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Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online undertakings should be split in the new framework, putting particular emphasis on the creation of a news fund and dedicating portions towards equity-seeking groups and public...
Local news funding needed in C-10: Bell
Media | 03/22/2021 6:07 pm EDT
As the House of Commons Heritage committee hearings on the government's proposed update to the Broadcasting Act carries on, BCE Inc. told the committee in a Monday meeting that while it supports the bill, it needs a carve-out of funding for local news broadcasters.
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Fraud, nuisance calls will ‘never go away’: CRTC chairman
Media | 03/10/2020 6:17 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Calls are only a part of the problem of nuisance and fraudulent...
No proven harm from differential pricing: Bell
Media | 11/01/2016 9:41 pm EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC shouldn’t take the non-participation in this week’s hearing by content providers who might eventually benefit from zero-rating and other differential pricing practices as non-interest, a...
FTTH to cover 90% of Bell footprint in 10 years: Cope
Media | 11/12/2015 8:10 pm EST
BCE Inc. will cover about 90 per cent of its wireline footprint with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in a little less or a little more than a decade, though the issue of whether smaller Internet service providers will get mandated access...
Liberals’ infrastructure plans could extend to telecom: lawyer
Media | 11/12/2015 1:44 am EST
TORONTO — The newly elected Liberal government has indicated infrastructure will be a priority, and that could include telecom infrastructure, said lawyer Chris Tacit during a panel...
CRTC urged to look toward future on wireline regulation
telecom | 12/03/2014 8:44 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — On Wednesday, the first day of replies in the CRTC’s wholesale wireline hearing, the regulator was consistently asked to look to the future in determining how best to regulate Canada's fibre and copper connections. Yet the groups presenting before the commission differed on what that future entails. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC), which presented together, said Canadians would need access to the high-speed transmission capabilities of fibre-to-the-premises connections in the future, making it...
Telecoms square off on government intervention
telecom | 06/18/2014 1:01 am EDT
TORONTO — Canada’s biggest telecom companies faced off with one of their smaller rivals over the government’s approach to regulating the wireless industry at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Tuesday. Ted Woodhead,...