Feds investing $14 million in 5G development for oil, gas, and mining sectors

telecom | 04/09/2021 4:58 pm EDT

The federal government is investing $14 million in Redline Communications Group Inc. through its Strategic Innovation Fund for the company to produce “Industrial 5G” products for clients in the...

Large telecoms not in favour of sharing data for NG911

telecom | 04/08/2021 5:22 pm EDT

Several large telecom companies have argued that the CRTC shouldn’t...

Novus wants CRTC to pause access complaint

telecom | 04/08/2021 5:13 pm EDT

Novus Entertainment Inc., which is fighting for access to a multi-dwelling unit in Coquitlam, British Columbia, has asked the CRTC to pause its application against the developer while they exchange information and negotiate....

CRTC rejects incumbent request to expand Internet Code

telecom | 04/08/2021 5:05 pm EDT

The CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based...

Efficiencies defense is a ‘serious’ exercise of discretion: competition comish

telecom | 04/07/2021 7:28 pm EDT

Allowing a merger to proceed on the basis of the so-called "efficiencies defense" is "a very, very serious exercise of enforcement discretion to approve an otherwise...

CRTC extends STIR/SHAKEN deadline again

telecom | 04/07/2021 1:37 pm EDT

The CRTC has once again extended its deadline for telecom providers to enact an anti-call-spoofing protocol known as STIR/SHAKEN, this time into fall 2021.  Instead of entirely blocking calls from coming through, the...

Without an MVNO mandate, Shaw must divest its spectrum: CNOC

telecom | 04/06/2021 6:07 pm EDT

Without a regime for mandated access for mobile virtual network operators...

Accessibility reporting should apply to resellers: Bell, Shaw

Media | 04/06/2021 5:57 pm EDT

BCE Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. are taking issue with TekSavvy...

Videotron buys Cablovision Warwick

telecom | 04/01/2021 3:04 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.'s Videtron has acquired wireless, TV, home phone, and cellular company Cablovision Warwick Inc., which has been operating in the Centre-du-Quebec region for almost 50 years.  Videotron CEO Jean-François Pruneau...

Quebecor would buy Freedom, but only with spectrum: PKP

telecom | 03/31/2021 6:21 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. has indicated that, should the Competition Bureau force...

Universal broadband fund likely to be highly oversubscribed: ISED official

telecom | 03/31/2021 5:39 pm EDT

The federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund is in high demand, according to a speech from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) senior director David Willis Wednesday at...

While Rogers and Shaw are merging, we’ll be building: Bell CEO

telecom | 03/30/2021 5:24 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. doesn't change anything for one of their biggest competitors, according to BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic.  Speaking Tuesday...

StatCan starts highlighting spectrum cost data

telecom | 03/30/2021 3:55 pm EDT

Statistics Canada has begun to aggregate data about the results of major auctions of Canadian spectrum bandwidth. The government agency is making the data available on its Telecommunications in Canada portal, which it launched...

Broadband project in rural Manitoba getting $260 million

telecom | 03/26/2021 3:00 pm EDT

The federal government’s Canada Infrastructure Bank and DIF Capital Partners have signed an agreement in principle to spend $130 million each to increase rural broadband connectivity through the Southern Manitoba Fibre project.  The federal fund announced the project in a Friday release and said up to 49,000 underserved households will be connected with dedicated fibre-to-the-home in rural areas of Manitoba.  The project involves 2,550 kilometres of fibreoptic cabling, including last-mile infrastructure with underground fibre cables and networking equipment. Valley Fiber Limited will...

GoldTV site-blocking order runs “roughshod” over parliament’s authority: TekSavvy

Media | 03/25/2021 7:57 pm EDT

Is a Nov. 2019 court order mandating a number of...

OPC seeks future-proof updates to public sector privacy laws

telecom | 03/25/2021 7:36 pm EDT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner wants Canada’s yet-to-be revamped...

Bell not sweating over Rogers-Shaw deal: CFO

telecom | 03/24/2021 5:41 pm EDT

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the potential impacts of Rogers Communications Inc. acquiring Shaw...

Federal court backs Eastlink in union expansion dispute

telecom | 03/24/2021 5:29 pm EDT

The Federal Court of Appeals handed a small win to Bragg Communications Inc. in a dispute with trade union Unifor, in which the union was seeking to enlarge a collective bargaining unit of Eastlink...

Smaller broadcasters, telecoms fret over CRTC’s accessibility reporting proposals

Media | 03/23/2021 6:19 pm EDT

Organizations representing smaller Canadian broadcasters and telecoms have expressed concern about the feasibility of the CRTC’s proposed new accessibility reporting...

Concerned about Rogers-Shaw deal: Cogeco’s Jetté

telecom | 03/23/2021 6:08 pm EDT

After surviving a hostile takeover bid by Rogers Communications Inc. in...

Citizen advocacy group seeks new telecom watchdog

telecom | 03/23/2021 6:00 pm EDT

Following the $26.2 billion deal between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. announced last week, citizen advocacy group Democracy Watch says a consumer-run telecom watchdog group should be created to protect...

Federal court dismisses telecom carriers attempt to get SOCAN royalties back

Media | 03/22/2021 7:03 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., and Quebecor Inc.’s collective bid to get back millions in royalties they say they paid to the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada...

Rogers, feds announce eastern Ontario wireless expansion project

telecom | 03/19/2021 4:13 pm EDT

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), the Province of Ontario, the federal government, and Rogers Communications Inc. Friday announced a $300 million project with the goal of connecting 99 per...

Claims administrator to launch Facebook campaign in Rogers class action

telecom | 03/18/2021 5:05 pm EDT

The Quebec Superior Court has granted the group handling claims related to a $26 million class-action lawsuit against Rogers Communications Inc. permission to target thousands more people who may be...

ISED proposes new official language rules for antenna consultations

telecom | 03/18/2021 4:10 pm EDT

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is proposing new official languages requirements for consultations regarding the installation or modification of antenna systems across Canada. ...

New urgency for MVNO hopefuls following Rogers-Shaw deal

telecom | 03/18/2021 12:09 pm EDT

Monday’s announcement of a deal for Rogers Communications Inc. to acquire...

Telus gets $5.4 million for high-speed internet in rural Alberta

telecom | 03/17/2021 4:50 pm EDT

Telus Corp. will receive more than $5 million in funding through the Rapid Response Stream of the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund for projects bringing high-speed Internet to rural...

CRTC’s botnet-blocking proposal draws telecom opposition

Media | 03/17/2021 4:37 pm EDT

Telecommunications companies big and small have expressed opposition to a CRTC proposal that would require Canadian ISPs to block malicious botnet traffic on their networks. Interventions filed this week in response to a public consultation spelled out a host of concerns...

Focus on competition at ‘day of action’ following Rogers-Shaw deal

Media | 03/16/2021 6:10 pm EDT

As news of Roger’s Communications Inc.’s deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. sparks discussions on what it may mean for the wireless market in Canada, advocates say competition and other...

Tories seek committee hearings on Rogers-Shaw deal

telecom | 03/16/2021 5:20 pm EDT

Shadow minister for jobs and industry Pierre Poilievre announced Tuesday afternoon that the Conservatives...

SaskTel chooses Samsung for 5G supplier

telecom | 03/15/2021 2:26 pm EDT

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. will be using Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as its primary supplier as the company builds out its own 5G network, the company announced Monday.  Samsung will be SaskTel’s sole...

Regulatory approval of Rogers-Shaw deal will hinge on wireless: Execs, analysts

Media | 03/15/2021 8:30 am EDT

From the perspective of Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale,...

Iristel wants court order blocking CRA from offsetting tax returns

telecom | 03/12/2021 6:03 pm EST

Iristel Inc. is once again elevating its fight with the Canada Revenue Agency by asking a federal court for a new order against the CRA as they continue to duke it out over...

Telesat needs proceeds from 3800 MHz to compete: CEO

telecom | 03/11/2021 6:11 pm EST

If Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada doesn't approve Telesat Holdings Inc.'s proposal...

CRTC seeks comments on national video relay service

telecom | 03/11/2021 5:46 pm EST

The CRTC has launched a consultation into the quality of the national video relay service for Canadians...

Bell partners with car manufacturer for new hotspot project

telecom | 03/11/2021 5:09 pm EST

BCE Inc. has announced a new partnership with Honda Canada inc. to provide in-built Wi-Fi hotspots in newly-manufactured cars. The hotspots, billed as “Bell Connected Car” will be installed in...

Telesat inks deal for high-speed modem chip for satellite broadband

telecom | 03/10/2021 4:10 pm EST

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced a new agreement with satellite communications technology developer SatixFy Israel Ltd. Wednesday morning, as Telesat moves towards launching its Lightspeed satellite...

ISED plans workshops to canvass Canadians’ views on AI

telecom | 03/09/2021 4:00 pm EST

Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada announced plans Tuesday to hold a series of workshops, seeking “to better understand the public’s perception of AI”. The workshops -- named...

ITPA asks CRTC to compel release of limited customer data for NG911

telecom | 03/05/2021 5:15 pm EST

The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is asking the CRTC to force  large telecom service providers to give the association a list of the wireless service numbers with...

36-month financing plans violate Wireless Code: CRTC

telecom | 03/04/2021 5:26 pm EST

The fees required for a customer to buy out of a 36-month mobile phone financing contract amount to a...

Federal government refuses PIAC request to overturn CRTC paper bills decision

telecom | 03/04/2021 12:15 pm EST

The federal government has rejected a petition from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the National Pensioners Federation seeking to mandate telecommunications companies to offer paper...

Novus again seeking MDU access at CRTC

telecom | 03/03/2021 5:08 pm EST

In what is becoming a semi-regular occurrence for the competitive local exchange carrier, Vancouver-based Novus Entertainment Inc. has filed another complaint with the CRTC, asking it to help the internet service provider gain access to a particular British Columbia multi-dwelling unit (MDU).  In a Part 1 filed with the CRTC Monday and posted to the commission website Wednesday, Novus complained that it is unable to "obtain timely access" to a particular development in Coquitlam, B.C. "on reasonable terms and conditions," despite CRTC regulatory decisions requiring its access, Novus argued...

Telecoms split on ISED’s proposed approach to opening 6 GHz band

telecom | 03/02/2021 5:20 pm EST

The federal government’s proposal to open up the 6 GHz spectrum band for WiFi use has received broad support in an Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada consultation. Every...

CNOC defends fibre resale proposal

telecom | 03/01/2021 5:02 pm EST

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) recently defended its application for a “retail internet service resale” (RISR) framework for fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) services from incumbent claims that the application...

Focus turns back to CRTC as SCC rejects incumbent wholesale challenge 

telecom | 02/25/2021 5:46 pm EST

As the Supreme Court of Canada  dismissed an incumbent challenge to an...

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings

Media | 02/25/2021 5:42 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. has continued to grow its revenues in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to...

Privacy Commissioner calls for OPC to have jurisdiction over PMO, ministerial offices

telecom | 02/24/2021 4:27 pm EST

Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is calling for the Office of the Privacy Commission (OPC) to have its jurisdiction extended to cover the Office of the Prime Minister and other federal ministerial offices. Therrien raised the proposal in a submission filed Tuesday as part of a statutory review to Canada’s Access to Information Act (ATIA), in which he also suggested that the the act's scope should be broadened to cover those same offices. Such expansions to the Privacy Act and ATIA would “[extend] Canadians’ right of access to information, including their own personal information, regardless of where it is held within government,” Therrien wrote.  In the submission,...

Industry committee hears call to devolve broadband funding to provinces 

telecom | 02/23/2021 5:09 pm EST

A regional nonprofit dedicated to expanding internet connectivity in rural Ontario told the House of Commons industry committee that investment schemes like the Universal Broadband Fund would be more...

Monsef: encouraging competition will be a factor in UBF funding

telecom | 02/18/2021 5:14 pm EST

Rural Economic Development Minister Maryam Monsef said that the federal government is hoping to promote competition within the telecommunications sector as it awards funding for projects from the...

Mitel pushes back on incumbents in STIR/SHAKEN access debate 

telecom | 02/18/2021 5:06 pm EST

Mitel Networks Corp. has delivered a blunt reply to incumbents over their approaches to implementing the STIR/SHAKEN anti-fraud-call technology, suggesting that larger companies are seeking...

Court orders CRA to turn tax audit docs over to Iristel

telecom | 02/17/2021 5:31 pm EST

A federal court has ordered the Canada Revenue Agency to hand over to Iristel Inc. "all materials" in its possession related to the tax authority's decision not to release tens of millions of dollars worth of tax returns to the company. In an order released Monday, the court agreed with Iristel's September filing for the...

PIAC reiterates demands for CRTC to impose paper billing rules 

telecom | 02/16/2021 5:06 pm EST

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and National Pensioners...

Incumbents push back on interim fibre resale rates proposal

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

The request from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) for the...

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

telecom | 02/11/2021 5:38 pm EST

Telus Corp.'s ability to extract roaming revenue from its customers will...

Northern TPIA access for SSi should be expedited: competitors 

telecom | 02/10/2021 4:35 pm EST

The CRTC should move quickly to set wholesale prices in the North for SSi Canada's access to BCE Inc.’s Northwestel, according to an intervention by TekSavvy Solutions Inc.  In an intervention...

CRTC should release data on fraud calls: PIAC

telecom | 02/09/2021 5:58 pm EST

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has asked the CRTC to publicly disclose the information it receives in monthly reports from wireless telecom service providers about the fraudulent practice known as "SIM swapping." In a letter sent to the CRTC Tuesday, PIAC...

Telesat announces LEOS constellation Lightspeed to launch in 2023

telecom | 02/09/2021 5:39 pm EST

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced today that the company will partner with French-Italian company Thales Alenia Space for the manufacture of post of its low-earth orbit satellite (LEOS) constellation,...

Include resellers in STIR/SHAKEN: ISCC

telecom | 02/08/2021 3:25 pm EST

The Internet Society’s Canada Chapter (ISCC) has endorsed a call from Mitel Networks Corp. for the CRTC to instruct the agency in charge of implementing the anti-fraud-call protocol known as STIR/SHAKEN to allow resellers to...

Bill C-10 only a ‘temporary approach’ to regulating online services: Friends

Media | 02/05/2021 5:39 pm EST

In a preliminary study on the government's overhaul of the Broadcasting Act...

Bell says it will spend an extra $1B on networks

Media | 02/04/2021 4:56 pm EST

BCE Inc. announced Thursday morning that it would increase its typical capital expenditure by between $1...

CRTC Broadband Fund approves five transport projects

telecom | 02/04/2021 3:43 pm EST

The CRTC has awarded up to $26.7 million to five transport projects that will improve broadband connectivity in British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan as part of the second funding call for its $750 million Broadband Fund.  The successful projects, proposed by Shaw Communications Inc., BH Telecom Corp. (operating as FlexNetworks), Rogers Communications Inc., Tough Country Communications Ltd. and the Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation, will build more than 550 kilometres of fibre transport network across the three provinces, the CRTC announced on Thursday. The projects will benefit...

Telus International goes public 

telecom | 02/03/2021 6:04 pm EST

Telus Corp.’s Telus International division went public Wednesday, in what the company said was “the largest technology IPO in TSX history by total proceeds raised.” Telus International, which provides IT services to...

Govt. to fight court order allowing Iristel’s judicial review to stand

telecom | 02/02/2021 5:05 pm EST

The government has signalled that it will file a motion to overturn last month's ruling from a federal judge which allowed Iristel Inc.'s judicial review into the conduct of the Canada Revenue Agency...

Wildbrain says Cogeco breached CRTC rules by dropping channels

telecom | 01/29/2021 2:08 pm EST

Cogeco Inc. breached the CRTC’s standstill rule by announcing its intention to drop Wildbrain’s family programming while in commercial negotiations about their ongoing carriage, Wildbrain claims....

Rogers revenues, profit fall due to roaming and overage drops

Media | 01/28/2021 3:08 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc. announced a seven-per-cent fall in revenues and...

CRTC hears divided opinions about internet service in North

telecom | 01/27/2021 9:56 am EST

Local governments and advocacy groups are urging the CRTC to take action to...

Bell joins call for centralized rural broadband fund

telecom | 01/26/2021 4:39 pm EST

Spectrum auction revenues should be reinvested in rural broadband initiatives and the multiple broadband...

Court allows Iristel judicial review against CRA to stand in tax fight 

telecom | 01/22/2021 3:58 pm EST

A Federal Court judge has rejected a request from the government to throw out an application for judicial review from Iristel Inc., in which the company sought a review of the Canada Revenue...

Facebook, OPC square off in court over Cambridge Analytica report

Media | 01/20/2021 5:05 pm EST

The motto of Facebook Inc. is, famously, "move fast and break things." ...

Distributel’s Primus acquisition ‘just fits,’ CEO says

telecom | 01/19/2021 5:52 pm EST

Distributel Communications Ltd. has acquired telecom service provider Primus from Fusion Connect Inc. in what Distributel CEO Matt Stein said Tuesday was a “major acquisition” for the company.  “It’s hundreds more employees, so many more customers… there’s more geography that we cover together and more products,” Stein said in a phone interview, though he declined to offer specifics or numbers about how much the company will grow as a result. Primus has been owned by a U.S. company since 2016, and Distributel’s acquisition brings it back to Canadian ownership,...

Péladeau calls for CBC to be banned from advertising, charging for content

telecom | 01/19/2021 5:31 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau has called on the CRTC to recentre...

SSi Canada announces new satellite capacity for north

telecom | 01/19/2021 1:16 pm EST

SSi Canada says a partnership with satellite and connectivity services provider SES S.A. will deliver a “large, large amount” of extra capacity for its QINIQ broadband and mobile services in the country’s north, allowing SSi...

Numeris’ video audience management system to go national

Media | 01/18/2021 4:39 pm EST

Audience measurement company Numeris will fully roll-out its video audience...

Tait defends Tandem initiative at CRTC hearing

telecom | 01/18/2021 11:20 am EST

On the final day of the first week of  CBC/Radio-Canada's license renewal hearing before the CRTC, CBC...

Champagne directed to focus on UBF, rules for online platforms

telecom | 01/18/2021 10:13 am EST

New Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s new mandate letter has less of a telecom focus than that issued to his predecessor, directing him to support rural broadband and regulating online platforms, but including no reference to telecom affordability. ...

Cogeco revenues up on pandemic internet demand

telecom | 01/15/2021 7:14 pm EST

Cogeco Inc. reported $646.4 million in revenue in its first quarter, up 4.5 per cent from a year earlier. Profit, meanwhile, was up 27.8 per cent to $120.5 million in the three months ending Nov. 30. The company said in its...

PIAC calls for $50 internet subsidy for lower-income Canadians during pandemic

telecom | 01/14/2021 4:12 pm EST

Canada should follow the lead of the United States and put in place a $50 “broadband benefit” throughout the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says. The...

CRTC proposes requiring ISPs to block malicious botnet traffic

telecom | 01/14/2021 3:43 pm EST

The CRTC has launched a public consultation into whether a network-level...

Shaw wireline losses are part of a strategy: McAleese

telecom | 01/13/2021 5:47 pm EST

While Shaw Communications Inc. posted a substantial loss in wireline subscribers for the three months...

CBC explains decision to cut local broadcasts

telecom | 01/12/2021 7:16 pm EST

On the second day of the CRTC's hearings into the CBC/Radio-Canada license renewal, CBC executives detailed the lead up to the broadcaster’s much-criticized decision to cut local news broadcasts across the country in the early...

As he steps down, Bains says telecom affordability ‘won’t go away’

Media | 01/12/2021 7:58 am EST

The affordability-focused initiatives Navdeep Bains put in place will...

Cogeco appoints John Hargrave as VP of products

telecom | 01/11/2021 6:22 pm EST

Cogeco Inc. Monday announced the appointment of John Hargrave as its vice-president of products.  "I am very excited that John is joining the Cogeco family. He will be an undeniable asset to our growth strategy, especially in...

Rogers pandemic ITMP policy ‘vague’ but does not discriminate, CRTC says

telecom | 01/11/2021 6:13 pm EST

There is insufficient evidence Rogers Communications Inc.'s pandemic-driven internet traffic management policy (ITMP) disproportionally affects wholesale end users, but at the same time the company...

CRTC establishes relief planning committees into two Manitoba area codes

telecom | 01/11/2021 5:30 pm EST

The CRTC announced Monday that it would establish a CRTC interconnection steering committee (CISC) ad hoc relief planning committee to examine options and make numbering relief recommendations for area codes 204 and 431 in Manitoba. Both area codes are projected to be exhausted by June 2024, according to the latest numbering resource utilization forecast undertaken by the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA). The CRTC is requesting the CNA chair the ad hoc relief planning committee, with...

CNOC asks CRTC for interim framework on fibre resale rates

telecom | 01/08/2021 6:25 pm EST

Frustrated with what it said is the deteriorating state of competition in...

2021 will see wireless boost: analyst

telecom | 01/07/2021 5:57 pm EST

The wireless sector will be buoyed in 2021 by the likely end of the competitive skirmishes brought about by the introduction of unlimited data across the industry, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige. ...

Mitel wants resellers in on STIR/SHAKEN framework

telecom | 01/06/2021 6:50 pm EST

Mitel Networks Corp. has filed a Part 1 application requesting that the CRTC instruct the agency in charge of implementing the anti-call-spoofing protocol known as STIR/SHAKEN to allow all resellers to participate in the...

Bell rate increases for Primus would hurt low-income consumers: interventions

telecom | 01/05/2021 6:18 pm EST

A BCE Inc. price increase on the unbundled local loop (ULL) service it...

CRTC to track wholesale quality of service in 2022

telecom | 01/04/2021 6:03 pm EST

The CRTC is giving incumbent telecom companies that provide wholesale high speed internet access a year to implement a new quality of service (QoS) regime, which will require incumbents to track and report how well they provide service to wholesale customers.  Two years...

Former industry minister joins Xplornet board

telecom | 01/04/2021 1:45 pm EST

James Moore, who served as industry minister in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, has joined the board of directors at Xplornet Communications Inc. The company said in a late-December press release the appointment...

Bell launches initiative for faster pole access

telecom | 12/18/2020 3:08 pm EST

BCE Inc. announced Friday that it has established a number of new protocols to simplify access for service providers to the company's support structures in Quebec.  In a release, Bell said that service providers will now be...

New privacy legislation mixed bag in terms of enforcement, experts say

telecom | 12/18/2020 1:24 pm EST

When the federal government’s proposed new privacy legislation, Bill...

Telus RnV in 867 traffic stimulation ruling should be dismissed: Iristel

telecom | 12/17/2020 4:48 pm EST

Telus Inc.'s request for the CRTC to review its decision that the company "unjustly discriminated" against Iristel Inc. should be thrown out and the original ruling upheld, Iristel has told the...

Public Safety looking at changing emergency alert funding: gov’t docs

telecom | 12/16/2020 3:26 pm EST

Public Safety Canada is considering implementing a “more sustainable...

Citing COVID-19, government waives broadcasters’ Part II license fees

telecom | 12/15/2020 5:25 pm EST

The federal government will waive Part II licensing fees for Canadian broadcasters that have seen advertising downturns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tuesday afternoon press release from Canadian...

Xplornet acquires Metro Loop

telecom | 12/15/2020 1:27 pm EST

Xplornet Communications Inc. has acquired the southern Ontario fibre-based service provider Ocdotus Inc., Xplornet announced Tuesday.  Ocdotus -- which operates under the name Metro Loop -- is based in Hamilton and provides...

Michel Lorrain steps down from Cogeco media division

Media | 12/14/2020 5:29 pm EST

President of Cogeco Inc.'s media division Michel Lorrain has stepped down from the position, the company...

OPC finds Desjardins too passive about data protection prior to 2019 breach

telecom | 12/14/2020 2:48 pm EST

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has released its report into a major data breach at the Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec, which affected around 9.7 million individuals and included a broad range of personal information such as social insurance numbers and transaction histories.  The commissioner's investigation found that Desjardins “did not demonstrate the appropriate level of attention required to protect the sensitive personal information entrusted to its...