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Court denies China Mobile request for stay of Gov. order to vacate

telecom | 12/08/2021 10:49 am EST

Court denies China Mobile request for stay of Gov. order to vacate

A telecommunications provider owned by the Chinese government has lost its appeal against an order from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to pack up shop and vacate...

Court ISED mobile

Opposition hammers Government on 988, broadband rollout

telecom | 12/08/2021 10:24 am EST

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The government was taken to task Tuesday over rollout of a dedicated number for mental health and last-mile fibre lays. Two Conservative MPs lashed out at the Trudeau administration over the failings. Pointing out it had been nearly a year since his colleague Todd Doherty...

CRTC Internet Smartphones

Class action lawyers seek to have Bell affidavit stricken in prison phones case

telecom | 12/07/2021 6:52 pm EST

Bell's prison phone rates violated telecom act, lawsuit argues

In a would-be class-action lawsuit against BCE Inc. and the province of...

Bell CRTC

Bell says CRTC should leave dispute with competitive pay-telephone service provider to the courts

telecom | 12/07/2021 5:05 pm EST

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTC

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it has...

Bell CRTC Landline phones

Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover

telecom | 12/07/2021 5:01 pm EST

Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover

OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reiterated his party’s call for lower...

Rogers Shaw Wireless

SaskTel launches new digital mobile service

telecom | 12/07/2021 4:02 pm EST

SaskTel launches new digital mobile service

A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service In a...

Smartphones Wireless

PIAC says CRTC’s Internet Code has “no real protections,” CCTS research shows uptick in complaints

telecom | 12/06/2021 5:12 pm EST

PIAC says CRTC’s Internet Code has “no real protections,” CCTS research shows uptick in complaints

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) said that the CRTC’s Internet Code provides consumers with a false sense of protection after a new report found there were only 18...

CRTC Internet Landline phones

Telus sells financial solutions business to Dye & Durham

telecom | 12/06/2021 10:50 am EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Telus Corp. has sold its financial solutions division to Vancouver-based...

Telus

Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries

Media | 12/03/2021 4:32 pm EST

Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms laws

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of parliamentary secretaries Friday with Chris...

Internet Television

Rogers, Quebecor, Cogeco lag behind in pandemic pick up: analyst

telecom | 12/02/2021 5:48 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Of Canada’s big three telecom companies, Rogers Communications Inc. is...

Cogeco Quebecor Rogers

Dépatie in as new Rogers home COO

Media | 12/02/2021 5:22 pm EST

Dépatie in as new Rogers home COO

Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday afternoon that Robert Dépatie is joining the company as...

Rogers

CRTC fines telemarketer $42,000 for repeated violations

telecom | 12/02/2021 2:15 pm EST

CRTC fines telemarketer $42,000 for repeated violations

The CRTC fined an Ontario firm $42,000 for violating the Do Not Call List...

CRTC Landline phones

CRTC upholds decision in Telus-Iristel 867 traffic stimulation case, resumes fine consultation

telecom | 12/01/2021 6:39 pm EST

CRTC calls out Iristel, but says no new regs in traffic stimulation case

The CRTC has rejected a pair of review and vary...

CRTC Iristel Telus

Big three worry generic licensing for earth stations in motion will affect rural, remote 5G deployment

telecom | 12/01/2021 5:35 pm EST

ISED consulting on spectrum strategy for next five years

Canada’s big three telecommunications companies...

Bell Rogers Spectrum

Samsung opens Regina office to work with SaskTel

telecom | 12/01/2021 3:11 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has opened a regional office in Regina to facilitate its work with...

5g Internet Smartphones

Base Technology gets money from CRTC Broadband Fund

telecom | 12/01/2021 1:58 pm EST

Base Technology gets money from CRTC Broadband Fund

The CRTC has granted Base Technology Ltd. up to $750,000 Wednesday to roll out broadband in rural British Columbia. The money comes from the commission’s Broadband Fund. The company’s plan will see Birken, D’Arcy and the N’Quatqua First Nation offered connectivity...

CRTC Rural broadband

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

telecom | 12/01/2021 12:09 pm EST

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC approved the implementation of an overlay for area code 468 for the western Quebec region...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

Rogers keeps mum on post-ouster Natale consultation fee

Media | 11/30/2021 6:08 pm EST

Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services

Rogers Communications Inc. has declined to adjust its calculation of the...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

STIR/SHAKEN rolling out despite incumbent demands for delay

telecom | 11/30/2021 3:43 pm EST

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

Canada’s telecommunications companies have begun implementing the STIR/SHAKEN technology in the CRTC’s effort to combat spoof and fraudulent...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

CRTC makes three-digit submissions accessible for deaf

telecom | 11/30/2021 3:41 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Submissions to a CRTC proceeding about a three-digit dialing code for...

CRTC

Scott should recuse himself from MDU in-building access review and vary: TekSavvy

telecom | 11/29/2021 5:44 pm EST

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

An Ontario-based independent service provider argued to the CRTC that chair Ian Scott “is in violation of the commission’s own internal standards of conduct” and...

Bell CRTC Fibre optics

Competition Bureau takes part in global summit on digital marketing

telecom | 11/29/2021 4:19 pm EST

Competition Bureau takes part in global summit on digital marketing

Canada’s Competition Bureau is joining with 10 other nations for a Monday...

Facebook Internet

Telus launches Indigenous reconciliation plan amid goals for connectivity

telecom | 11/29/2021 2:31 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Telus Corp. Monday unveiled a program to connect Indigenous communities to...

Rural broadband Wireless

CRTC in-building wire decision fair, CNOC didn’t follow process in review application: Rogers, Eastlink

telecom | 11/26/2021 3:03 pm EST

CRTC in-building wire decision fair, CNOC didn’t follow process in review application: Rogers, Eastlink

Rogers Communications Canada Inc. and Bragg...

CRTC fibre MDU

Conservatives call for complete ban on Huawei equipment in 5G rollout

telecom | 11/26/2021 11:51 am EST

Huawei to invest $2.5 million in UBC research

The Conservative Party of Canada is renewing its call for an outright ban on deployment of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. gear when telecoms rollout their 5G networks. “Those who control the medium...

Redline expands its services in Middle East

telecom | 11/25/2021 11:01 am EST

Redline expands its services in Middle East

The Markham, Ont.-based manufacturer of wireless network technology for mining, oil-and-gas, and utility...

Internet Wireless

China Mobile pleads for court stay on Gov. order to leave country

telecom | 11/24/2021 7:58 pm EST

China Mobile pleads for court stay on Gov. order to leave country

A telecommunications service provider owned by the Chinese government...

Wireless

ISED increases spectrum and telecoms licence fees by 3.4 per cent for next fiscal year

telecom | 11/24/2021 2:27 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development...

Spectrum Wireless

Bell subsidiary says resources to implement local competition in Que. area scarce, even for incumbent, justifying 5-month delay

telecom | 11/24/2021 2:04 pm EST

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTC

A BCE Inc. subsidiary told the CRTC that approving...

Bell CRTC Landline phones

Rogers-Shaw merger will result in content exclusivity, “force” consumer to switch services: Telus

Media | 11/23/2021 6:10 pm EST

Rogers-Shaw merger will result in content exclusivity, “force” consumer to switch services: Telus

Telus Corp. executives told the CTRC that if the commission approves its acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.'s broadcasting assets, Rogers Communications Inc. will...

Bell Cancon CRTC

Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services

Media | 11/22/2021 8:35 pm EST

Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services

Top brass from Shaw Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc....

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Telesat trading on TSX, NASDAQ

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

LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 years

Telesat Corp. is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, as it builds its network of...

Quarterly Reports Satellite

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 : Report

The federal government is working with the...

Privacy

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 deal

Swedish 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 rules

The CRTC is fining a Toronto-based window manufacturing and repair company for making telemarketing calls to consumers registered on the National Do Not Call List (DNCL)....

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

CRTC approves Rogers modem transition

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

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

The CRTC has ruled that the time frame set out by Rogers Communications Inc. to stop activating and stop...

CRTC Rogers

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...

CRTC

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,...

CRTC Spectrum Wireless

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 areas

The CRTC approved the 2021 subsidy amounts for telecom providers operating...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

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 exec

The federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), by having rural...

Rural broadband Spectrum Telus

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...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Bell wireless service restored to B.C. customers

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

Bell wireless service restored to B.C. customers

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

Bell Wireless

Quebecor sells its westward expansion

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

Quebecor sells its westward expansion

MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...

Bell CRTC Internet

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 to Lambton, Que. In a Nov. 15 letter addressed to the incumbent in the territory, ...

Cogeco CRTC

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 report

MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s chief technology officer said that the...

Cogeco Internet Telus

Cogeco’s Jetté concerned about MVNO tariff negotiations

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

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

MISSISSAUGA - Even at the earliest stages of the CRTC’s new mobile...

CRTC Wireless

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 CFO

MISSISSAUGA -- The government's set-aside spectrum policy has, rather than...

Spectrum Telus Wireless

CRTC denies request for delay in Roger-Shaw hearing

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

The CRTC has denied a request by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

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 Q3

Cogeco Inc.’s CEO said it is a multi-step process it has to follow before it can enter the mobile market -- with its 38 new spectrum licences, purchased for $295...

Cogeco CRTC Internet

CRTC approves new area code for Montreal area

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has approved a new area code for the region surrounding Montreal. In a decision issued Friday...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

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 division

One of Canada’s telecom incumbents is urging the...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Telecoms renew call for delay of STIR/SHAKEN

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

Telecoms renew call for delay of STIR/SHAKEN

Canada’s incumbent telecoms made another plea for deferral of the application of the STIR/SHAKEN...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

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: CRTC

Ottawa and the surrounding eastern Ontario area will be getting a third...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

TekSavvy files wholesale rates appeal

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

STB data measurement complex task, group says

Just under two months after it was granted leave by the Federal Court of Appeal, TekSavvy Solutions Inc....

CRTC Internet

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 minister

A 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 implementation

Shaw Communications Inc. has added its voice to those calling for deferral of the implementation of the...

911 CRTC

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, devices

The CRTC released its semi-annual report on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) on Tuesday. The...

CRTC Wireless

Internet Society releases Indigenous connectivity recommendations

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

Internet Society establishes lobby footing in Canada

Indigenous stakeholders in Canadian telecoms are renewing their calls for the government to develop a spectrum priority window for Indigenous communities and a fund set aside...

Internet Rural broadband Spectrum

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

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

Competition Bureau MVNO proposal ‘punts the problem’: Natale

Rogers Communications Inc. says there is no reason to delay the CRTC on its...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

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: CRTC

An Ontario-based pay-telephone owner and competitive pay-telephone service...

Bell Rogers SDI Telecom

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 division

Formerly ousted and now-reinstated Rogers...

Rogers Unlock unlocked

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 results

Telus Corp. expects to have its legacy copper network out of commission...

Quarterly Reports Telus

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 CFO

John Raines will be joining Telus Corp.’s agriculture division as president effective Nov. 29, the telecom announced Wednesday. A 20-year veteran of the sector, he led the largest digital agriculture platform, and multi-million dollar mergers, in North America, South...

Telus

Novus seeks entry in Vancouver-area MDUs

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

Novus seeks entry in Vancouver-area MDUs

A registered competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving Metro Vancouver, B.C., is asking the...

CRTC MDU

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...

911 CRTC

RCMP seeks to develop encrypted data solutions for investigation purposes

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

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPC

The RCMP is looking for an artificial intelligence decryption system that...

Internet Privacy Smartphones

Bell posts quarterly profits driven by wireless growth

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

Bell posts quarterly profits driven by wireless growth

Bell reported a slight increase in overall revenue of $49 million or 0.8...

Bell Quarterly Reports Wireless

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 rules

A Quebec-based company that specializes in the sale of wellness products to...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

Please don’t delay merger hearing: Rogers to CRTC

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Rogers Communications Inc.'s regulatory team can present the company's...

Bell CRTC Rogers

Quebec court moves ahead with proposed class-action against Google

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

Google Canada

A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected an application by Alphabet...

Google Privacy

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-out

Canada’s incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to delay the start date of an anti-call spoofing technology. In an Oct. 28 filing to the commission, BCE Inc., Telus Corp. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. say that the STIR/SHAKEN Condition does not have an...

CRTC

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

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

CRTC orders Sogetel, Comwave to pay Cancon shortfalls

The CRTC is ordering two telecommunications companies to cough up Canadian programming contribution...

Cancon CRTC

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 file

Bryson Masse is the new Regulatory and Communications Advisor at Competitive Network Operators of...

Internet Wireless

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 division

Lawyers for Edward Rogers are arguing that the recently ousted chairman of...

Rogers Unlock unlocked

263 area code coming to Montreal next year

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

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTC

Montreal will be getting a third area code within the next year, the CRTC said in a Monday decision. The...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : Report

telecom | 10/29/2021 5:48 pm EDT

Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : Report

Canada’s targets of reaching connectivity speeds of 50 Mbps for downloads and 10 Mbps for uploads with unlimited monthly data transfer (50/10 unlimited) “are...

Bell CRTC Internet

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...

Quarterly Reports Shaw

NDP’s McPherson moves to deputy Heritage critic, Masse remains with Innovation, gets deputy

Media | 10/29/2021 2:47 pm EDT

NDP’s McPherson moves to deputy Heritage critic, Masse remains with Innovation, gets deputy

Two new faces will be stepping into critic roles...

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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...

Privacy

Rogers family feud to be heard in BC court Monday

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

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

The Supreme Court of British Columbia will hear submissions regarding the legality of ousted chairman...

Rogers

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 ISPs

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has filed a review and...

Bell CRTC Fibre optics

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...

Rural broadband Satellite Spectrum

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 ban

OTTAWA -- MP Pablo Rodriguez is back in familiar territory as he is once...

Cancon Copyright CRTC

RCMP awards National Cybercrime Solution contract

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

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPC

Public Works and Government Services Canada awarded the RCMP’s “national cybercrime solution”...

cybersecurity

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 doctors

Ontario’s Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Telus Corp. in a class-action lawsuit, ruling that a now-defunct provincial wireless consumer bill was constitutional when...

CRTC Smartphones Telus

Two separate Boards claim authority over Rogers

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Ousted Rogers Communication Inc. chairman Edward Rogers intends to initiate proceedings in the British...

Rogers

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 licenses

The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp....

Bell CRTC Spectrum

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 changes

The CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to...

Cancon CRTC Shaw

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

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Two telecom companies can start work on their Broadband Fund projects now...

Cogeco CRTC Rural broadband

Privacy Commish launching investigation into proof of vaccination requirements for federal workers

telecom | 10/22/2021 6:03 pm EDT

OPC will ask court to force changes to Facebook privacy practices

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner will be investigating if the standardized Canadian COVID-19 proof of vaccination violates privacy principles after getting complaints...

Privacy Smartphones

Edward Rogers strikes back, seeks to remake Rogers board

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

In the latest twist in an increasingly public rift in one of Canada's...

Rogers

Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama

Media | 10/21/2021 5:52 pm EDT

Edward Rogers out as board chair, as Natale seeks to reassure investors amid Rogers boardroom drama

Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale said...

Quarterly Reports Rogers Shaw

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 changes

Quebec-based telecom company CoopTel wants the...

Bell CRTC Internet

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...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

Bell, SaskTel, not buying ISED proposal to reintroduce deployment requirements for cellular bands

telecom | 10/20/2021 12:04 pm EDT

Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devices

BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications...

Bell CRTC Rogers

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 Court

A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department...

Bell Court Quebecor

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 Internet Wireless

CRTC tweaks Quality of Service regime rules

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

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

The CRTC has approved a number of adjustments to the upcoming Quality of Service (QoS) regime that will...

CRTC Internet

Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders

telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT

Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders

Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. are opposing a proposal to implement licence fees for fixed earth stations, to which there are currently no...

Internet Rural broadband Satellite