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Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders sayWhile some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate aggregated wholesale access to fibre networks across Canada, they are hesitant to celebrate just...

UPDATED: CRTC orders Cogeco to maintain TekSavvy’s access to facilities

telecom | 04/09/2024 1:15 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTCThe CRTC has ordered Cogeco Inc. to maintain TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s access to internet facilities scheduled to be decommissioned and upgraded to fibre technologies at two...

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

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

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choiceAll eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...

Bell bringing cabinet’s wholesale appeal response to Federal Court

telecom | 08/17/2020 7:56 pm EDT

Bell bringing cabinet's wholesale appeal response to Federal CourtLawyers representing BCE Inc. have asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to...

TekSavvy also calls for lower, emergency wholesale rates

telecom | 04/14/2020 6:42 pm EDT

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency reportTekSavvy 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 releases quarterly transparency reportTeksavvy Solutions Inc. has laid off 130 staff and will implement a flat $5 bill increase for its residential internet customers as of May, saying a legal challenge against last year’s wholesale rate reduction, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, left the company with no...

Canadian prices will ‘always be higher’: Bragg

telecom | 02/21/2020 7:40 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsGATINEAU, 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...

VMedia blasts ‘regressive’ BTLR recommendation

telecom | 02/05/2020 4:38 pm EST

Gov’t should move on passive infrastructure ‘yesterday’: YaleVMedia 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

New aggregated wholesale rates ‘fair,’ 'reasonable': smaller ISPsWholesale-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

CRTC lifts 100 Mbps wholesale internet speed cap – for nowThe 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

ISPs can resell wholesale service to other providers: CRTCThe CRTC has sided with a small telecom that was reselling wholesale internet service from Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink to other internet service providers, despite Eastlink’s objections. “In the Commission’s view, a competitive provider reselling...

Big telecoms ask MPs for beefed up anti-piracy measures

Media | 09/27/2018 12:37 pm EDT

Big telecoms ask MPs for beefed up anti-piracy measuresSome 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

Bains says spectrum auction dates to give industry predictabilityTORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced Wednesday the...

Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs

Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT

Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execsTORONTO — 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...