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CRTC raises revenue threshold for telecom contribution fund, despite Big Three opposition

| 02/19/2026 4:47 pm EST

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Score one for the little guys. The CRTC has approved a request from a group of independent telcos asking for the regulator to increase the annual revenue threshold for...

CRTC releases funding for cellular coverage in central Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador

telecom | 08/28/2024 4:44 pm EDT

Telecoms work to restore service after tornado; 27% of Canadians experience major outage due to weather, report finds

The CRTC announced Wednesday four companies will get $17 million in funding to improve cell service along eight highways in Canada.  The commission released a series of...

Telecom sector seeing revenue increase: CRTC telecom report

telecom | 06/20/2023 5:24 pm EDT

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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...

ISED releases results of residual spectrum band auction

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

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The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...

Sogetel given green light to offer services in Quebec towns

telecom | 01/18/2023 7:34 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Tuesday, the CRTC gave Sogetel Inc. the okay to begin offering its services...

CanWISP worried ISED proposals will reduce rural connectivity

telecom | 12/01/2022 7:04 pm EST

50/10 Mbps standard just fine, CanWISP members say

"Stringent" limitations proposed for the non-competitive licensing (NCL)...

Feds, Quebec, announce funding for rural  high-speed internet

telecom | 06/29/2022 5:02 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

The federal government and Quebec announced $8.2 million in joint funding to bring high-speed internet to 25 communities in rural areas of the province. Sogetel Inc., BCE Inc., Coopérative de câblodistribution de l'arrière-pays (CCAP), Coopérative de...

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

Media | 11/02/2021 12:36 pm EDT

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

The CRTC is ordering two telecommunications companies to cough up Canadian programming contribution...

$10 fees on customer service tasks don’t violate Wireless Code: Bell, Telus

telecom | 05/03/2019 5:27 pm EDT

BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., and Shaw Communications Inc. have responded to the CRTC’s questions about $10 fees they charge for some customer service tasks. Telecom...