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CTA’s Ghiz urges feds to treat telecom infrastructure as nation-building pillar, calls for lighter regulation & pro-investment policies

telecom | 06/04/2025 12:49 pm EDT

Robert Ghiz, President and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, poses for a portrait at his office in Ottawa on Aug. 13, 2024.TORONTO—Telecommunications should be recognized as a national strategic priority, the Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS) was told on Tuesday, June 3.  As the first day of the...

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert GhizThe head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more predictability from the federal government in its handling of telecom matters. The CRTC and the department...

Canadians happy with wireless plans after switching: CTA survey

telecom | 06/18/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Canadians happy with wireless plans after switching: CTA surveyTORONTO — Nearly half of Canadian consumers have switched or plan to...

Telecom contributes $80 billion to economy, says CTA study 

telecom | 06/17/2024 12:11 pm EDT

OPINION: Declining prices and record levels of investment show competition is increasing in Canada’s telecom marketTORONTO – A new survey done for the Canadian Telecommunications...

Bill C-70 a good start but more is needed to combat infrastructure vandalism: CTA

telecom | 05/13/2024 7:06 pm EDT

OPINION: Declining prices and record levels of investment show competition is increasing in Canada’s telecom marketA new bill – aimed at countering foreign interference – illustrates the...

Senate committee passes internet service quality bill

Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promisesThe Senate Committee on Transport and Communications hastily adopted a private member’s bill on...

Champagne second-most lobbied minister, Hill Times finds

telecom | 03/12/2024 3:33 pm EDT

Federal government launches consultation on AI and copyrightMinister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne was the second-most lobbied member of the Trudeau cabinet, a new survey by The Wire Report's affiliated publication The Hill Times has revealed. From January 2023 to March 6 of this year, there were...

Encourage 5G network investment to fight climate change: CWTA

telecom | 10/07/2020 5:48 pm EDT

Telecom industry group Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) released a report Wednesday outlining how deployment of 5G will help Canada meet its climate goals, linking the issue...

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...

CRTC broadband fund rollout criticized at industry committee

telecom | 06/07/2019 1:16 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Liberal MP William Amos, the MP who brought forward a motion compelling the House industry committee to study the issue of rural broadband, said Thursday that he's "very disappointed" with...

CWTA predicts ‘adversarial’ relationship if OPC power boosted

telecom | 05/11/2017 8:26 pm EDT

Licence decision could devastate Canadian production: WGCOTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner should not be vested with order-making and fining power because doing so would harm the collaborative...

Robert Ghiz to lead CWTA

telecom | 11/28/2016 6:18 pm EST

Robert Ghiz, the former premier of Prince Edward Island, has been named president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), the organization announced Monday. Ghiz will officially take the helm Jan. 1. He has nearly 20 years of experience in government...