The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) took aim at mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in its submission to the ongoing review of Canada’s communications legislation. “While mandating access to facilities-based carriers’ networks would negatively impact investment by all facilities-based carriers, investment by new entrants and regional providers will be particularly impacted,” the wireless industry group said. It said that effect would be "particularly...
The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received comments from a number of non-industry parties, such as provincial governments and police services, while some of the biggest online companies in the world, including Amazon.com Inc., did not submit...
The CRTC has reversed its long-held position that mobile virtual network...
The new policy direction for the CRTC announced by the federal government...
The real value of the funding CBC/Radio-Canada receives has slipped significantly due to inflation, the...
The likelihood Canada will ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment from...
OTTAWA — CBC/Radio-Canada’s president Catherine Tait compared Netflix Inc.’s worldwide presence to the damage done by European colonialism, comments she made at a high-profile industry event Thursday where representatives from every sector of Canadian...
Quebec MP Rémi Massé will replace David Lametti as the parliamentary...
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a highly-anticipated criminal case against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Monday, issuing a spate of charges against the company, two affiliates and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou,...
A meeting with individuals leading the federal government’s review of...
Scott Bradley, vice-president of corporate affairs at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s Canadian division, has left the company.
Bradley had been with Huawei for eight...
The organization responsible for allocating IP numbers to intermediaries in...
As the new year begins, the months ahead promise a new spectrum auction, new CRTC announcements on...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will rely on expert...
OTTAWA — The Copyright Board will work to address long-standing criticism over how long it takes to issue decisions, including by implementing new regulations, CEO Nathalie Théberge told members of the House industry committee....
Ontario’s auditor general is raising concerns about a legal "loophole" that allows for partisan government advertising, after the province’s digital ad spending jumped for a third year in a row.
Ad buys on social media platforms peaked at $5.95 million this year,...
The head of Elections Canada is urging the government to give the privacy...
OTTAWA — Canada’s elections commissioner said...
The French government will work with Facebook Inc. on a new initiative to...
The Canadian government took part in a coordinated international effort...
The federal government spent at least $190,600 on late-payment fees and interest charges to telecom companies since September 2016, according to documents tabled recently in Parliament.
The bulk of the payments went to BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc., who made at...
OTTAWA -- Officials from Canada’s cyber-spy agency defended the security of Canada’s telecommunications systems and allowing Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd equipment to operate on them, as MPs...
OTTAWA -- Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams is asking Canadian lawmakers to...
Canada's federal, provincial and territorial privacy watchdogs collectively...
Pierre Karl Péladeau announced Monday he is resigning as the leader of Quebec’s Parti Québécois, citing family reasons. Quebecor Inc. said in a press release following the announcement that it...
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is refusing to specify that the CBC will receive the $150 million in extra funding the Liberal government promised during last year’s election, despite receiving questions on the subject from...