The CRTC said Tuesday it is “prepared” to reconsider the eligibility requirements of the Independent Local News Fund.
The regulator said in a call for comments on the...
After almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed to decide on a motion put forward by Conservative MP Rick Perkins to conduct a study into Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc.’s recently announced price hikes....
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri...
By Robert Ghiz, president and CEO, Canadian...
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...
Local independent news stations want to exclude...
A group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for their call for a restructuring of the Rogers Communications Inc. tangible benefits payment to shore...
In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has...
OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...
The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...
Stakeholders who submitted responses to the federal government’s...
Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...
A group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to...
Rogers 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...
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. The deal closed Monday, the same day that Shaw divested itself of Freedom Mobile, which it sold to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron subsidiary.
“Rogers...
On the same day the Innovation Minister...
OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied minister in cabinet last year, a survey has discovered. Reporters for the Wire Report’s affiliated...
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...
The Competition Bureau Wednesday released its recommendations regarding...
The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...
Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
For the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. and the corresponding sale of Freedom Mobile by Shaw to Quebecor Inc. has been extended. Most recently set for Feb. 17, the new deadline is Mar. 31.
The...
In a Friday decision, the CRTC approved with modifications three tariff notifications submitted by Telus...
Public interest lobby group Democracy Watch is urging the establishment of...
Lobby group OpenMedia is in the corner of TekSavvy Solutions Inc. over...
Rogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital...
BCE Inc. released its fourth quarter results Thursday, reporting 330,743 net activations across various platforms. There were 122,621 postpaid and prepaid mobile phone connections, 104,447 mobile connected devices, 63,466 retail internet and 40,209 IPTV hook-ups. This all...
The three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian...
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...
Commissioner 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...
Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...
Is 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...
Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...
The CRTC is starting a fresh chapter with new...
One of Canada’s largest wholesale-based internet service providers (ISPs) is making a last ditch appeal to the CRTC to stop certain elements of the pending merger of Rogers...
TekSavvy 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...
Canada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...
As spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw...
Nearly a month of evidence from industry experts,...
A retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has mandated low cost cellular plans for consumers and that they have been successful. Roger Ware was testifying Wednesday before the Competition Tribunal which is hearing the case of Rogers...
An expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with...
The integration of Shaw Communications Inc. properties into the network of...
Shaw Communications Inc. CEO Brad Shaw told the Competition Tribunal...
The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...
MISSISSAUGA – 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...
MISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...
Respective lawyers representing Rogers...
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Thursday that the government is seeking...
An anti-trust expert refuted a Rogers Communications Inc. lawyer's suggestion that Shaw Communications Inc. customers will benefit from the potential merger because they will...
Freedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor...
The CRTC is directing the province of British...
The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...
Distributel Communications Ltd. attempted to...
Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months ending Sept. 30, compared to last year, with customer credits and the Shaw Communications Inc....
Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...
While on opposite sides of the Competition...
Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures...
Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe...
The CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions...
WINNIPEG-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...
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...
The emerging ad-hoc regime of site-blocking in...
Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. of abusing the legal process by asking them to turn over large volumes of...
Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...
The Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...
Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...
Rogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC...
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced a network sharing agreement for telecom service providers (TSPs) in response to the...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada is taking issue with a costing...
In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...
Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...
Quebecor Inc.’s intent to purchase of Shaw...
Television revenues are rebounding from the pandemic slump while revenues...
Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has told the Competition...
Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....
The CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have reached an agreement over burying cable lines in British Columbia. The pact would cover transmission costs for cable lines on, over, under or along BC highways. ...
An independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to mandate that...
Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...
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...
VMedia Inc. can expand its national footprint with resources from Quebecor Inc., as part of the Quebec-based company's national expansion, according to VMedia co-founder...
Rogers Communications Inc. reported a soaring profit margin for the...
The July 8 nationwide Rogers Communications Inc....
The Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor...
Rogers Communication Inc. has appointed Ron McKenzie, the company’s former president of Rogers for...
Cogeco Inc. president and CEO Philippe Jetté said...
Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...
In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...
In a letter from the Deputy Minister of Canadian...
In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations to control botnets that threaten Canadians’ internet security. It established the guiding principles for the framework and required a detailed set of recommendations from the CRTC Interconnection...