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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 opponents of the pending merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.
“It's going to wind up like an albatross -- an albatross around one’s...
Bell bringing cabinet’s wholesale appeal response to Federal Court
telecom | 08/17/2020 7:56 pm EDT
Lawyers representing BCE Inc. have asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to allow them to make fresh submissions in the already-heard appeal of the CRTC's wholesale rates,...
TekSavvy also calls for lower, emergency wholesale rates
telecom | 04/14/2020 6:42 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is joining a call made last week by Conservative...
Incumbents using COVID-19 to tamper with procedures, CNOC, TekSavvy claim
telecom | 04/09/2020 8:07 pm EDT
The Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. are alleging that the incumbent telecoms from whom they purchase wholesale high-speed internet access are making changes to...
Teksavvy lays off staff, increases internet bills
telecom | 03/26/2020 6:39 pm EDT
Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has laid off 130 staff and will implement a flat $5 bill increase for its...
Canadian prices will ‘always be higher’: Bragg
telecom | 02/21/2020 7:40 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — According to Lee Bragg, CEO of Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, it is “really...
Teksavvy asks Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers, Bell
telecom | 02/20/2020 6:42 pm EST
The Competition Bureau has been asked to investigate a “pattern of anti-competitive activities” in wholesale and retail internet markets by BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications, in a complaint filed by independent ISP Teksavvy Solutions Inc. Teksavvy’s complaint comes as it continues to attack Bell, Rogers and other incumbent telecom companies for fighting a CRTC decision to retroactively lower rates for wholesale internet access. It launched a public campaign in January, urging the federal government to reject petitions to the Governor in Council against the CRTC’s decision. The...
VMedia blasts ‘regressive’ BTLR recommendation
telecom | 02/05/2020 4:38 pm EST
VMedia Inc. says a recommendation from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review...
Teksavvy calls for public support in wholesale rates battle
telecom | 01/20/2020 3:47 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has launched a public campaign urging the federal government to reject petitions filed by the major telecommunications providers, calling on it to reverse a CRTC decision that...
New aggregated wholesale rates ‘fair,’ ‘reasonable’: smaller ISPs
telecom | 08/15/2019 6:16 pm EDT
Wholesale-based ISPs are praising a decision by the CRTC to lower the rates...
CRTC lifts 100 Mbps wholesale internet speed cap – for now
telecom | 03/21/2019 5:39 pm EDT
The CRTC has quietly informed wholesale-based internet service providers...
CRTC defends CMR practices in letter to TekSavvy
telecom | 03/07/2019 4:56 pm EST
The CRTC said it has improved the timely release of data it siphons through its communications monitoring report (CMR) and will continue to pursue shortening those timelines, according to a letter addressed to TekSavvy Solutions...
Lack of clear CRTC industry data is an obstacle: small ISPs
telecom | 02/13/2019 8:47 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has filed a complaint with the CRTC flagging a concern that the regulator’s latest data report doesn’t provide a clear picture of the industry, which could make it more...
ISPs can resell wholesale service to other providers: CRTC
telecom | 12/11/2018 5:59 pm EST
The CRTC has sided with a small telecom that was reselling wholesale...
Big telecoms ask MPs for beefed up anti-piracy measures
Media | 09/27/2018 12:37 pm EDT
Some of the battles taking place before the CRTC related to site-blocking...
Bains says spectrum auction dates to give industry predictability
telecom | 06/06/2018 6:51 pm EDT
TORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced Wednesday the timing of the next three spectrum auctions — including the much talked-about 3.5 GHz — as well as a...
Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs
Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT
TORONTO — If there was a single point of agreement among panelists representing both small and big...
Basic service should include wholesale rates: TekSavvy
Media | 04/11/2016 10:12 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — On the first day of the CRTC’s hearing on what basic telecom services should be available to all Canadians, small ISP TekSavvy Solutions Inc. asked the CRTC to...