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Wireless ISPs meet urban spectrum deadline, but face higher costs from looming rural transition

| 05/01/2025 3:48 pm EDT

Wireless ISPs meet urban spectrum deadline, but face higher costs from looming rural transitionWhile many wireless internet service providers successfully navigated the recent deadline imposed by the government to cease operating in urban areas on a band of spectrum...

OpenMedia calls federal digital policy ‘disaster’, makes pitches for feds’ consideration

| 04/17/2025 3:27 pm EDT

OpenMedia calls federal digital policy ‘disaster’, makes pitches for feds' considerationAdvocacy group OpenMedia has put together a roster of digital policy recommendations that it hopes will spur politicians into action following the Apr. 28 federal election....

ITPA wants CRTC to lighten regulations on small incumbent phone companies

| 04/14/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming monthsThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association is asking the CRTC...

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company argues

| 03/25/2025 5:38 pm EDT

Starlink should not be blocked from northern internet subsidy, parent company arguesStarlink parent Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) says it would...

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcasters

| 03/18/2025 3:31 pm EDT

Uncertainty over US tariffs persists for Canadian telecoms, broadcastersWith a trade war launched against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump’s...

Government releases framework on expanding wireless service by satellite

Internet and Governance | 02/21/2025 3:15 pm EST

ISED hears further efforts needed in consultation on Indigenous Priority Window for spectrumThe federal government has released a decision on enabling mobile phone coverage through satellite service. The framework, which was first announced last June at the Canadian...

Starlink: Saviour of rural connectivity or threat to Canadian sovereignty?

Internet and Governance | 01/17/2025 5:20 pm EST

Starlink: Saviour of rural connectivity or threat to Canadian sovereignty?A group of academics is warning that Starlink could be a trojan horse,...

Satellite is ‘here to stay’ as connectivity solution, industry players say

telecom | 11/08/2024 4:57 pm EST

Satellite is ‘here to stay’ as connectivity solution, industry players sayRepresentatives of some of Canada’s players in the satellite sphere say...

Satellite networks vital next step for Canada to reach connectivity goals: Terrestar

telecom | 06/24/2024 6:02 pm EDT

Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStarRecent advancements in the satellite communications ecosystem have made...

ISED launches consultation on expanding mobile coverage with satellites

telecom | 06/17/2024 7:58 pm EDT

ISED launches consultation on expanding mobile coverage with satellitesTORONTO – The Government is developing a new framework to enable telecom...

SpaceX launches satellites for international coverage

telecom | 01/03/2024 4:21 pm EST

Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStarSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has launched a group of satellites which will facilitate...

Rogers partners with SpaceX to detect wildfires

telecom | 09/21/2023 1:47 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionAs the wildfire season continues to spread, Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday it has joined...

Telesat inks deal to use SpaceX rockets for LEO satellite launch

telecom | 09/11/2023 3:29 pm EDT

Telesat inks deal to use SpaceX rockets for LEO satellite launchTelesat Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it has signed a deal with Space...

CRTC missed opportunity to hold NorthwesTel accountable to consumer concerns in Far North: PIAC

telecom | 06/01/2023 5:18 pm EDT

CRTC denies Northwestel Wholesale Connect applicationThe CRTC presented its public opinion research (POR) research on telecommunication services in the Far North so late in its ongoing consultation process that BCE Inc. 's...

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX’s offering, Gov. subsidy

telecom | 05/16/2022 7:04 pm EDT

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX's offering, Gov. subsidyPlayers in the low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) space are casting doubt...

CRTC approves Northwestel internet tariffs

telecom | 01/27/2022 3:53 pm EST

CRTC denies Northwestel Wholesale Connect applicationThe CRTC approved two internet tariffs from BCE Inc.’s Northwestel Thursday, over objections from some stakeholders in the north. In October 2020 the telecom filed tariff notice (TN) 1099 which would have introduced three new...

Going public gives ‘more optionality’ for funding LEOS, Telesat CEO says

telecom | 11/24/2020 7:04 pm EST

LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 yearsA corporate restructuring that will see Telesat Holdings Inc. go public and have its shares listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market will give Telesat access to much more...

LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 years

telecom | 11/18/2020 2:36 pm EST

Telesat Holdings Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) both said Tuesday they plan to provide broadband connectivity to remote and rural areas of Canada seven years ahead of the...

FCC says Kepler can access U.S. market

telecom | 11/16/2018 4:16 pm EST

FCC says Kepler can access U.S. marketThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a request by Canadian satellite operator Kepler...

LEO projects promise rural, remote broadband in just a few years

telecom | 07/27/2018 3:16 pm EDT

LEO projects promise rural, remote broadband in just a few yearsThree years after a number of big companies first announced they would...

Telesat launches satellite said to improve Nunavut internet speeds

telecom | 07/23/2018 2:58 pm EDT

Telesat launches satellite said to improve Nunavut internet speedsTelesat Holdings Inc. said Monday that the launch of its new Telstar 19...

Canadian, int’l satellite providers at odds on NGSO licensing

telecom | 04/24/2017 8:26 pm EDT

Canadian satellite companies are asking Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to ensure a level playing field with their international competition when it comes to the licensing...

ISED puts hold on licensing non-geostationary satellite spectrum

telecom | 06/16/2016 7:52 pm EDT

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has put a moratorium on the licensing of satellite spectrum used by commercial non-geostationary satellites. It said in a notice on its...

Experts question feasibility of low-orbit satellites for Internet

telecom | 08/25/2015 7:24 pm EDT

Some of the world’s most well-known investors, including Richard Branson and Elon Musk, are betting that new projects that involve putting thousands of satellites into low orbit will bring the...