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Telesat trading on TSX, NASDAQ

Media | 11/22/2021 4:05 pm EST

LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 yearsTelesat Corp. is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, as it builds its network of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.  The company went public Friday, which is part of a move announced last year. Loral Space & Communications Inc. and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are trading in their stake in the company for shares in the new publicly traded entity. Loral and Telesat Canada are subsidiaries of the new corporation. Telesat president and CEO Dan Goldberg will be joining the board...

ISED, EU, on a mission to tame “wild west” of digital identification technologies 

telecom | 11/22/2021 3:49 pm EST

Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : ReportThe federal government is working with the European Commission to examine the political and technological landscape for digital credentials -- individual or organizational...

Ericsson takes over Vonage in US$6.2b deal

telecom | 11/22/2021 3:47 pm EST

Ericsson takes over Vonage in US$6.2b dealSwedish telecom manufacturer Ericsson AB is buying Vonage Holdings Corp. for US$6.2 billion, the firms...

CRTC fines Toronto company $59,000 for violating unsolicited telecoms rules

telecom | 11/19/2021 4:19 pm EST

CRTC fines Toronto company $59,000 for violating unsolicited telecoms rulesThe CRTC is fining a Toronto-based window manufacturing and repair company...

CRTC approves Rogers modem transition

telecom | 11/19/2021 4:08 pm EST

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesThe CRTC has ruled that the time frame set out by Rogers Communications Inc. to stop activating and stop...

CRTC okays statement of work for BH Telecom’s Saskatchewan fibre lay

telecom | 11/19/2021 2:15 pm EST

BH Telecom Corp. has had its proposed statement of work for a Saskatchewan fibre project approved by the CRTC. In a Friday order, the commission said it will provide the approval in confidence to the...

Bell says no evidence spectrum will go unused without deployment reqs, supports contiguous holding

telecom | 11/18/2021 5:38 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.The telecoms companies that supported Innovation, Science and Economic Development’s (ISED) proposal to impose further deployment requirements on licences primarily used to...

CRTC approves final 2021 rates, interim 2022 rates, for for high-cost serving areas

telecom | 11/18/2021 3:15 pm EST

CRTC approves final 2021 rates, interim 2022 rates, for for high-cost serving areasThe CRTC approved the 2021 subsidy amounts for telecom providers operating...

Indigenous connectivity needs separate funding from feds’ UBF: Telus exec

telecom | 11/17/2021 7:40 pm EST

Indigenous connectivity needs separate funding from feds' UBF: Telus execThe federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), by having rural...

Rogers-Shaw CRTC hearing now has ‘extra element of intrigue’: analyst

Media | 11/17/2021 11:49 am EST

Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee  The Tuesday night announcement of the departure of Rogers Communications...

Bell wireless service restored to B.C. customers

telecom | 11/16/2021 7:21 pm EST

Bell wireless service restored to B.C. customersBCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility has restored service to its wireless customers following an outage caused by...

Quebecor sells its westward expansion

telecom | 11/16/2021 2:30 pm EST

Quebecor sells its westward expansionMISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...

Cogeco given permission to provide telephony service Lambton, Que.

telecom | 11/16/2021 10:44 am EST

Cogeco given permission to provide telephony service Lambton, Que.The CRTC is permitting Cogeco Connexion Inc. to provide telephony services...

Business case needs to be made for 5G end-to-end networks: Telus CTO

telecom | 11/15/2021 3:52 pm EST

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated reportMISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s chief technology officer said that the...

Cogeco’s Jetté concerned about MVNO tariff negotiations

telecom | 11/15/2021 2:59 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3MISSISSAUGA - Even at the earliest stages of the CRTC’s new mobile...

Telus opens conference with attack on set-aside spectrum policies

telecom | 11/15/2021 11:14 am EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOMISSISSAUGA -- The government's set-aside spectrum policy has, rather than promoted competition in the telecommunication sector, instead led to underinvestment in networks and...

CRTC denies request for delay in Roger-Shaw hearing

Media | 11/15/2021 9:56 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionThe CRTC has denied a request by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners...

Cogeco expects to enter mobile rate negotiations by spring, summer 2022 earliest

telecom | 11/12/2021 5:02 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3Cogeco Inc.’s CEO said it is a multi-step process it has to follow before...

CRTC approves new area code for Montreal area

telecom | 11/12/2021 12:18 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC has approved a new area code for the region surrounding Montreal. In a decision issued Friday...

Telus still wants CRTC to delay Rogers-Shaw hearing despite court decision on board control

Media | 11/11/2021 4:24 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionOne of Canada’s telecom incumbents is urging the...

Telecoms renew call for delay of STIR/SHAKEN

telecom | 11/11/2021 3:43 pm EST

Telecoms renew call for delay of STIR/SHAKENCanada’s incumbent telecoms made another plea for deferral of the application of the STIR/SHAKEN condition. In a Nov. 9 letter to the CRTC, the Emergency Services Working Group (ESWG) and the Network Working Group (NTWG), augmented by BCE Inc., Telus Corp., and...

Ottawa, northeastern – central Ontario, getting new area codes: CRTC

telecom | 11/10/2021 1:37 pm EST

Ottawa, northeastern - central Ontario, getting new area codes: CRTCOttawa and the surrounding eastern Ontario area will be getting a third...

TekSavvy files wholesale rates appeal

telecom | 11/09/2021 4:44 pm EST

STB data measurement complex task, group saysJust under two months after it was granted leave by the Federal Court of Appeal, TekSavvy Solutions Inc....

UPDATED: Rayes replaced by John Nater as Heritage shadow minister

Media | 11/09/2021 3:24 pm EST

UPDATED: Rayes replaced by John Nater as Heritage shadow ministerA Conservative MP who was outspoken on the revised Broadcasting Act, Bill...

Shaw backs delay of STIR/SHAKEN implementation

telecom | 11/09/2021 1:51 pm EST

Shaw backs delay of STIR/SHAKEN implementationShaw Communications Inc. has added its voice to those calling for deferral of the implementation of the...

Spam calls complaints high in September, CRTC finds

Media | 11/09/2021 12:13 pm EST

Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devicesThe CRTC released its semi-annual report on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) on Tuesday. The...

Internet Society releases Indigenous connectivity recommendations

telecom | 11/09/2021 10:34 am EST

Internet Society establishes lobby footing in CanadaIndigenous stakeholders in Canadian telecoms are renewing their calls for...

CRTC should proceed with Rogers-Shaw hearing: Rogers, analyst

telecom | 11/08/2021 1:40 pm EST

Competition Bureau MVNO proposal ‘punts the problem’: NataleRogers Communications Inc. says there is no reason to delay the CRTC on its...

Competitive pay-telephone service provider tells CRTC Bell should pay its bills

telecom | 11/08/2021 9:49 am EST

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTCAn Ontario-based pay-telephone owner and competitive pay-telephone service...

Edward Rogers “takes no joy” in B.C. court decision, keeping Natale around after CEO offered millions in severance

Media | 11/05/2021 5:31 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionFormerly ousted and now-reinstated Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) chairman plans to keep CEO and president Joe Natale in his position, after a Supreme Court of British...

Telus winding down copper network as it releases Q3 results

Media | 11/05/2021 3:41 pm EDT

Telus winding down copper network as it releases Q3 resultsTelus Corp. expects to have its legacy copper network out of commission...

John Raines joins Telus Agriculture as president

Media | 11/05/2021 3:31 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFOJohn Raines will be joining Telus Corp.’s agriculture division as president effective Nov. 29, the...

Novus seeks entry in Vancouver-area MDUs

telecom | 11/05/2021 2:54 pm EDT

Novus seeks entry in Vancouver-area MDUsA registered competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving Metro Vancouver, B.C., is asking the...

Municipally-owned B.C. SILEC asks CRTC for relief from NG911 requirements 

telecom | 11/05/2021 2:37 pm EDT

Municipally-owned B.C. SILEC asks CRTC for relief from NG911 requirements A municipally-owned small incumbent local exchange carrier (SILEC) in...

RCMP seeks to develop encrypted data solutions for investigation purposes

telecom | 11/04/2021 5:03 pm EDT

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPCThe RCMP is looking for an artificial intelligence decryption system that can process seized data files and generate word lists to access the encrypted material so Canadian...

Bell posts quarterly profits driven by wireless growth

Media | 11/04/2021 4:25 pm EDT

Bell posts quarterly profits driven by wireless growthBell reported a slight increase in overall revenue of $49 million or 0.8...

ISED approves Rogers subordinated spectrum licence to SSi Micro

telecom | 11/04/2021 4:18 pm EDT

Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : Report Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved to subdivide and subordinate spectrum licences in northern Quebec from Rogers Communications Canada Inc. to SSi Micro Ltd. In a...

Quebec company fined $200k for violating telemarketing rules

telecom | 11/04/2021 2:12 pm EDT

Quebec company fined $200k for violating telemarketing rulesA Quebec-based company that specializes in the sale of wellness products to...

Please don’t delay merger hearing: Rogers to CRTC

Media | 11/03/2021 5:59 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsRogers Communications Inc.'s regulatory team can present the company's...

Quebec court moves ahead with proposed class-action against Google

Media | 11/02/2021 5:30 pm EDT

Google CanadaA Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an application by Alphabet...

Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-out

telecom | 11/02/2021 1:56 pm EDT

Telecoms ask for delay of STIR/SHAKEN roll-outCanada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing...

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

Media | 11/02/2021 12:36 pm EDT

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfallsThe CRTC is ordering two telecommunications companies to cough up Canadian programming contribution...

Masse moves from TekSavvy to CNOC on regulatory file

telecom | 11/01/2021 5:49 pm EDT

Masse moves from TekSavvy to CNOC on regulatory fileBryson Masse is the new Regulatory and Communications Advisor at Competitive Network Operators of...

UPDATED: Board can’t change “at the stroke of a pen”: RCI    

Media | 11/01/2021 5:25 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionLawyers for Edward Rogers are arguing that the recently ousted chairman of the Board of Directors exercised his shareholder rights when he chose to replace five of the...

263 area code coming to Montreal next year

telecom | 11/01/2021 2:32 pm EDT

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTCMontreal will be getting a third area code within the next year, the CRTC said in a Monday decision. The...

Shaw closes out fiscal year with increase in revenue, wireless subs. 

Media | 10/29/2021 5:26 pm EDT

Shaw closes out fiscal year with increase in revenue, wireless subs. Shaw's overall revenue increased 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, up to...

Nova Scotia Department of Justice failed privacy obligations: watchdog 

telecom | 10/28/2021 5:37 pm EDT

Nova Scotia Department of Justice failed privacy obligations: watchdog The Nova Scotia provincial privacy watchdog has admonished the province's Department of Justice for not living up to its obligations under Nova Scotia's Freedom of Information...

Rogers family feud to be heard in BC court Monday

telecom | 10/27/2021 12:32 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesThe Supreme Court of British Columbia will hear submissions regarding the legality of ousted chairman...

CNOC files review and vary application on CRTC in-building wire access decision 

telecom | 10/26/2021 6:17 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has filed a review and...

Telesat announces new chief commercial officer, president of Government Solutions 

Media | 10/26/2021 1:00 pm EDT

Telesat announces new chief commercial officer, president of Government Solutions Satellite operator, Telesat Corp. appointed an executive in the...

UPDATED – Rodriguez back as Heritage minister, Champagne remains in Innovation

Media | 10/26/2021 12:47 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banOTTAWA -- MP Pablo Rodriguez is back in familiar territory as he is once...

RCMP awards National Cybercrime Solution contract

Media | 10/25/2021 4:18 pm EDT

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPCPublic Works and Government Services Canada awarded the RCMP’s “national cybercrime solution”...

Ontario Court of Appeal says provincial bill stands in Telus class-action suit

telecom | 10/25/2021 3:35 pm EDT

Telus offering communication service for doctorsOntario’s Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Telus Corp. in a...

Two separate Boards claim authority over Rogers 

telecom | 10/25/2021 10:22 am EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionOusted Rogers Communication Inc. chairman Edward Rogers intends to initiate proceedings in the British...

Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor’s 3500 MHz licenses

telecom | 10/23/2021 11:40 am EDT

Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor's 3500 MHz licensesThe Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp....

Rogers ordered to put employment and programming data on the public record for merger hearing

Media | 10/22/2021 6:21 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesThe CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to submit a list of its original community programming, aggregate returns filed with the CRTC, and employment data on the public...

CRTC approves work on  Cogeco, Columbia Basin, Broadband Fund projects

telecom | 10/22/2021 6:14 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsTwo telecom companies can start work on their Broadband Fund projects now...

Edward Rogers strikes back, seeks to remake Rogers board

Media | 10/22/2021 9:08 am EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionIn the latest twist in an increasingly public rift in one of Canada's...

CoopTel says Bell subsidiary doesn’t need 5 months to implement competition changes

telecom | 10/21/2021 5:36 pm EDT

CoopTel says Bell subsidiary doesn’t need 5 months to implement competition changesQuebec-based telecom company CoopTel wants the CRTC to order a BCE Inc. subsidiary to demonstrate how there is a shortage of expertise that would justify delaying CoopTel’s...

368 area code to be introduced in Alberta

telecom | 10/20/2021 12:47 pm EDT

Albertans will be introduced to a new area code in six months as part of a CRTC effort to meet the continuously growing demand for new telephone numbers. The new area code, 368, will gradually launch across the province...

Quebecor’s spectrum winnings an ‘unfair cost advantage,’ Telus tells Federal Court

Media | 10/19/2021 7:16 pm EDT

Quebecor's spectrum winnings an 'unfair cost advantage,' Telus tells Federal CourtA Federal Court injunction stopping the Department...

Maskatel submits local competition plan to CRTC 

telecom | 10/19/2021 7:13 pm EDT

Maskatel submits local competition plan to CRTC BCE Inc.’s subsidiary Maskatel Monday filed a plan for establishing local competition in Upton...

CRTC tweaks Quality of Service regime rules 

telecom | 10/15/2021 5:38 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviewsThe CRTC has approved a number of adjustments to the upcoming Quality of Service (QoS) regime that will...

CRTC rejects Rogers request for interveners at Shaw merger hearing

telecom | 10/14/2021 1:58 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionThe CRTC denied Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for several...

Rogers expands 5G in 11 Quebec cities

telecom | 10/13/2021 6:31 pm EDT

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband projectRogers Communications Inc. extended its 5G network in Quebec which now reaches more than 90 communities...

CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing 

Media | 10/13/2021 6:28 pm EDT

CRTC to allow CPAC to participate in Rogers-Shaw hearing The CRTC has granted Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. -- more widely known as CPAC -- the right to appear at the regulator's hearings into the proposed merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., scheduled for Nov. 22.  In an Oct. 7 letter to...

Deadline extended for ISED consultation on new regime for licensing unused spectrum

telecom | 10/12/2021 5:35 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MPInnovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is extending the...

CRTC denies license for low-power Alberta Mennonite radio station 

Media | 10/08/2021 6:27 pm EDT

CRTC denies license for low-power Alberta Mennonite radio station The CRTC Friday rejected an application for a broadcast license to operate...

Primus expanding in Quebec

telecom | 10/07/2021 5:32 pm EDT

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband projectDistributel Communications Ltd.'s Primus Communications is expanding its offering in Quebec, and is now covering an additional 71 per cent of the region, according to a...

Xplornet connects Haldimand County to fibre-to-the-home broadband

telecom | 10/07/2021 5:31 pm EDT

Xplornet turns on LTE in Newfoundland communitiesXplornet Communications Inc.’s newly acquired fibre-based service provider Ocdotus Inc. — which operates as Metro Loop — has connected approximately 6,500 homes and...

Redline partners with Utah-based mining company

telecom | 10/07/2021 5:19 pm EDT

Redline partners with Utah-based mining companyThe Markham-Ont.-based manufacturer of wireless network technology for mining, oil-and-gas, and utilities...

Court order blocking Quebecor 3500 MHz acquisition would harm competition: ISED

Media | 10/06/2021 6:33 pm EDT

Court order blocking Quebecor 3500 MHz acquisition would harm competition: ISEDThe Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) has...

Telecoms companies debating immediate vs. phased-in deployment of crisis line

telecom | 10/05/2021 7:09 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: ResearchCanada’s telecom companies are debating before the CRTC whether it is...

CRTC asks Net2Web to explain its non-compliance with CCTS

telecom | 10/05/2021 6:14 pm EDT

CRTC asks Net2Web to explain its non-compliance with CCTSThe CRTC is asking the telecommunications service provider Net2Web Inc. to...

Update to National Cyber Security Plan needed to combat ransomware attacks: CIRA

Media | 10/04/2021 5:49 pm EDT

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSEThe not-for-profit organization that manages Canada’s .CA domains says...

Rewheel report again shows high prices for wireless data 

telecom | 10/04/2021 5:44 pm EDT

Rewheel report again shows high prices for wireless data Canada remains amongst the world's highest wireless phone prices, according...

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband project

telecom | 10/01/2021 2:21 pm EDT

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband projectThe CRTC approved finalized statements of work Friday in five projects...

Indigenous economic reconciliation needs path toward spectrum sovereignty: experts

Media | 09/30/2021 5:03 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.While the Canadian government is busy collecting $8.9 billion dollars from its recent 3500 MHz spectrum auction, Nunavut is still 100 per cent dependent on satellites for its...

Rogers CFO leaving the company

Media | 09/30/2021 10:27 am EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesRogers Communications Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CFO Tony Staffieri has left his post after...

Disaggregated wholesale regime not ‘doom and gloom’: CNOC chair

telecom | 09/29/2021 5:33 pm EDT

Disaggregated wholesale regime not ‘doom and gloom’: CNOC chairWith a shift to a disaggregated access model anticipated by the Competitive...

CRTC wants more info from Bell on certain retroactive wholesale payments

telecom | 09/27/2021 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC wants BCE Inc. to clarify why the company wants to make payments...

Telus expands networks in five B.C. communities 

telecom | 09/27/2021 1:52 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MPTelus Corp. is expanding its 5G network in four British Columbia communities as part of its $13 billion infrastructure and operations investment in the province through 2024,  In a series of Monday releases, Telus announced its 5G network is expanding to residents and...

CCSA elects new board members, announces new chair

telecom | 09/24/2021 5:03 pm EDT

The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) Friday announced four new members have been elected to its board of directors. Hearst Connect general manager Tania Cossette, Novus Entertainment Inc. co-president and chief...

Class members defined in suit against Bell over prison phone contract

telecom | 09/24/2021 4:20 pm EDT

Class members defined in suit against Bell over prison phone contractA would-be class-action lawsuit filed against BCE Inc. and the province of...

Petitions to overturn recent CRTC decisions gaining steam

telecom | 09/23/2021 7:09 pm EDT

Petitions to overturn recent CRTC decisions gaining steamDays after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won another minority government...

Rogers expands 5G network in Nova Scotia

telecom | 09/23/2021 5:58 pm EDT

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated reportRogers Communications Inc. has expanded its 5G network in the Halifax, N.S., region.  Rogers said in...

RCMP looking to expand its digital policing services

telecom | 09/22/2021 6:37 pm EDT

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPCThe RCMP is seeking to expand its digital policing services, months after the Office of the Privacy...

Xplornet announces rural 5G standalone network

telecom | 09/22/2021 3:12 pm EDT

Xplornet turns on LTE in Newfoundland communitiesNew Brunswick-based rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications Inc. announced Wednesday it’s...

Spectrum license exclusivity must go: Mozilla advisor

telecom | 09/21/2021 6:36 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.In order to achieve better spectrum sovereignty for Indigenous communities in Canada, the government has...

Rogers extends modem migration deadline

telecom | 09/21/2021 4:20 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsRogers Communications Inc. has told the CRTC the pandemic has slowed work down after it was asked by the...

Andy Ramsey named interim CFO of TeraGo

telecom | 09/20/2021 5:37 pm EDT

Andy Ramsey named interim CFO of TeraGoThe data services company TeraGo Inc. announced Monday that it has appointed Andy Ramsey, the company's senior director of finance, as vice president of finance and interim chief financial officer.  The company's CFO David Charron will be stepping down as of Oct. 29, as...