A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is asking the government to expand the CRTC’s authority over passive infrastructure and provincially regulated support structures.
Earlier this month the Canadian Telecommunications Network...
The CRTC Wednesday approved a proposal by TBayTel Inc. that it be permitted to delay the implementation of 10-digit dialing in its area. The regional telecom had made the application late last year.
Telecoms across the country must migrate to 10-digit dialing to...
Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
A municipally-owned Thunder Bay , Ont., telecommunications company is...
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...
The federal government is providing low-income families and seniors with broadband services at reduced rates. On Monday it unveiled the second leg of its Connecting Families...
The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has approved a transfer...
The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...
Six months after it received a request to release the data it collects on a fraud process known as "SIM swapping," the CRTC yesterday sent a letter to parties involved in a proceeding on the matter saying that instances of the...
BCE Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. are taking issue with TekSavvy...
A CRTC consultation on paper billing practices in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors is continuing, with the commission requesting that all major companies respond to a series of...
The objection to the new phone financing plans from the likes of the Competition Bureau is based on an incorrect understanding of device financing arrangements, according to Rogers Communications Inc.’s reply in the CRTC’s...
The CRTC has directed telecom companies to disclose an additional set of...
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 companies were asked to respond to CRTC questions following media reports that telecoms were charging customers to complete some tasks through a customer service representative that they could otherwise do themselves online. All four companies told the CRTC they have such fees in place for at least some...
BCE Inc. was among three prospective applicants who didn’t grab licenses for the coveted 600 MHz spectrum, widely considered to be the last chance to get valuable low-band frequencies. The...
Cogeco Inc. isn’t among the list of participants in the 600 MHz auction, released by Innovation Canada...
A government program intended to connect low-income families with affordable internet launched Friday....
GATINEAU — TekSavvy Solutions Inc. told the CRTC Wednesday that a sales...
The CRTC will question telecoms about their sales practices at an October hearing in Gatineau, Que., the regulator said Monday as it launched a consultation. The proceeding is in response to an order by the federal government to look into the issue and produce a report by Feb. 28, 2018. The CRTC said it is looking for comments from Canadians about their personal experiences with telecom sales providers, “including comments from consumers who are vulnerable due to their age, a disability, or a language barrier.” It also wants to hear from the telecoms, their current and former...
A coalition of internet service providers (ISPs) is taking the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to task over a proposal to significantly raise the cost of hydro pole installation across the province, which they say will inevitably lead...
The CRTC has told Telus Corp., Rogers Communications Inc. and TBayTel Inc. that they can have the extra time they requested in order to implement certain requirements of the Wireless Code. The two companies told the regulator...
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
The CRTC is seeking comment on whether it should grant regional...
The CRTC has determined that a hands-off approach to regulating roaming rates on GSM networks until it approves a final set of guidelines would not put smaller carriers in a negotiating disadvantage with larger ones. The...
The domestic roaming rates for voice and text services BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. have asked the CRTC to implement are significantly lower than what they currently...
The Federal Court has ordered wireless carriers to provide information being asked for by the Competition Bureau as it looks into whether Apple Inc. engaged in anticompetitive practices related to sales of its iPhone. BCE Inc.,...
Quebecor Inc. is still publicly sitting on the fence when it comes to expanding its wireless service throughout Canada despite bidding $187 million on 2500 MHz spectrum, including for licences outside...
BCE Inc. said Thursday that its streaming service CraveTV will be available to subscribers of Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.'s MaxTV service on May 12. It added in a press release that small Ontario providers TBayTel Inc., NRTC Communications and WTC Communications are also now offering CraveTV to their subscribers. In a separate release Thursday, Bell Media said CraveTV is also now compatible with Google Inc.’s Chromecast. It said CraveTV is the first Canadian streaming service available on the thumb-sized device, which plugs into a television's HDMI port...