Michael Garbe is taking over as chairman and CEO of the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), while former president and chairman Bill Sandiford and former treasurer Kevin Blumberg will stay with the organization in different capacities. “CNOC is grateful for the commitment and passion both Bill and Kevin brought to the organization, and we look forward to their continued contributions in their new roles. Their steady leadership has been critical during this dynamic regulatory era. As incoming [chair], I will rely on their on-going advice to move the organization forward,” Garbe said in a Tuesday press release. Garbe, the CEO of enterprise-focused ISP Accelerated Connections Inc., was previously vice-chairman of CNOC, the release noted. Distributel Communications Ltd. CEO Matt Stein is the new...
The CRTC issued Thursday a new approach to how the rates small companies pay large telecoms for wholesale Internet services are set, stating that “current wholesale [high-speed access] service rates are likely not just and reasonable.” It directed large telecoms to file new cost studies relating to the rates they charge for wholesale high-speed Internet access. The new prices that come out of that costing process will apply to all wholesale high-speed access (HAS) rates, which the CRTC made interim “as of the date of this decision.” That means any changes to the rates...
The CRTC is standing by its decision to not require national wireless service providers to provide wholesale access for "full" mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), denying an application filed last summer by the...
The rates large telecom companies charge small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to access their wireline networks have reached extreme levels and are eroding competition “with every passing day,” according to a CRTC application filed by the Canadian Networks Operators Consortium (CNOC). “The amount of...
The CRTC ruled against Shaw Communications Inc.’s proposed new prices for third-party Internet access on Monday, approving interim wholesale broadband rates that are roughly half what the...
The CRTC is demanding that four of Canada’s largest cable companies and small ISPs represented by the Canadian Network Operators’ Consortium (CNOC) work out a dispute over customer service...
Friday’s Supreme Court decision requiring law enforcement to get a warrant in order to obtain customers’ personal information from Internet service providers muddies the water around lawful access legislation, according to lawyer John Lawford, executive director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). In the unanimous opinion, Judge Thomas Cromwell said the reasonable expectation of privacy on the Internet includes anonymity, and that warrantless requests for subscriber information, as routinely practiced under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents...
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) appointed Susan Mehinagic as its new board chair and Bill Sandiford as its new vice-chair, the organization said. CIRA said in a release that Mehinagic, a chartered accountant and lawyer, was picked as chair at a board meeting Tuesday and will serve on a two-year term. Sandiford, the president of the...
Small Internet service providers (ISPs) will find themselves blocked out of more markets as incumbent providers continue their fibre-to-the-home network upgrades, particularly if the CRTC does not...