TekSavvy wants regulatory framework before Bell permanently implements AI call blocking

telecom | 07/14/2021 6:23 pm EDT

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is recommending that the...

Q2 telecom earnings could be sign of recovery: Analysis

telecom | 07/13/2021 6:46 pm EDT

The telecom sector is on track to rebound following a bleak 2019 and 2020, according to an analysis of the industry halfway through the 2021 financial year.  “Halfway through the year, we see...

Local RCMP raises security concerns over New Brunswick NG911 clarification application with the CRTC

telecom | 07/13/2021 6:42 pm EDT

The New Brunswick RCMP is raising concerns to the CRTC that the province’s proposal for how it would like to adapt its next-generation 911 (NG911) services could put RCMP...

StatCan looks to include digitization with new well-being measurements

Media | 07/12/2021 4:50 pm EDT

According to a Statistics Canada study, in order to better measure the well-being or quality of life and progress of nations, digitization needs to be taken into account, among other trends, in “a...

Quebec judge ups claims cap in Rogers termination fee class action

telecom | 07/09/2021 5:05 pm EDT

Quebec’s Superior Court has granted an increase in the number of total claims payable from people Rogers Communications Inc. was ordered to compensate as part of a $26...

PIAC disappointed with CRTC SIM swap disclosure

telecom | 07/09/2021 4:59 pm EDT

Six months after it received a request to release the data it collects on a fraud process known as "SIM swapping," the CRTC yesterday sent a letter to parties involved in a proceeding on the matter saying that instances of the...

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever ‘dynamic’ site-blocking order

Media | 07/08/2021 6:22 pm EDT

Nearly six weeks after a Federal Court of Appeal upheld Canada's first-ever...

CRTC altering area code relief implementation timeline

telecom | 07/08/2021 5:56 pm EDT

The CRTC is opting to reduce the timeline for the implementation of area code relief from 72 months before the projected exhaust date of an area code down to 36 months.  The regulator said in its...

Bell, Rogers announce rural connectivity investments 

telecom | 07/07/2021 4:48 pm EDT

Work to upgrade the wireless networks of communities in British Columbia and homes and businesses in rural Ontario is coming along according to two of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies....

CRTC releases accessibility reporting regulations

telecom | 07/07/2021 4:44 pm EDT

The CRTC today released its regulations for accessibility reporting requirements, which will govern the obligations of telecom companies when it comes to their compliance under the Accessible Canada Act.  The regulations flow...

PIAC says no to permanent roaming test, Telus wants new definition

telecom | 07/05/2021 5:37 pm EDT

Telus Corp. wants the CRTC to set an industry-wide definition of...

Rogers wants immediate MDU access in NB while Bell pushes for incremental enforcement

telecom | 07/05/2021 5:18 pm EDT

In a dispute over access to an apartment building...

Shaw reports rise in profits for third quarter

telecom | 07/02/2021 12:53 pm EDT

Shaw Communications Inc. reported a large spike in profit for its third quarter of the year on...

Corus revenues rebounding

telecom | 06/30/2021 4:54 pm EDT

Revenues across Corus Entertainment Inc.'s radio and television divisions were up significantly as the company reported its third quarter earnings results Tuesday.  RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds said in a Tuesday evening note that the positive numbers were potentially due to "pent-up demand from advertisers post-re-opening to get brands in front of consumers." For the three months ending on May 31, overall revenues were up 15 per cent to $403 million from $348.9 million this time last year, for a profit...

Cogeco expands U.S. business with Ohio acquisition 

telecom | 06/30/2021 4:24 pm EDT

Cogeco Communications Inc. is expanding south of the border after it announced its American subsidiary...

TekSavvy seeks permission to appeal CRTC rates decision, CNOC asks for public support 

telecom | 06/29/2021 7:06 pm EDT

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the Federal...

Bell offering 5G service in Atlantic Canada

telecom | 06/29/2021 4:35 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is expanding its 5G network into Atlantic Canada, with service launching in Nova Scotia and...

CRTC wants info on TSP’s botnet blocking efforts

telecom | 06/29/2021 3:21 pm EDT

The CRTC is amending its consultation on a potential network-level framework to limit malicious botnet...

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSE

telecom | 06/28/2021 6:24 pm EDT

The Communications Security Establishment, which is billed as Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, says it responded to 2,206 cyber security incident cases affecting the Canadian government or critical infrastructure partners last year, as well as threats to the...

Summer recess: your parliament update

Media | 06/25/2021 6:30 pm EDT

With Parliament rising this week for its summer break, a number of bills of interest to the broadcasting...

SaskTel spending another $50 million on rural fibre optic broadband

telecom | 06/25/2021 5:16 pm EDT

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. (SaskTel) is throwing another...

TekSavvy adds evidence of ‘bias’ to its petition to cabinet  

telecom | 06/24/2021 5:16 pm EDT

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has provided the Liberal Government with what it...

FCM rejects Telus complaint of regulatory uncertainty in wireless review appeal

telecom | 06/23/2021 5:20 pm EDT

Rather than creating a "lacuna in the federal regulatory scheme," causing...

OpenMedia wants its shot at a beer with CRTC chair Ian Scott

telecom | 06/23/2021 4:51 pm EDT

An organization advocating for an open and surveillance-free internet is...

Industry Committee calls for stricter timelines on CRTC rate-setting procedures 

telecom | 06/22/2021 6:13 pm EDT

The House of Commons Industry committee is recommending that the government...

New Brunswick seeks clarification from CRTC regarding NG911 PSAPs

telecom | 06/16/2021 4:50 pm EDT

New Brunswick is looking for answers as to whether or not independent local exchange carriers (ILECs) delivering next-generation 911  (NG911) services may connect those networks to demarcation points...

3500 MHz auction finally launches; valuable mid-band spectrum to come with new deployment requirements

Media | 06/15/2021 6:30 pm EDT

Bidding opened Tuesday morning in what will be a...

Iristel to launch low-cost portability service 

telecom | 06/14/2021 5:09 pm EDT

Iristel Inc. is launching a service that will allow Canadian phone numbers to be paired with less expensive plans offered by U.S. telecom companies. On Monday the company announced its $6 per month "Mobifi" service, which it said will be available on its website in late-June. In a press release the company said the service “is ideal” for entrepreneurs re-locating in the United States and for snowbirds who live in the U.S. or Mexico for part of the year.   Mobifi, the release said, will forward voice and data from a Canadian phone number to a phone with an American SIM card,...

New G7 tax agreement not good enough: tax lobby group

Media | 06/08/2021 6:40 pm EDT

A Canadian tax lobby group is criticizing the global tax deal announced this weekend by G7 Finance...

Cogeco getting millions more in high-speed funding

telecom | 06/08/2021 5:53 pm EDT

Cogeco Inc. is getting more than $40 million in funding for high-speed internet projects in Quebec. ...

Rogers backs Telus in Wireless Review decision challenge

telecom | 06/08/2021 5:50 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. has voiced its support for Telus Corp.'s Federal...

Canadians concerned about job loss, privacy with AI, but hopeful it will make life easier: Report 

telecom | 06/07/2021 6:13 pm EDT

A report by the Department of Innovation, Science,...

CIK Telecom suspending investments following CRTC wholesale rates decision

telecom | 06/04/2021 5:26 pm EDT

Independent internet service provider (ISP) CIK Telecom announced Friday that it would dial back a planned $300 million fibre network development, blaming the CRTC's decision to revert wholesale internet access rates to 2016 levels.  In a release, the Markham, Ont.-based ISP said that the "decision is no doubt an unjust and unacceptable disaster that impacts all independent ISPs in Canada."  After "5 years of hard work, the CRTC is still biased towards pressure from major...

Conservative MP introduces bill compelling ISPs to publicize service quality metrics

Media | 06/03/2021 5:37 pm EDT

Conservative MP Dan Mazier has introduced a private member’s bill that...

Federal Court affirms order compelling CRA to hand over documents in Iristel tax fight

telecom | 06/03/2021 5:30 pm EDT

A Federal Court judge has dismissed a challenge from the Canada Revenue Agency to a February court order compelling the country's tax collectors to turn over a set of...

CRTC seeking input on three-digital mental health, suicide, crisis line

telecom | 06/03/2021 4:25 pm EDT

The CRTC is seeking public opinion on wether or not the regulator should establish a national three-digit number for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services in an effort to quicken access...

CRTC orders Bell subsidiary to upgrade routers in Quebec

Media | 06/01/2021 5:52 pm EDT

BCE Inc. subsidiary Cablevision du Nord has to finish upgrading its routers...

Bell restores network investment pledge; TekSavvy petitions gov on wholesale rates

telecom | 05/31/2021 6:11 pm EDT

In what the company says is a direct response to the CRTC's reversal on...

Rogers renews request to CRTC for building access in N.B.

Media | 05/31/2021 2:40 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is repeating its request that the CRTC help it...

Wholesale rates decision signals shift at CRTC: wholesale ISPs, analysts

Media | 05/28/2021 6:11 pm EDT

As reaction continues to pour in following the CRTC's Thursday decision to...

Bell renews request for CRTC to intervene on Videotron permanent roaming claims

telecom | 05/28/2021 5:57 pm EDT

Bell Mobility Inc. is asking the CRTC to put in place new measures for...

Online watchdog organizes day of action against site blocking proposal

Internet and Governance | 05/27/2021 6:22 pm EDT

An organization with the aim of keeping an open and affordable internet is “speaking out across Canada to defend access to the internet” by launching a day of action...

UPDATED: CRTC reverts wholesale access rates to interim 2016 levels

telecom | 05/27/2021 4:00 pm EDT

The CRTC Thursday announced that it is setting permanent rates for...

ISED ‘repurposing’ 3800 MHz spectrum band, dismissing Telesat proposal

telecom | 05/21/2021 5:38 pm EDT

The federal government announced Friday it is repurposing the 3800 MHz spectrum band to support 5G services, with an auction to take place in early 2023.  The department of Innovation, Science and...

ISED approves Freedom spectrum licence subordination in British Columbia

telecom | 05/21/2021 4:42 pm EDT

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has approved the subordination of two spectrum licences held by Freedom Mobile.  In its decision released Thursday,...

CRTC seeks call blocking complaint data from TSPs

telecom | 05/21/2021 3:35 pm EDT

The CRTC  is requesting that all Canadian telecommunication service providers (TSPs) supply universal network-level call blocking customer complaints concerning nuisance calls. The May 20 letter asked for all complaints...

CRTC suspends consultation deadlines for ASL, LSQ interpretation

telecom | 05/21/2021 3:04 pm EDT

The CRTC is suspending all deadlines to submit public comments examining the offer and promotion of accessible wireless plans by wireless service providers after multiple groups requested the proposal be made accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In a Friday release, the commission stated it would suspend all deadlines so it can issue its call for comments in American Sign Language (ASL) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ)  “so interested sign language users could better understand exactly what feedback and information the commission requires,” as requested by the Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia, the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf, and Ontario Association of the Deaf, in a letter signed April 22, 2021. The coalition of groups also...

CRTC chair asserts personal preference for facilities-based competition

telecom | 05/20/2021 5:59 pm EDT

CRTC chair Ian Scott said he believes the commission’s pick of a...

Small telecoms company fined for CCTS non-compliance

telecom | 05/20/2021 1:54 pm EDT

The CRTC has fined a small telecoms company $15,000 for failing to participate in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services. On Thursday, the commission released the decision regarding William Robert John...

Interventions filed in favour of Bell penalty for delays to support structure access

telecom | 05/19/2021 6:04 pm EDT

BCE Inc. rival Rogers Communications Inc. and a number of other groups are...

ISED triples spectrum available for Wi-Fi

telecom | 05/19/2021 5:59 pm EDT

The federal government is making more spectrum available to increase competition, rural connectivity and the effective deployment of Wi-Fi and 5G technologies. On Wednesday, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry...

CRTC rejects Xplornet request to make non-payer disconnection easier under Internet Code

telecom | 05/19/2021 5:21 pm EDT

The CRTC has rejected a request from Xplornet Communications Inc. to repeal certain language from the regulator's Internet Code that raised the barrier for cutting off...

62k sign petition against Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 05/18/2021 5:33 pm EDT

A coalition of four separate advocacy groups Tuesday delivered a 62,000 signature-strong petition to the Competition Bureau, asking the regulator to block Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications...

Telus spending $26 billion in Ontario, Quebec

telecom | 05/17/2021 3:46 pm EDT

Telus Corp. is planning to spend a combined $26 billion on network connectivity in Ontario and Quebec...

Telus appeals seamless roaming in CRTC’s wireless review decision

telecom | 05/14/2021 6:54 pm EDT

Telus Corp. is seeking permission to appeal two provisions of the CRTC's April decision flowing from the commission's wireless review.  While Telus is not seeking to appeal the central decision of...

Quebec Appeal Court upholds decision finding Quebec site blocking law unconstitutional 

telecom | 05/14/2021 5:10 pm EDT

Quebec’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the province’s attorney general over its desire to have telecoms block access to illegal gambling sites.  In July 2018, a Quebec Superior Court judge found an article of the Consumer Protection Act that says Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have to block web users in Quebec from accessing unauthorized online gambling sites within 30 days of receiving notice from the Société des Loteries du Québec to be out of the province’s...

CRTC awards Bell’s deferral funds to accessibility orgs

Media | 05/13/2021 6:14 pm EDT

Six organizations for people with disabilities are receiving a total of $61,562 from BCE Inc.’s deferral account, after the CRTC approved a proposal from the company to fund public interest and...

Quebecor “pleased” with CRTC MVNO decision

telecom | 05/13/2021 6:10 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau added his voice to a chorus of...

UPDATED: Conservatives reject new C-10 charter statement

Media | 05/13/2021 2:21 pm EDT

The Conservative Party Thursday accused the Liberals of “trying to hide...

Consent-related spam complaints rising: CRTC

Media | 05/12/2021 4:46 pm EDT

The number of Canadians sending the Spam Reporting Centre complaints about consent issues is on the rise, according to a Tuesday CRTC release.  In the past six months, the centre received thousands of complaints about spam...

CNOC says Rogers failing to comply with CRTC request 

telecom | 05/11/2021 5:12 pm EDT

In an escalation of an ongoing fight over upgrades to a new modem, the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has accused Rogers Communications Inc. of failing to comply with a CRTC directive to confirm that it will continue to allow the installation of a particular type of modem for its third-party internet wholesale customers while a dispute over the modems is before the CRTC.  In a Monday letter to the CRTC, CNOC wrote that Rogers has instead told CNOC that it will not require the updated modems until December 31, 2021.  "Rogers does not confirm that TPIA customers will not...

Rogers seeks Saint John MDU access in CRTC complaint

telecom | 05/10/2021 6:41 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc.  filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking the regulator to help it get access to a number of apartment complexes in Saint John, N.B., in another dispute involving a multi-dwelling unit (MDU). ...

Cochrane Telecom requests CRTC forbearance

telecom | 05/07/2021 5:44 pm EDT

Cochrane Telecom Services has submitted an application to the CRTC requesting that the commission refrain from regulating its residential services in Cochrane, Ontario.  The company filed a Part 1 with the CRTC Tuesday,...

CRTC’s MVNO decision reflects ‘right mentality’ on facilities-based competition and rates: Telus CEO

telecom | 05/07/2021 5:36 pm EDT

Echoing his counterparts at BCE Inc. and Rogers...

Telecoms emphasize concerns, support for CRTC’s botnet blocking proposal

telecom | 05/06/2021 7:19 pm EDT

Canada’s big-three telecoms are doubling down on their assertions that...

Feds launch new cyber security program

telecom | 05/06/2021 5:15 pm EDT

The federal government is looking to enter a multi-year funding agreement with experts who will form its new Cyber Security Innovation Network. The four-year, $80 million investment to support three or more Canadian centres of...

CRTC denies Iristel request for caller location ID manipulation to be outlawed

telecom | 05/06/2021 4:57 pm EDT

The CRTC has denied an order requested by Iristel Inc. after it found that...

Bell suing Videotron over permanent roaming claims

telecom | 05/05/2021 6:37 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, escalating their battle over wireless customers allegedly...

Majority of Canadian mobile wireless prices second-highest internationally: ISED report

telecom | 05/04/2021 8:10 pm EDT

The average Canadian mobile wireless prices rank the second highest internationally in four of seven service “baskets,” and remains in the middle-high range for the...

Data on Tap asks Trudeau gov. to review MVNO decision

telecom | 05/04/2021 6:14 pm EDT

Data on Tap Inc., one of the country's hopeful mobile virtual network operators, has filed a petition to the governor in council, asking the government of Justin Trudeau to review the April decision of the CRTC to only mandate access to incumbent mobile networks for a limited number of regional operators.  In a Tuesday release, Data On Tap (which operates under the name dotmobile) CEO Algis Akstinas said that the CRTC's decision "misinterprets Canada’s wireless policy." "Industry analysts, telecom experts, competitive regional providers and even the dominant carriers all recognise...

CRTC grants Fibernetics access to Bell facilities

telecom | 05/04/2021 5:45 pm EDT

The CRTC is directing BCE Inc. to allow Ontario-based home phone and internet provider Fibernetics Corp....

Cogeco, Xplornet get $81.36 million in connectivity funding

Media | 05/04/2021 5:41 pm EDT

Cogeco Inc. and Xplornet Inc. are getting a combined $81.36 million to connect more than 18,000 households to high-speed internet in the Outaouais region of Quebec.  The funding announcement from...

Telus and Sogetel getting $38 million for high-speed connectivity projects

telecom | 05/03/2021 5:58 pm EDT

Telus Corp. and Sogetel Inc. are each getting millions to connect 2,850 houses in Quebec to high-speed internet by September 2022 for a total cost of $38 million, Innovation, Science and Economic...

Regulator needed to deal with tech-facilitated gender violence: report

Media | 04/30/2021 12:03 pm EDT

Canada should establish a centralized expert regulator for...

ISED rejects request to delay 3500 MHz auction following MVNO decision

telecom | 04/29/2021 6:31 pm EDT

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has rejected a call by the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and its member company Distributel Communications...

MVNO decision consistent with traditional facilities-based policy: Bell’s Bibic

telecom | 04/29/2021 5:41 pm EDT

BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic told shareholders...

CRTC directs public disclosure of some Bell call blocking info

telecom | 04/28/2021 6:05 pm EDT

The CRTC directed BCE Inc. to put on the public record responses to a...

CRTC requires Rogers to pause hardware migration for TPIA customers

telecom | 04/27/2021 5:22 pm EDT

The CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to stop requiring its third-party internet access customers to use a particular kind of modem until the regulator makes a decision on a complaint about...

BH Telecom objects to SaskTel’s request for stay in funding

telecom | 04/27/2021 3:33 pm EDT

BH Telecom Corp. claims that it is local residents who will lose if Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. gets the stay it wants on millions in funding awarded to the company to connect more...

Quebecor’s Pruneau steps down 

Media | 04/27/2021 12:51 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. executive Jean-François Pruneau announced Tuesday morning that he would be stepping down from his position as president and CEO of Videotron in order to "leave active professional life and devote himself to personal...

National video relay service consultation deadlines extended

telecom | 04/26/2021 5:41 pm EDT

The CRTC has extended the deadline for comments on the quality of the national video relay service for Canadians with hearing impairments.  The consultation, announced last month, is meant as a...

Xplornet expanding fibre network in Haldimand

telecom | 04/23/2021 8:35 pm EDT

Through its newly acquired fibre-based service provider Ocdotus Inc. — which operates as Metro Loop — Xplornet Communications Inc. is expanding its fibre network in Haldimand County, Ontario.  New Brunswick-based Xplornet...

Bell wants more notice for payments into NCF

telecom | 04/22/2021 6:02 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is objecting to proposed changes to the procedures for the operation of the National Contribution Fund, saying that a proposed system for payment forecasts does not allow contributors to the fund to plan properly. In...

PIAC, FRPC demand strengthened CRTC participation fund

Media | 04/21/2021 6:19 pm EDT

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) are urging the CRTC to come up with an interim plan to “stabilize the finances” of the Broadcasting Participation Fund as they anticipate a shortfall in money for...

Canada’s economic security lies in growing its ‘intangible economy’: Balsillie

Media | 04/20/2021 5:32 pm EDT

“Canada is first world in its input and third world in its output”, according to the chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators Jim Balsillie told the House of Commons...

SaskTel wants stay on BH Telecom funding

telecom | 04/20/2021 2:52 pm EDT

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is requesting a stay in the distribution of $9.5 million in funding the CRTC awarded to BH Telecom Corp. for a Saskatchewan project that BH Telecom says that would connect more than 26...

Delay 3500 MHz auction: CNOC to ISED

telecom | 04/19/2021 6:10 pm EDT

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) have requested a 90-day delay to the 3,500 MHz spectrum auction, currently scheduled to take place in June.  In a Monday letter addressed to Innovation Minister...

Rogers, Fido customers facing wireless outage

telecom | 04/19/2021 6:06 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a wireless outage, with reports of service dropping early...

Feds boost Universal Broadband Fund by another $1B, propose Digital Services Tax

telecom | 04/19/2021 4:06 pm EDT

As part of its 2021 budget, the federal government is plowing another $1 billion dollars into its Universal Broadband Fund over the next five years, bringing the total fund up to $2.75 billion.  According to the budget document released Monday, the government will spread the additional $1 billion over five years starting in 2021-2022, with more than half of it—some $616 million—front-loaded in the first two years.  The fund was first announced in the 2019 budget as a $1 billion...

Incumbents “should be comforted”, Rogers could move first on mandated access: analysts

telecom | 04/16/2021 5:11 pm EDT

Industry analysts are calling Thursday's decision to mandate access to incumbent wireless networks for a limited number of regional wireless competitors a "moderate net...

CRTC seeks to penalize Bell for support structure access delays

telecom | 04/16/2021 3:43 pm EDT

The CRTC has floated the idea of penalizing BCE Inc. after Quebecor Inc....

Time to look beyond consumer price increases in M&As, say experts

telecom | 04/15/2021 9:30 pm EDT

The competition bureau is “flying blind” when it comes to understanding the cumulative effects of mergers—such as the proposed Rogers Communications Inc. acquisition of Shaw Communications...

Shaw reports boost in profit, slight rise in revenue for Q2

telecom | 04/15/2021 5:24 pm EDT

Shaw Communications Inc. reported an increase of 1.8 per cent in revenue...

UPDATED – CRTC rejects broad MVNO model, will mandate limited access for regional players

telecom | 04/15/2021 4:01 pm EDT

Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...

Feds considering site-blocking proposal

Media | 04/14/2021 6:20 pm EDT

The federal government has launched a consultation document to solicit feedback on whether or not it...

ENCQOR 5G, Ericsson deploy standalone 5G network

telecom | 04/14/2021 6:16 pm EDT

A public-private partnership on 5G technology research in Ontario and Quebec is deploying a  standalone (SA) end-to-end 5G network meaning it will no longer have to rely on 4G technology. ENCQOR 5G and Ericsson AB, one of its...

Cogeco revenue up, profit dips

Media | 04/14/2021 5:36 pm EDT

Cogeco Inc. announced another increase in revenue with its second-quarter results Tuesday as it awaits...

Internet equity gap grows for rural areas during pandemic: CIRA

Media | 04/14/2021 12:21 pm EDT

Internet speeds for rural Canadians continue to remain “well below” the recommended CRTC speeds, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people “are counting more than ever on reliable broadband service” according to a report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). A report released by the CIRA on Tuesday revealed that during the year of the pandemic, the gap in rural versus urban internet performance has grown with urban speeds reaching a median speed of 51.09 Mbps compared to 9.74 Mbps for rural areas. In 2016, the CRTC  established a Universal Service...