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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 findsThe 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

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.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 that year, as opposed to the 1.4 per cent decline posted in 2020. That 2020 fall was the largest ever recorded in the Communications Market Reports (CMR). The only other decrease was in 2002 when the dot-com bubble burst.  The chief factor in the 2021 increase was the...

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...

Sogetel given green light to offer services in Quebec towns

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsTuesday, 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 launchesThe federal government and Quebec announced $8.2 million in joint funding...

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against the big three in a ruling on seamless handoff and 5G roaming. In a lengthy decision issued Wednesday, the commission sought to make life easier for the regional players by finding in their favour in...

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

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

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfallsThe 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...