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell said Tuesday his agency will not take the fight against the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. to the Supreme Court. The...

Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau case

Media | 01/24/2023 3:08 pm EST

Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau caseTuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...

TekSavvy application: a test for new-look CRTC and competition landscape?

telecom | 01/24/2023 12:18 pm EST

STB data measurement complex task, group saysIs last week's Part 1 application from TekSavvy Solutions Inc. a last minute, Hail Mary pass attempt at blocking the all-but assured blockbuster merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Globalive seeks to become national carrier by buying Manitoba spectrum

telecom | 01/23/2023 2:59 pm EST

Xplornet to brand wireless service Xplore MobileFrustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTC

telecom | 01/19/2023 3:00 pm EST

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCOne of Canada’s largest wholesale-based internet...

TekSavvy calls on government to disallow Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 01/10/2023 3:23 pm EST

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency reportTekSavvy Solutions Inc. is calling on the Minister of Innovation François-Philippe Champagne to block the proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. In a Tuesday news release, the Ontario-based independent telecom said approval of the merger would lead to rate-fixing and higher prices. The Competition Tribunal dismissed an application by the Competition Bureau to disallow the deal late last month. TekSavvy is particularly...

UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout

Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionCanada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...

Competition Bureau undercuts its own case, National Bank analyst maintains

Media | 12/21/2022 3:25 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysAs spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw...

Rogers presents experts as Tribunal hearings edge toward end

telecom | 12/02/2022 2:54 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionA retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has...

Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifies

telecom | 11/29/2022 2:38 pm EST

Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifiesAn expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with earlier testimony from Competition Bureau experts over the proposed takeover of the western telecom by...

Rogers-Shaw integration should be completed within three years, Tribunal told

telecom | 11/25/2022 12:10 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionThe integration of Shaw Communications Inc. properties into the network of...

‘Extremely difficult’ to sell to Rogers, Brad Shaw tells Tribunal

telecom | 11/24/2022 11:13 am EST

Plan comes together for TV subs boost in Shaw Q3: MehrShaw Communications Inc. CEO Brad Shaw told the Competition Tribunal...

Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order

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

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite serviceThe start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...

CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott

Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTCMISSISSAUGA – CRTC chair Ian Scott said he does not know what the state of the CRTC’s finances will look like in future but the commission is “fine” for the moment as it prepares to take on a...

Telus continues its push to reform spectrum policies in conference keynote address

telecom | 11/21/2022 12:14 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOMISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...

Gov. seeking comments in review of Competition Act

telecom | 11/17/2022 11:14 am EST

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksInnovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Thursday that the government is seeking...

Freedom stronger under Shaw than Videotron, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/16/2022 1:26 pm EST

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario marketsFreedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor Inc. than it was under Shaw Communications Inc. control, an economics professor told the Competition Tribunal Tuesday. Nathan Miller of Georgetown University was testifying in opposition to the...

Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger

Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOThe second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop

telecom | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit dropRogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...

Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says

Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionService and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile in 2016 and rebranded it as Freedom Mobile, but they went into decline over uncertainty about Shaw’s takeover by Rogers Communications Inc. Sudeep Verma, who once owned 19 Freedom shops in the...

Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 10/28/2022 3:05 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysTwo events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe...

PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding

Media | 10/27/2022 3:11 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportThe CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions...

ISED’s non-competitive licensing framework provides needed flexibility for regional players: expert

telecom | 10/26/2022 3:34 pm EDT

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic CanadaWINNIPEG-One of Canada’s leading experts in spectrum policy says ISED is finally opening up good chunks of spectrum to be used for rural, remote and Indigenous connectivity...

Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas

Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionTelus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

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: reportFour 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...

Rogers gets details on how Quebecor-Freedom deal harms competition

telecom | 09/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': BarclaysThe Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition

Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competitionRogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage dispute

Media | 09/09/2022 3:36 pm EDT

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage disputeRogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC...

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

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

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outageWednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

CNOC takes issue with Shaw’s proposed costs for new 1.5 gigabit service

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

Plan comes together for TV subs boost in Shaw Q3: MehrThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada is taking issue with a costing study Shaw Communications Inc. presented to the CRTC to justify the prices it wants to charge its...

BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel

telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT

BREAKING: Bell to acquire DistributelIn the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal

telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw dealRogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...

TV revenues recover while radio continues decline: CRTC report

Media | 08/23/2022 5:03 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: reportTelevision revenues are rebounding from the pandemic slump while revenues...

Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says

Media | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connectedCanada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...

Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario marketsQuebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....

CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines

telecom | 08/12/2022 2:30 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...

OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers

telecom | 08/10/2022 4:22 pm EDT

OneSoccer demands carriage on RogersAn independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its programming on the telecom giant’s cable network. Timeless Inc., parent company of OneSoccer channel, has filed a seven-page document with the commission. Currently, only...