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Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

telecom | 06/09/2023 9:55 am EDT

Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s wholesale HSA framework, including its consideration to mandate temporary aggregated access to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) facilities. Interventions from BCE Inc., Telus Corp., Saskatchewan...

Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC 

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT

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...

Quebecor launches Freedom’s first nationwide plan

telecom | 05/25/2023 4:05 pm EDT

In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has...

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M)  markets in the same...

Federal Court and Competition Tribunal didn’t understand Rogers-Shaw merger: Prof

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:33 pm EDT

OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

telecom | 05/09/2023 2:49 pm EDT

The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile...

Telus Q1 profit down from last year

telecom | 05/04/2023 5:40 pm EDT

Telus Corp. reported profits of $224 million for the three months ending March 31, a 45 per cent dip compared to last year’s $404 million due to “higher interest, depreciation and amortization, and restructuring and other costs.”  The company reported its Q1 2023...

Xplore announced Rizwan Jamal as president

telecom | 04/25/2023 4:54 pm EDT

Xplore Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Rizwan Jamal as president and chief commercial officer starting on May 1.  Jamal will be responsible for sales, marketing, and product development functions, according to a...

Rogers needs to work with competitors on TTC network expansion: Experts

telecom | 04/14/2023 5:04 pm EDT

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...

Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report

telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT

According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...

CCTS complaints up for Rogers and Telus, down for Bell

telecom | 04/04/2023 1:48 pm EDT

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found...

CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding

Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT

Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed

telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT

After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...

Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal

telecom | 03/31/2023 5:00 pm EDT

On the same day the Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Freedom Mobile's spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor Inc.,...

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings 

telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT

The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...

CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding steam in policy review

telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT

The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...

CRTC to review roaming charges after Champagne request

telecom | 03/23/2023 5:58 pm EDT

The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT

A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...

Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds

telecom | 03/22/2023 12:56 pm EDT

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...

All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee

telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT

Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...

CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers

telecom | 03/13/2023 1:03 pm EDT

Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of...

Roaming rate charge increase ‘unacceptable’: Champagne

telecom | 03/02/2023 3:09 pm EST

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...

B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs

telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST

British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...

Bell presses pause on NG911 onboarding

telecom | 02/24/2023 5:04 pm EST

BCE Inc. is implementing a temporary embargo for next-generation 911 (NG911) onboarding and go-live...

CRTC wants telecoms to address Canadians with disabilities wireless services

telecom | 02/23/2023 3:29 pm EST

Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...

Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint 

telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST

Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement (OTA) that its hopeful future owner Rogers Communications Inc. has agreed to enter into with Quebecor...

U.S. FCC considering following Canadian lead on automobile spectrum

telecom | 02/22/2023 5:41 pm EST

Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to...

CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding

Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST

 The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...

CRTC modifies Telus tariffs on digital network access

telecom | 02/10/2023 3:51 pm EST

In a Friday decision, the CRTC approved with modifications three tariff notifications submitted by Telus Corp. The trio of applications were filed in January 2022. Two of the applications sought to change digital network access and inter-exchange digital channels. The...

Telus reports lower profits; record quarter for telecom additions

telecom | 02/09/2023 5:24 pm EST

Telus Corp. reported a 60 per cent drop in net income for its last quarter...

Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake

telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST

Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and...

CRTC demands info on MVNO negotiation process

telecom | 01/27/2023 1:33 pm EST

The CRTC is asking a number of incumbent telecom companies to report back to the regulator with an update about the ongoing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)...

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST

All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

TekSavvy application: a test for new-look CRTC and competition landscape?

telecom | 01/24/2023 12:18 pm EST

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...

Globalive seeks to become national carrier by buying Manitoba spectrum

telecom | 01/23/2023 2:59 pm EST

Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...

CRTC chair Ian Scott: the exit interview

Media | 01/04/2023 4:52 pm EST

Ian Scott's tenure as chair of the CRTC comes to a close Thursday. The Wire Report sat down with Scott to...

UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout

Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST

Canada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...

Northwestel may provide FTTP services 35% below price floor and discount to Wholesale Connect: CRTC

telecom | 12/20/2022 5:46 pm EST

The CRTC approved an application by BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to modify the tariff approval process for the company’s terrestrial retail residential internet services by...

Far North does not need special consideration, Telus tells CRTC

telecom | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST

Telus Corp. told the CRTC that it is not charging more for the services it...

Rogers presents experts as Tribunal hearings edge toward end

telecom | 12/02/2022 2:54 pm EST

A retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has...

BC sues Telus Health over extra billing allegations

telecom | 12/02/2022 12:56 pm EST

The government of British Columbia is suing Telus Corp.'s Telus Health, claiming that doctors who sign up...

Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifies

telecom | 11/29/2022 2:38 pm EST

An expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with earlier testimony from Competition Bureau experts over the proposed takeover of the western telecom by...

Rogers-Shaw integration should be completed within three years, Tribunal told

telecom | 11/25/2022 12:10 pm EST

The integration of Shaw Communications Inc. properties into the network of...

On outages, Rogers exec calls for ‘regulatory humility’ at CRTC

telecom | 11/23/2022 2:37 pm EST

MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to CRTC chair Ian Scott's Monday announcement of the regulator's upcoming proceeding on network outages, Rogers Communications Inc.’s chief regulatory officer Ted...

Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order

telecom | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST

The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom...

CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott

Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST

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...

Telus continues its push to reform spectrum policies in conference keynote address

telecom | 11/21/2022 12:14 pm EST

MISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...

Freedom stronger under Shaw than Videotron, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/16/2022 1:26 pm EST

Freedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor...

CRTC orders B.C. to give Rogers and Shaw same deal it gives Telus for relocation costs

telecom | 11/15/2022 5:17 pm EST

The CRTC is directing the province of British Columbia to reimburse Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. for construction-forced relocation of transmission...

Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger

Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST

The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...

Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals

telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST

In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three...

Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says

Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST

Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...

Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3

Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on...

PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding

Media | 10/27/2022 3:11 pm EDT

The CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions of its proceedings into the price of basic television service. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre...

ISED’s non-competitive licensing framework provides needed flexibility for regional players: expert

telecom | 10/26/2022 3:34 pm EDT

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...

Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas

Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT

Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

CRTC delays Telus credit card ruling until later this fall

telecom | 10/18/2022 5:28 pm EDT

The CRTC has missed a deadline for ruling if Telus Corp. can impose a 1.5...

Wholesale HSA service not needed in Far North; LEOs will do: Northwestel

telecom | 10/12/2022 4:59 pm EDT

There’s no need for BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to introduce wholesale...

Nova Scotia premier blasts hurricane response from Big 3 and Eastlink; calls on ISED to intervene

Media | 09/28/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston wrote to Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, blasting the lack of information available to Nova Scotians from their...

Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments

telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT

Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...

Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices 

telecom | 09/21/2022 4:41 pm EDT

Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners are...

ISED rejects transfer of Xplore licence to Telus

telecom | 09/19/2022 7:22 am EDT

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)  denied an application by...

OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage dispute

Media | 09/09/2022 3:36 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC...

Telus’ credit card fee proposal violates Telecommunications Act: PIAC

telecom | 09/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Telus Corp.'s plan to introduce a 1.5 per cent surcharge for new and existing customers who pay their bills with a credit card is a "facial case of unjust discrimination" and...

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT

Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology

telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT

Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...

CRTC puts out request for information on wholesale wireless 

telecom | 08/24/2022 5:30 pm EDT

The CRTC has issued a request for information from the incumbent wireless...

PIAC calls for suspension of Telus credit card charge application 

telecom | 08/18/2022 5:15 pm EDT

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners Federation...

OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada

Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT

Thursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years...

Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says

Media | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT

Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...

CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines

telecom | 08/12/2022 2:30 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...

Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime

telecom | 08/11/2022 5:50 pm EDT

Submissions to the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...

Telus posts big profits on strength of customer additions

telecom | 08/05/2022 5:24 pm EDT

Telus Corp.’s profits shot up by almost 45 per cent after it reported its best second quarter on record for mobile and fixed customer additions. Telus’ profits soared to $498 million from the $344 million it reported in the same period last year, the company reported...

Consults on antenna systems must be done in both official languages, ISED determines

telecom | 08/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT

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...

Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division

telecom | 07/26/2022 5:45 pm EDT

Telus Corp. announced Tuesday that its agricultural division will be expanding its scope, resulting in...

CRTC adds five Bell IXPL lines to forbearance list

telecom | 07/21/2022 3:24 pm EDT

Thursday the CRTC added five interexchange private line (IXPL) routes to the list of routes it is...

ISED approves Bell, Telus, spectrum licence swap

telecom | 07/19/2022 4:08 pm EDT

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved several...

CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects

telecom | 07/19/2022 3:54 pm EDT

Tuesday the CRTC issued approvals of several statements of work for projects covered by the Broadband Fund. The projects are in western Canada and the Atlantic provinces. Telus Corp. was granted additional funding for a project in northern Alberta. It discovered changes...

Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage

telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...

In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC

telecom | 07/06/2022 5:36 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to rescind its order to make seamless handoffs...

Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years

telecom | 07/05/2022 4:00 pm EDT

Telus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario...

ISED issues rules for 3800 MHz spectrum auction

telecom | 06/30/2022 5:55 pm EDT

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued the rules for its next...

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT

In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...

Lack of network sharing arrangement “notable” in Quebecor Freedom deal: analyst

telecom | 06/20/2022 5:34 pm EDT

The biggest piece of Friday night's blockbuster...

Quebecor to buy Freedom Mobile for $2.85b

telecom | 06/18/2022 9:35 am EDT

In a development that may pave the way for the merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., the two companies and Quebecor Inc. announced a deal late Friday night that would see the Quebec-based competitor purchase Shaw's wireless brand Freedom Mobile...