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INDU committee frustrated with Rogers CEO Staffieri, summons him to appear

telecom | 11/28/2024 4:57 pm EST

Staffieri applauds CRTC move to “level the playing field” in Ontario and Quebec; reports quarterly loss Members of the federal standing committee on industry and technology (INDU) are frustrated with Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri for failing to appear at its...

INDU debates study of mobile plan price hikes

telecom | 01/15/2024 5:46 pm EST

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyrightAfter 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....

Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite

Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationFormer Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...

As he steps down, Bains says telecom affordability ‘won’t go away’

Media | 01/12/2021 7:58 am EST

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationThe affordability-focused initiatives Navdeep Bains put in place will...

New privacy legislation mixed bag in terms of enforcement, experts say

telecom | 12/18/2020 1:24 pm EST

New privacy legislation mixed bag in terms of enforcement, experts sayWhen the federal government’s proposed new privacy legislation, Bill...

INDU report says government should act on fraud calls

telecom | 11/27/2020 4:48 pm EST

The House industry committee is calling on the federal government to review legislation covering fraudulent calls, and for the government and regulators to support industry-based solutions to the issue. The committee put out a report Friday following its study into the threat of fraud and scam calls, which it began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Among its recommendations is for the government to review legislation “to ensure that it adequately and explicitly prohibits fraud calls, including fraud calls initiated by robocalls, and further review criminal fines, penalties, and enforcement...

CNOC, advocates push gov’t to be tougher on affordability

telecom | 11/27/2020 11:38 am EST

CNOC, advocates push gov’t to be tougher on affordabilityThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and advocacy group...

ISED opening up 6 GHz band for WiFi

telecom | 11/19/2020 5:01 pm EST

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsThe federal government has launched a consultation on a proposal to open up the 6 GHz spectrum band for...

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislation

Media | 11/17/2020 5:54 pm EST

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislationThe federal government introduced sweeping private-sector privacy law...

Feds boost Universal Broadband Fund by $750M

telecom | 11/09/2020 12:57 pm EST

Feds boost Universal Broadband Fund by $750MThe federal government announced the launch of its long-awaited Universal Broadband Fund Monday morning,...

Liberals’ wireless price drop unlikely to achieve promised savings: gov’t docs

telecom | 10/15/2020 2:50 pm EDT

Liberals’ wireless price drop unlikely to achieve promised savings: gov’t docsThe Liberals' election commitment to drop wireless prices 25 per cent will...

Infrastructure Bank earmarks additional $1B for rural broadband

telecom | 10/01/2020 7:46 pm EDT

Infrastructure Bank earmarks additional $1B for rural broadbandThe Liberal government is doubling the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s...

ISED launches 3800 MHz consultation

telecom | 08/27/2020 5:31 pm EDT

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada announced the launch of its consultation process on the 3800 MHz spectrum auction. The band is widely seen as being one of the bands crucial for 5G deployment.  The launch...

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...

Cabinet says CRTC wholesale rates too low, may harm investment

telecom | 08/15/2020 9:06 am EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsThe Liberal government has sided with Canada’s largest telecoms in their appeal of an August 2019 CRTC decision lowering wholesale rates, saying those rates may harm network investment, though it did not overturn the decision or send it back to the CRTC for...

ISED says wireless prices goals still mostly unmet

telecom | 07/28/2020 6:00 pm EDT

Following on the Liberal election campaign promise to lower wireless prices by 25 per cent, the federal government released on Tuesday the first of its quarterly check-ins on wireless prices across the country.  The data --...

U.K. government-led consortium scuppers Telesat’s reported bid for OneWeb

telecom | 07/03/2020 4:38 pm EDT

A reported bid by Ottawa-headquartered satellite service provider Telesat Holdings Inc. to acquire competitor OneWeb has been unsuccessful, with a consortium including the U.K. government and Indian...

Canada yet to make Huawei decision despite Chinese ‘pressure’

telecom | 06/22/2020 6:30 pm EDT

Huawei’s COVID-19 donation won’t affect decisions: TrudeauPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has again refused to put a timeframe on when...

Gov’t launches AI centre in Montreal

Media | 06/15/2020 3:14 pm EDT

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development announced on Monday the launch of what it is calling the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), as well as a research centre to be based in Monteal in cooperation with...

5G monitoring same as for all wireless tech: Health Canada

telecom | 05/06/2020 3:16 pm EDT

5G monitoring same as for all wireless tech: Health CanadaHealth Canada has responded to an MPs’ query about what steps it is taking to monitor potential health effects of 5G networks, indicating it is treating 5G no differently than previous generations of wireless technology. “It is Health Canada’s position that the...

Bell speeding up rural broadband rollout

telecom | 04/23/2020 3:30 pm EDT

Bell speeding up rural broadband rolloutBCE Inc. will be delivering its fixed wireless internet to some 137,000 more homes than it had planned to...

Gov’t in ‘early stages’ of using cellphone data for COVID-19 tracking: Bains

telecom | 04/20/2020 3:40 pm EDT

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard backThe federal government is looking at what other jurisdictions are doing...

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connected

telecom | 04/07/2020 5:40 pm EDT

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connectedThe federal government should guarantee internet service providers payments...

Networks coping, but future traffic impossible to predict

Media | 03/25/2020 5:48 pm EDT

Networks coping, but future traffic impossible to predictExperts say Canada’s telecommunications networks are currently handling a...

Carriers to text consular information to Canadians abroad

telecom | 03/18/2020 5:30 pm EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsCanada's wireless service providers will send out text messages to their...

Telus savages gov’t price directive, others more circumspect

telecom | 03/06/2020 5:30 pm EST

Telus savages gov’t price directive, others more circumspectAnalysts have provided nuanced reactions to the government’s plan to...

Telus introduces its own wireless affordability certification

telecom | 02/11/2020 6:20 pm EST

Telus introduces its own wireless affordability certificationTelus Corp. says it has already met and exceeded the Liberal Party’s goal...

Industry waiting on detail from gov’t on wireless price drop

telecom | 01/15/2020 6:14 pm EST

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard backIf Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains wants to see a 25-per-cent reduction in wireless prices starting from December 2019 — as he clarified this week — the best way is to maintain a hands-off approach that has seen a reduction of 28 per cent in wireless prices since 2016,...

Throne speech reiterates Liberal promise to cut wireless bills 25%

telecom | 12/05/2019 3:33 pm EST

House of Commons could face Huawei debate next weekThe new Liberal minority government repeated its promise to lower wireless...

Blair says ‘no timeline’ on Huawei ban; Bains promises ‘more’ on prices

Media | 11/20/2019 1:51 pm EST

Blair says ‘no timeline’ on Huawei ban; Bains promises ‘more’ on pricesOTTAWA — New Public Safety Minister Bill Blair indicated Wednesday he is...

Internet Society lobbies on project to get ahead of IoT vulnerabilities

telecom | 10/17/2019 5:33 pm EDT

Distributel asks court for ability to challenge future site-blockingThe Canadian chapter of the Internet Society (ISCC) is looking to embark on...

Telus warned gov’t of Huawei ban’s ‘far-reaching impacts’: secret docs

telecom | 08/27/2019 3:18 pm EDT

Telus warned gov’t of Huawei ban’s ‘far-reaching impacts’: secret docsTelus Corp. told the federal government that prohibiting Huawei...

Government investing in new cyber security initiatives

telecom | 08/13/2019 5:45 pm EDT

The federal government announced on Monday the creation of the CyberSecure Canada program, a new certification program for Canadian businesses to further promote cyber security as a central tenet of commercial enterprise. In a release from Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, the department describes the program as “voluntary” and says it is designed for  “small and medium-sized organizations [to] achieve a baseline level of cyber security.” Finance Minister Bill Morneau made the announcement on behalf of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains at the University of New Brunswick's Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, the release said. The program is a “collaboration” between ISED, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and the Standards Council of Canada...

Internet code will indirectly tackle poor sales practices, CRTC chairman says

telecom | 07/31/2019 11:01 am EDT

Internet code will indirectly tackle poor sales practices, CRTC chairman saysCRTC chairman Ian Scott said the new internet code will address many of the...

‘Many’ in the North to get 50 Mbps+ speeds: Bains

telecom | 07/24/2019 8:01 pm EDT

'Many' in the North to get 50 Mbps+ speeds: BainsOTTAWA — As part of its strategy to tackle rural broadband in Canada,...

Rogers’ new no-data-overage plan a ‘necessary’ development: analyst

telecom | 06/12/2019 6:26 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018Rogers Communications Inc.’s launch of a wireless plan that won’t...

3.5 GHz auction will mean a level playing field for 5G: ISED

Media | 06/05/2019 7:56 pm EDT

3.5 GHz auction will mean a level playing field for 5G: ISEDMISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Innovation Canada will give existing holders of 3.5...

No issue with Canadian wireless pricing: telecom execs

telecom | 06/05/2019 8:45 am EDT

No issue with Canadian wireless pricing: telecom execsTORONTO — Executives from Canada’s biggest carriers defended the...

Broadband strategy coming before the election: rural minister

telecom | 06/03/2019 11:43 am EDT

Broadband strategy coming before the election: rural ministerOTTAWA — The new rural economic development ministry will release the...

Data anonymization network launches amid privacy concerns

telecom | 05/31/2019 6:24 pm EDT

A consortium of data stewards launched an informal network last week that looks to promote the anonymization of personal information in Canada in the wake of data privacy concerns sweeping the...

Scheer promises Huawei 5G ban, but no info on what that means

telecom | 05/21/2019 5:17 pm EDT

Scheer promises Huawei 5G ban, but no info on what that meansConservative leader Andrew Scheer said last week he was in favour of a ban...

ISED convenes AI advisory council

telecom | 05/15/2019 4:51 pm EDT

Innovation Canada announced the creation Tuesday of a new advisory panel for artificial intelligence made up of members from across academia, the private sector, and government. The panel, announced as Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains attended a G7 meeting of Digital Ministers in Paris, will be chaired by Foteini Agrafioti from RBC and Yoshua Bengio, scientific director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms. The council, according to the press release, will advise the “build on Canada’s AI strengths, identify opportunities to create economic growth that benefits all Canadians and ensure that AI advancements reflect Canadian values.” The government, the release continued, “is committed to promoting a human-centric approach” to artificial intelligence. The council’s first meeting will take place in the next...

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard back

telecom | 05/09/2019 12:32 pm EDT

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard backMore than two years after the deadline to apply for funding through the...

Bell-branded wireless hits sub-1% churn, continuing industry trend

Media | 05/02/2019 5:46 pm EDT

Bell-branded wireless hits sub-1% churn, continuing industry trendThe expected focus by the country’s largest wireless service providers...

Gov’t aiming to release Huawei decision before election: Goodale

telecom | 05/01/2019 2:07 pm EDT

The federal government plans to issue its decision on whether to ban equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from Canada’s 5G networks before this year’s federal election. “We understand...

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

telecom | 04/30/2019 4:35 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MPResidents of a New Brunswick town are asking the Federal Court to review...

Include ‘investment’ in new policy direction: big telecoms

telecom | 04/15/2019 1:20 pm EDT

Include ‘investment’ in new policy direction: big telecomsCanada’s four largest wireless providers are asking the government to incorporate references to “investment” and the previous, market-focused policy direction in its proposed new directive, meant to foster affordability and consumer interests. “Now is not the time...

Analysts surprised by Bell’s lack of 600 MHz, incumbent spend

telecom | 04/11/2019 5:57 pm EDT

Bains says spectrum auction dates to give industry predictabilityBCE Inc. walking away from the 600 MHz spectrum auction with no licences,...

Bell will work with Comp Bureau following CCTS court order

Media | 04/11/2019 12:50 pm EDT

Bell will work with Comp Bureau following CCTS court orderOTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has granted an application by the...

Bell opts out of 600 MHz, Rogers nabs 52 licenses for $1.7B

telecom | 04/10/2019 5:30 pm EDT

BCE Inc. was among three prospective applicants who didn’t grab licenses for the coveted 600 MHz spectrum, widely considered to be the last chance to get valuable low-band frequencies. The...

Gov’t should encourage Canadian 5G equipment: Public Safety notes

telecom | 04/01/2019 3:49 pm EDT

Gov’t should encourage Canadian 5G equipment: Public Safety notesAmid security reviews of Canada’s 5G infrastructure lays an...

Expect industry pushback on new CRTC directive, MVNOs: experts

telecom | 03/26/2019 1:27 pm EDT

Expect industry pushback on new CRTC directive, MVNOs: expertsThe Liberal government should expect some amount of industry opposition...

OPC, AGC oppose Google expanding deindexing reference

Media | 03/14/2019 4:49 pm EDT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the Attorney General of Canada (AGC) have filed appeals challenging Alphabet Inc.’s application to expand the scope of a deindexing case to include questions about whether forcing it to...

MVNO access proposal ‘burst of oxygen’ to some potential entrants

telecom | 03/04/2019 3:21 pm EST

MVNO access proposal ‘burst of oxygen’ to some potential entrantsAs the CRTC signals it’s ready to make an about-face on its approach to...

Ottawa proposes new consumer-focused policy direction for CRTC

telecom | 02/26/2019 5:51 pm EST

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsThe Liberal government is proposing a significant departure...

Bell urged Bains not to send back MVNO decision a second time

telecom | 02/12/2019 2:37 pm EST

Bell urged Bains not to send back MVNO decision a second timeInnovation Minister Navdeep Bains weighed sending back the CRTC’s decision not to mandate wholesale access by WiFi-based mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) for a second time, according to a letter from BCE Inc. “Your office has informed us that the government is...

Huawei 5G decision ‘beyond weeks’ away: Goodale

telecom | 01/29/2019 4:04 pm EST

Privacy improvements in Bill C-59, but some concerns remain: expertsThe federal government’s sweeping security review that’s examining whether to ban Chinese telecom...

Bernadette Jordan tasked to ‘lead work’ to improve rural broadband

telecom | 01/29/2019 12:56 pm EST

Bernadette Jordan tasked to ‘lead work’ to improve rural broadbandThe Prime Minister’s Office has made public the mandate letter for the...

Growing CRTC cost awards delays ‘problem for everybody’

Media | 12/18/2018 7:44 pm EST

Growing CRTC cost awards delays ‘problem for everybody’Increases in how long the CRTC takes to pay public interest groups to...

MP asks ISED to force CRTC internet code extension

telecom | 12/07/2018 4:40 pm EST

MP asks ISED to force CRTC internet code extensionNDP MP Brian Masse is asking Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains to force the CRTC to extend the deadline...

OPC to Bains: privacy rights not ‘at odds’ with innovation

telecom | 12/05/2018 2:01 pm EST

OPC to Bains: privacy rights not ‘at odds’ with innovationThe federal privacy watchdog is warning the Liberal government against approaching its national data consultations as if privacy protection is “at odds” with innovation. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien’s office released a letter Wednesday that he sent to...

ISED said it will do its ‘darndest’ for rural in face of 3.5 GHz clawback

telecom | 11/20/2018 2:49 pm EST

ISED said it will do its ‘darndest’ for rural in face of 3.5 GHz clawbackOTTAWA — Innovation Canada deputy minister John Knubley said his...

AG finds flaws in rural connectivity funding, spectrum auction process

telecom | 11/20/2018 10:23 am EST

AG finds flaws in rural connectivity funding, spectrum auction processOTTAWA — The federal government has been lagging behind on rural...

Lack of scale, device lineup challenges for Xplore Mobile

telecom | 11/16/2018 6:34 pm EST

Lack of scale, device lineup challenges for Xplore MobileNew Brunswick-based internet provider Xplornet Communications Inc. started...

ISED announces signing of first supercluster funding agreement

telecom | 11/13/2018 12:28 pm EST

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the federal government has signed a funding agreement with the group constituting its “advanced manufacturing” supercluster Tuesday, showing that Ottawa...

Ontario, Saskatchewan didn’t agree to ISED broadband strategy

telecom | 10/29/2018 5:45 pm EDT

Ontario, Saskatchewan didn’t agree to ISED broadband strategyLast week, ministers of innovation and economic development from three...

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTC

telecom | 10/26/2018 8:00 pm EDT

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTCGATINEAU –– BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. defended their sales tactics Friday after a week...

ISED seeks mmWave testing after report questions spectrum readiness

telecom | 10/23/2018 10:39 am EDT

Just over a year after a critical internal report raised questions about the technological readiness of millimetre wave frequencies in the wake of a government consultation on using the spectrum for...

Alleged sales practices wouldn’t be ‘tolerated’ elsewhere: CRTC chairman

Media | 10/22/2018 6:23 pm EDT

Alleged sales practices wouldn't be 'tolerated’ elsewhere: CRTC chairmanGATINEAU— CRTC Chairman Ian Scott opened public...

OPC to seek court reference on search engine delisting

telecom | 09/27/2018 5:39 pm EDT

OPC to seek court reference on search engine delisting OTTAWA — Federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says he plans to ask the Federal Court for a reference on whether the private sector’s privacy law applies to search engine de-indexing. In the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s (OPC) annual report...

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...

Cogeco hires lobbyist with wireless spectrum expertise

telecom | 07/03/2018 11:54 am EDT

Cogeco hires lobbyist with wireless spectrum expertiseAmir Bigloo, who has a history of successful spectrum purchases as CEO of...

Gov’t cites NAFTA over U.S. net neutrality rollback concerns

Media | 06/22/2018 1:33 pm EDT

Bring border privacy issues under NAFTA: GeistThe federal government is affirming its commitment to enforcing the...

ISED points to existing programs in response to rural broadband report

telecom | 06/21/2018 5:45 pm EDT

The government has responded to a House industry committee report that, among other recommendations, said the government should tackle the problem of rural broadband access in Canada and called for...

Balsillie’s Centre for Digital Rights meets with OPC

telecom | 06/21/2018 4:00 pm EDT

A newly-minted data rights group spearheaded by former BlackBerry Ltd. co-CEO Jim Balsillie met with privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien in late May, according to the federal lobbying registry. The Centre for Digital Rights asked to meet with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, where the two discussed the group’s goals and its views on data privacy issues, OPC spokeswoman Tobi Cohen said in an email. “We shared perspectives on a number of privacy issues as this new group wishes to actively promote privacy rights,” Cohen said, adding the OPC regularly meets with a range of...

Private member’s bill aims to give privacy commish more powers

telecom | 06/21/2018 2:11 pm EDT

Private member’s bill aims to give privacy commish more powersOTTAWA — As the House of Commons rose for summer break Wednesday...

Gov’t launches consultation on data, privacy

telecom | 06/19/2018 6:56 pm EDT

Gov’t launches consultation on data, privacyOTTAWA — The federal government said Tuesday it will hold consultations to look at the issue of data...

Industry should know Canadians concerned about sales practices: Bains

telecom | 06/14/2018 1:35 pm EDT

5G project gets $400M for grants, infrastructure and research centresOTTAWA  — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Thursday afternoon that...

ISED consulting on timelines for 5G devices, 3.5 GHz for mobile use

telecom | 06/07/2018 6:11 pm EDT

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is seeking comments, during a consultation on the 3.5 Ghz spectrum, about timelines related to the deployment of the spectrum, including the...

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...

ISED won’t rule out using spectrum proceeds for CanCon: Bains

Media | 06/01/2018 4:47 pm EDT

5G project gets $400M for grants, infrastructure and research centresOTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Heritage Minister Mélanie...

Bains mum on if telecom concerns led to Aecon takeover denial

telecom | 05/24/2018 5:01 pm EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsOTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains wouldn’t say Thursday...

Motion seeking to enshrine net neutrality into law passes

Media | 05/24/2018 12:56 pm EDT

Liberals signal interest in enshrining net neutrality in lawA motion asking the government to consider enshrining the concept of net...

Rogers, Bell add junk food bill concerns to lobby efforts

Media | 04/25/2018 2:54 pm EDT

Rogers, Bell add junk food bill concerns to lobby effortsRogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. have registered to lobby the government on proposed Senate legislation, now moving through the House, to quell the impact of junk food advertising on children, joining critics who lobbied heavily in March about the bill they say will...

Analysts welcome regulatory certainty after WiFi MVNO decision

Media | 03/23/2018 4:12 pm EDT

The CRTC decision Thursday not to mandate roaming for WiFi-first mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) brings predictability for large telecoms, financial analysts said. “At the highest level,...

Low-cost data plans ‘superior alternative’ to WiFi-first MVNOs: Scott

telecom | 03/22/2018 4:23 pm EDT

Having facilities-based carriers offer low-cost data-only plans is a better way to fulfill the government’s goals of more affordable wireless options for consumers than mandating roaming access by...

Huawei concerns raised in Parliament

Media | 03/21/2018 4:52 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe issue of whether a Chinese telecom equipment maker poses a security threat by operating in Canada is...

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: Bains

telecom | 03/12/2018 5:49 pm EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: BainsInnovation Minister Navdeep Bains called reports of internet service price hikes by two large telecoms...

Cybersecurity, LEO satellites, data on OTT services in federal budget

Media | 02/27/2018 4:21 pm EST

Cybersecurity, LEO satellites, data on OTT services in federal budgetOTTAWA — The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday afternoon, includes half a billion dollars in funding for cybersecurity initiatives, in addition to smaller investments in...

Bell, Telus projects get go-ahead in superclusters announcement

telecom | 02/16/2018 2:24 pm EST

Bell, Telus projects get go-ahead in superclusters announcementOTTAWA — Two “superclusters” involving BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. are...

Telecoms defend FairPlay to MPs, call for 5G net neutrality flexibility

Media | 02/13/2018 2:01 pm EST

Telecoms defend FairPlay to MPs, call for 5G net neutrality flexibilityOTTAWA — Representatives from Canada’s biggest telecoms argued that...

Gov’t points to open internet for ‘legal content’ in FairPlay response

Media | 01/30/2018 4:25 pm EST

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has released a statement on a call by a coalition of broadcasters, telecoms and creative groups to begin blocking websites hosting pirated content, in which he...

End of 2017 saw Stingray, Birch Hill reinvigorate lobby efforts

Media | 01/17/2018 4:39 pm EST

Stingray Digital Group Inc. and Birch Hill Equity Partners ramped up their lobbying in December, with both submitting their first communications reports for the year in the last weeks of 2017....

NDP calls on Apple to justify software slowdown to MPs

telecom | 01/12/2018 5:39 pm EST

NDP calls on Apple to justify software slowdown to MPsThe NDP says silicon valley giant Apple Inc. should speak to a...

Citing gov’t signals, Cogeco CEO indicates renewed interest in wireless

Media | 01/11/2018 5:55 pm EST

Citing gov’t signals, Cogeco CEO indicates renewed interest in wirelessMONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. is feeling more optimistic about the possibility...

Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobby

Media | 01/08/2018 4:14 pm EST

Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobbyAlphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs kicked off the new year by registering to...

Canadian gov’t reiterates net neutrality support as FCC kills 2015 rules

telecom | 12/14/2017 5:00 pm EST

FCC recommends SS7 best practices for service providersThe United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2...

BPF registers to lobby amidst consumer group funding concerns

Media | 12/14/2017 2:25 pm EST

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleaguesA few months after the emergence of a proposal asking the CRTC to shift funding away from the Broadcast Participation Fund (BPF), the organization that helps bring consumer interests in front of the commission has filed its first registrations to lobby the regulator and the...