On outages, Rogers exec calls for ‘regulatory humility’ at CRTC

telecom | 11/23/2022 2:37 pm EST

MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to CRTC chair Ian Scott's Monday announcement of the regulator's upcoming proceeding on network outages, Rogers Communications Inc.’s chief regulatory officer Ted Woodhead said that the CRTC needed to demonstrate "regulatory humility." The executive spoke Tuesday at a “regulatory blockbuster” panel for 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit. ...

CCTS asks CRTC to keep membership mandatory for telecoms

telecom | 11/03/2015 9:45 pm EST

Representatives from the Commission for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) told the CRTC Tuesday that making telecom companies' participation in the CCTS voluntary would affect the independence and effectiveness of the commission. “If participation is voluntary, there is a real risk that many providers would withdraw from CCTS, creating a situation in which some some customers are entitled to recourse while others are not,” assistant commissioner Josée Thibault told a CRTC panel on the first day of a four-day hearing into the structure and mandate of the...