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INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes
telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST
After almost two hours of deliberation last Thursday, the House industry and technology committee failed to decide on a motion put forward by Conservative MP Rick Perkins to conduct a study into Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc.’s recently announced price hikes....
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 Competition’s application to block Rogers Communications Inc.’s takeover of Shaw Communications Inc....
Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition
Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...
Gov. issues new CRTC policy direction with guidance for wholesale regime
telecom | 05/26/2022 4:02 pm EDT
The federal government is seeking to issue a new policy direction to the...
Facebook to pay $9 million to Competition Bureau after investigation
telecom | 05/19/2020 4:19 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. must pay a $9 million penalty to the Competition Bureau after making "false or misleading claims" about the privacy of personal information on the main Facebook platform and its...
Broad MVNO access too risky, Competition Bureau tells CRTC
telecom | 02/18/2020 5:54 pm EST
GATINEAU, Que. — The CRTC’s two-week wireless policy review kicked off...
Telecoms must hand over more detailed info to Comp Bureau
telecom | 08/06/2019 7:23 pm EDT
The CRTC has directed telecom companies to disclose an additional set of information to the Competition Bureau ahead of the regulator’s review of Canada’s mobile wireless market next year.
The particular set of information the telecoms must now turn over has been...
Competition Bureau adds new digital enforcement officer post
telecom | 07/02/2019 4:22 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has created a new chief digital enforcement officer position and has appointed George McDonald, currently a senior account leader at IBM Corp., to the role. Effective...
Competition Bureau asks CRTC to reconsider requests for info
telecom | 05/06/2019 5:27 pm EDT
Competition commissioner Matthew Boswell has told the CRTC he needs more location-specific data about Canada’s wireless market to be able to contribute to the upcoming review of the CRTC’s mobile...
Comp Bureau investigating Bell sales practices, going to court for CCTS info
telecom | 04/10/2019 3:25 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is going to court to compel the Commission for...
Competition Bureau doubles down on wireless carrier info requests
telecom | 04/05/2019 6:33 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is mostly standing firm on its request to the CRTC...
Boswell gets full term as Competition Bureau commissioner
Media | 03/05/2019 1:16 pm EST
The Liberal government has appointed Matthew Boswell on a full five-year...
Competition Bureau warns streaming services to review marketing practices
Media | 09/25/2018 5:35 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is calling for online video streaming services to review their marketing practices, terms and conditions after it found they’re sometimes unclear and hard to understand....
Broadcasters’ association, Corus, add new lobby registrations
Media | 08/24/2018 11:33 am EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters registered to lobby the federal government on its review of the Copyright Act in July, which was otherwise a sleepy month in telecom and media government...
Industry should know Canadians concerned about sales practices: Bains
telecom | 06/14/2018 1:35 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Thursday afternoon that...
Matthew Boswell to head Comp Bureau in 1 year interim term
telecom | 05/30/2018 2:26 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has an interim replacement for outgoing commissioner John Pecman, the government announced Wednesday.
Matthew Boswell will assume the position for a one-year term starting Thursday, Innovation Canada said in a press release. Boswell has been the...