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Huawei’s COVID-19 donation won’t affect decisions: Trudeau

telecom | 04/07/2020 5:45 pm EDT

Huawei’s COVID-19 donation won’t affect decisions: Trudeau

A decision to accept masks and respirators from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. won’t affect decisions on whether the company can be involved in Canada’s 5G rollout or whether chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is extradited to the U.S, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connected

telecom | 04/07/2020 5:40 pm EDT

CNOC calls for gov’t funding to keep Canadians connected

The federal government should guarantee internet service providers payments for “basic residential connectivity needs” so Canadians can remain connected during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) president Matt Stein says. Stein said in...

Canadian wireless sub adds down slightly from 2018

telecom | 04/07/2020 4:39 pm EDT

Canadian wireless sub adds down slightly from 2018

Canada’s publicly-traded wireless service providers added just under 1.29 million wireless subscribers...

Telus Health ‘scaling up’ as COVID-19 spreads

telecom | 03/30/2020 5:11 pm EDT

Telus Health 'scaling up' as COVID-19 spreads

Telus Corp.’s years-long investment in e-health and telemedicine has...

CRTC reviews processes after publishing confidential documents

telecom | 03/30/2020 2:55 pm EDT

The CRTC is reviewing its internal processes after it published confidential documents from BCE Inc.’s Northwestel and Télébec on its website and left them there for more than seven months before...

ISED pushing Bell to show progress on CTI rollout: docs

telecom | 03/27/2020 4:35 pm EDT

ISED pushing Bell to show progress on CTI rollout: docs

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) will be...

Quebecor, Cogeco lay off staff due to COVID-19

telecom | 03/27/2020 4:26 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. and Cogeco Inc. have both announced staff layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quebecor announced on Friday morning it would lay off 10 per cent of its workforce, which the company said amounted to about 1000 employees, while Cogeco’s layoffs will impact 130 employees in Cogeco Media’s administrative, sales and broadcasting services. The announcements come just one day after Teksavvy Solutions Inc. announced it would lay off 130 employees, though the company attributed its move more to the wholesale rates appeal rather than COVID-19.  Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl...

Netflix lowers Canadian bit rate for next 30 days

telecom | 03/27/2020 12:44 pm EDT

Netflix Inc. has announced it will lower its bit rate in Canada by 25 per cent for the next 30 days, just days after three telecommunications associations publicly urged the streaming giant to lower rates to lessen network...

Teksavvy lays off staff, increases internet bills

telecom | 03/26/2020 6:39 pm EDT

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency report

Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has laid off 130 staff and will implement a flat $5 bill increase for its...

CRTC orders Bell to sign agreement with CloudWifi

telecom | 03/26/2020 5:22 pm EDT

The CRTC has ordered BCE Inc. to sign an agreement that would allow CloudWifi Inc. to progress its application to become a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), finding Bell’s continued refusal to do so is “unnecessarily...

Bell asks CRTC for ‘urgent’ approval to block Wangiri calls

telecom | 03/26/2020 5:05 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has filed an application with the CRTC asking it for “urgent expedited and ex parte approval” to block so-called Wangiri — one-ring phone scam — calls, saying doing so would allow the...

Networks coping, but future traffic impossible to predict

Media | 03/25/2020 5:48 pm EDT

Networks coping, but future traffic impossible to predict

Experts say Canada’s telecommunications networks are currently handling a...

Rempel Garner calls for transparency on any cellphone tracking 

telecom | 03/25/2020 4:44 pm EDT

BTLR reaction mixed, no clarity on gov't implementation

Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner said Wednesday that if...

Shaw founder JR Shaw dies at 85

telecom | 03/25/2020 2:23 pm EDT

Shaw founder JR Shaw dies at 85

Shaw Communications Inc. founder JR Shaw has passed away at the age of 85, the company said Tuesday....

CRTC approves Northwestel’s waiving of overage fees

telecom | 03/24/2020 2:44 pm EDT

The CRTC has given interim approval to BCE Inc.’s Northwestel application for urgent relief that will allow to it waive data overage charges for its cable and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP)  internet...

Feds, 4 provinces not looking at COVID-19 phone tracking

telecom | 03/24/2020 12:39 pm EDT

Huawei’s COVID-19 donation won’t affect decisions: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the federal government isn’t currently considering using location data from Canadians’ cellphones to track the spread of COVID-19, while representatives from the Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut governments also told...

Broadband Fund deadline extended to April 30, others remain suspended

telecom | 03/20/2020 3:47 pm EDT

The CRTC has extended the deadline for telecommunication service providers to apply to the regulator’s $750 million Broadband Fund to April 30, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The initial...

Canada could track COVID-19 through cellphones: experts

telecom | 03/20/2020 3:25 pm EDT

As programmatic ads grow, GDPR could pose a problem: expert

As reports emerge of countries around the world using cellphone location...

CRTC wants more info on Cooptel’s call blocking

telecom | 03/19/2020 5:06 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking Cooptel to answer several questions about how its call blocking system will work, after the company asked if it could introduce a call filtering service in its October 2019 updated tariff application. The...

Northwestel ordered to redo temporary relief application

telecom | 03/19/2020 4:46 pm EDT

The CRTC has ordered BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to resubmit its “urgent” application for temporary relief in order to waive overage fees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic because the application...

Carriers to text consular information to Canadians abroad

telecom | 03/18/2020 5:30 pm EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: Bains

Canada's wireless service providers will send out text messages to their customers overseas with information about consular support services for Canadians living or travelling abroad during the COVID-19 outbreak. Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Foreign Affairs...

Financial analysts say telecoms ‘resilient’ to impact of COVID-19

telecom | 03/18/2020 5:24 pm EDT

Canada’s telecommunications sector is a “constructive place to hide” for financial investors as markets continue to feel the impact of COVID-19, RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds...

Federal prisons waiving inmate phone fees

telecom | 03/18/2020 9:42 am EDT

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTC

The Correctional Service of Canada is temporarily making calls free of charge for prisoners in Canada's...

CRTC deadlines suspended due to COVID-19

Media | 03/17/2020 4:41 pm EDT

The CRTC has suspended all deadlines on proceedings open for public comment that were set to close before April 10, due to the impact of COVID-19. In a post to Twitter on Tuesday, the CRTC said the deadlines suspended included...

COVID-19 won’t have ‘very large impact’ on Cogeco: CFO

telecom | 03/17/2020 3:54 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Cogeco Inc. chief financial officer Patrice Ouimet has told an investor...

Telecoms close stores, offer free channels in response to COVID-19

Media | 03/16/2020 5:56 pm EDT

Telecommunication providers are closing retail stores, offering complimentary TV channels and continuing to waive overage fees on home internet plans as they respond to COVID-19. Xplornet...

COVID-19 prompts multiple ISPs to suspend data caps

telecom | 03/13/2020 5:46 pm EDT

Home internet speeds nearly doubled year-over-year: CRTC

Multiple Canadian internet providers have suspended caps on data usage as they prepare for a huge...

Site-blocking further expanded in GoldTV case

Media | 03/13/2020 4:28 pm EDT

BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.'s Groupe TVA, and Rogers Communications Inc. — the trio of companies behind Canada's first ever website-blocking order — have submitted a draft order adding new domains to the Federal Court.  In a...

STIR/SHAKEN may create a ‘two-tiered’ wireless system: ISCC

telecom | 03/12/2020 6:03 pm EDT

STIR/SHAKEN may create a 'two-tiered' wireless system: ISCC

OTTAWA — The CRTC's efforts to work with telecom companies to implement a...

Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity

Media | 03/12/2020 5:09 pm EDT

Quebecor ‘not worried’ about COVID-19 impact on capacity

Quebecor Inc. says COVID-19 is not expected to have a “material financial impact” on the company and is not worried about its impact on network consumption and capacity. Quebecor held its quarterly earnings call as the TSX plunged 1000 points in early trading on...

Price commitment applies to wireless, but not road coverage: CRTC

telecom | 03/12/2020 3:08 pm EDT

The CRTC has clarified that the pricing commitment in its $750-million Broadband Fund will not apply to funds used only for new mobile wireless coverage along major roads. BCE Inc. had filed an...

CRTC approves Rogers’ prepaid balance limit

telecom | 03/11/2020 6:03 pm EDT

The CRTC has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set a maximum prepaid account balance of $150, rejecting an argument from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation that doing so would...

Rogers to move to paperless billing

telecom | 03/11/2020 5:53 pm EDT

Just over a week after the CRTC declined to require Telus Corp.'s Koodo flanker brand to issue paper bills to those customers that want them, Rogers Communications Inc. has also said it will stop issuing paper bills, the company...

Fraud, nuisance calls will ‘never go away’: CRTC chairman

Media | 03/10/2020 6:17 pm EDT

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

OTTAWA — Calls are only a part of the problem of nuisance and fraudulent...

NDP calls for moratorium on facial recognition tech

telecom | 03/09/2020 6:12 pm EDT

NDP calls for moratorium on facial recognition tech

New Democratic Party MP and ethics critic Charlie Angus Monday morning called for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology and on Public Safety Minister Bill Blair to act.  "This is something that Minister Bill Blair has to explain: how it is possible the...

Data leaked from 1,200 Koodo customers

telecom | 03/09/2020 4:30 pm EDT

Order telecoms to provide paper bills, PIAC asks CRTC

Telus Corp. has confirmed that its flanker brand Koodo Mobile was subject to a data breach in February,...

Telus savages gov’t price directive, others more circumspect

telecom | 03/06/2020 5:30 pm EST

Telus savages gov’t price directive, others more circumspect

Analysts have provided nuanced reactions to the government’s plan to...

CRTC asks more small telecoms to explain CCTS non-compliance

telecom | 03/06/2020 5:01 pm EST

After several months of attempting to get several smaller telecom service providers to join up to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services, the CRTC Friday issued a notice that...

Wireless prices down in Canada in 2019, but still high internationally: ISED report

telecom | 03/05/2020 4:45 pm EST

Mobile wireless prices are lower or have stayed the same across all service "baskets" compared to last year, but the higher data plan prices remain stubbornly higher than most other countries, a new...

Industry committee to study wireless affordability, spoof calls

telecom | 03/05/2020 4:30 pm EST

The House industry committee will study two hot-button telecommunications issues, launching a study into the affordability and accessibility of telecommunications in Canada, while also deciding to...

Gov’t 25% price reduction to target big three flanker brands

telecom | 03/05/2020 4:00 pm EST

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard back

The federal government will focus on 2 GB to 6 GB post-paid plans from...

Shaw announces shake-up as Mehr retires

telecom | 03/05/2020 1:37 pm EST

Shaw announces shake-up as Mehr retires

Shaw Communications Inc.'s president Jay Mehr will retire in April after four years in the role and be...

After seeing Bell’s AI call-blocking methodology, ISCC still unhappy

telecom | 03/04/2020 5:26 pm EST

Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to critics

The Canadian chapter of the Internet Society is not satisfied with what it...

CRTC launches paper billing consultation after denying request

telecom | 03/03/2020 2:56 pm EST

The CRTC has launched a consultation to consider whether wireless service providers should be required to provide paper bills to customers, after it rejected an application from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre to require Telus Corp.’s flanker brand Koodo to do so.  PIAC and the National Pensioners Federation had asked for the regulator to require Koodo to send out paper bills on request after it stopped sending them from April 2018 to customers who had activated self-serve accounts and who were not identified as having accessibility needs. It claimed the only way for those Koodo...

Super Channel takes piracy fight to Alberta court

Media | 03/03/2020 11:50 am EST

Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.’s Super Channel has dropped its Federal Court lawsuit against four major retailers, whose employees allegedly recommended pirating content from media boxes sold in the store, only to launch...

Court must consider Charter rights in site-blocking case: BCCLA

Media | 03/02/2020 6:05 pm EST

Court mandated website-blocking is an "extraordinary" remedy and should only be granted sparingly, according to a court filing from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.  The BCCLA has...

CRTC chair, commish toured Rogers’ ‘piracy lab’

Media | 03/02/2020 1:23 pm EST

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

As part of their ongoing effort to fight content piracy, two of Canada’s largest media and telecom...

CIPPIC unveils most ambitious low cost wireless plan

telecom | 02/28/2020 6:01 pm EST

CIPPIC unveils most ambitious low cost wireless plan

GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and Open Media have unveiled...

OPC investigating RCMP over facial recognition

telecom | 02/28/2020 5:14 pm EST

Increase transparency in RCMP stingray use: OPC

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner today announced it is launching an investigation into the use of facial recognition software by the RCMP.  In a statement released Friday morning, the office said it would investigate in light of the RCMP’s admitting to using the...

Mandate access for Rogers, and spare us: SaskTel

telecom | 02/28/2020 1:32 pm EST

Mandate access for Rogers, and spare us: SaskTel

GATINEAU, Que. — If you’re going to mandate mobile virtual network operators in Saskatchewan, require...

Xplornet confirms sale to U.S infrastructure firm

telecom | 02/27/2020 2:20 pm EST

Xplornet Communications Inc. has confirmed it has signed an agreement for it to be purchased by U.S. based Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.  In a statement, Xplornet said Stonepeak would acquire a controlling stake in the...

Competition Bureau MVNO proposal ‘punts the problem’: Natale

telecom | 02/26/2020 6:31 pm EST

Competition Bureau MVNO proposal ‘punts the problem’: Natale

GATINEAU, Que. — Rogers Communications Inc.’s Joe Natale was the last...

Rogers takes different tack on 25-per-cent price drop

telecom | 02/26/2020 5:24 pm EST

Rogers takes different tack on 25-per-cent price drop

GATINEAU, Que. — While BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. have made their opinion about the December 2019...

Xplornet to be sold to U.S. company for $2B: report

telecom | 02/25/2020 6:41 pm EST

Xplornet Communications Inc. will be bought for some $2 billion USD by a U.S.-based investment firm, according to a report from Bloomberg News.  Asked if the government was aware of the reports of the transaction, a...

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

telecom | 02/25/2020 6:22 pm EST

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandated

GATINEAU, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he would take legal action against both...

Former Freedom executives champion single MVNO model

telecom | 02/24/2020 6:05 pm EST

Former Freedom executives champion single MVNO model

GATINEAU, Que. — The CRTC should mandate a single provider to act as a certified MVNO throughout...

Canadian prices will ‘always be higher’: Bragg

telecom | 02/21/2020 7:40 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

GATINEAU, Que. — According to Lee Bragg, CEO of Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink, it is “really...

Privacy commissioners to investigate Clearview AI

telecom | 02/21/2020 3:14 pm EST

An investigation into Clearview AI has been launched by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as well as three provincial privacy commissioners, due to growing concerns about the use of controversial facial recognition technology. In a statement, a spokesperson for federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, said the investigation was “initiated in the wake of numerous media reports that have raised questions and concerns about whether the company is collecting and using personal information without consent”. The investigation will be carried out by the OPC, as well as the...

Teksavvy asks Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers, Bell

telecom | 02/20/2020 6:42 pm EST

The Competition Bureau has been asked to investigate a “pattern of anti-competitive activities” in wholesale and retail internet markets by BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications, in a complaint filed...

Investment cut threats over MVNOs not ‘just theater’: Telus

telecom | 02/20/2020 6:30 pm EST

Investment cut threats over MVNOs not ‘just theater’: Telus

GATINEAU, Que. — Toward the tail end of nearly three hours of testimony...

BTLR recs could see U.S. tariff levies under USMCA: Geist

Media | 02/20/2020 11:36 am EST

BTLR recs could see U.S. tariff levies under USMCA: Geist

OTTAWA — Any content levy on internet giants, as the telecom and...

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

telecom | 02/19/2020 6:48 pm EST

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

GATINEAU, Que. — How threatening the prospect of mandated MVNO access is...

Government’s wireless price drop promise should be altered: Bibic

telecom | 02/19/2020 3:15 pm EST

Government’s wireless price drop promise should be altered: Bibic

GATINEAU, Que. — The Liberal government’s promise to lower mobile service bills by 25 per cent should be measured from 2018 or when “unlimited” plans were introduced,...

Broad MVNO access too risky, Competition Bureau tells CRTC

telecom | 02/18/2020 5:54 pm EST

Broad MVNO access too risky, Competition Bureau tells CRTC

GATINEAU, Que. — The CRTC’s two-week wireless policy review kicked off...

Liberal government’s ‘free ride’ on industry file to end: Rempel Garner

telecom | 02/14/2020 6:18 pm EST

Liberal government’s ‘free ride’ on industry file to end: Rempel Garner

Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner is calling on both the...

BTLR on telecom: a Q&A with Janet Yale 

Media | 02/14/2020 5:31 pm EST

BTLR on telecom: a Q&A with Janet Yale 

In a phone interview with Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel chair Janet Yale,...

Potential spring launch for Universal Broadband Fund: ISED doc

telecom | 02/14/2020 12:31 pm EST

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada could launch its $1.7-billion rural broadband fund as early as this spring, according to a briefing note obtained through Access to Information....

Telus confirms it will use Huawei in ‘initial module’ of 5G rollout

telecom | 02/13/2020 8:29 pm EST

Telus confirms it will use Huawei in ‘initial module’ of 5G rollout

Telus Corp. will be using Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment in its...

Fibre wire access scheme already exists, PIAC argues

telecom | 02/12/2020 5:46 pm EST

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

CloudWifi Inc.’s application for small internet service providers to be able to access fibre...

Class action filed against Bell over prison phone contract

telecom | 02/12/2020 5:21 pm EST

Attorneys representing an unnamed former inmate at several Ontario prisons have filed a class action lawsuit against BCE Inc., for what they say are the “unconscionable” telephone rates for...

Telus introduces its own wireless affordability certification

telecom | 02/11/2020 6:20 pm EST

Telus introduces its own wireless affordability certification

Telus Corp. says it has already met and exceeded the Liberal Party’s goal...

Competition Bureau to use AI in intelligence gathering

telecom | 02/11/2020 3:45 pm EST

The Competition Bureau today announced that it would soon begin using artificial intelligence and algorithms to track anti-competitive behaviour going forward.  In its Strategic Vision for 2020-2024 document released Tuesday, the bureau says that it will be using new technologies to step up its “proactive intelligence gathering” operations.  “Digitization has led to new and more sophisticated methods of anti-competitive and deceptive conduct. To keep pace, a more proactive intelligence-led approach to enforcement is essential,” the report says.  While the document included...

Bell backs Quebecor on standstill rule — but not for TVA Sports

Media | 02/10/2020 5:48 pm EST

Bell backs Quebecor on standstill rule — but not for TVA Sports

In the case that sparked a year of conflict between rivals BCE Inc. and...

CIPPIC, CIRA to challenge court authority in site-blocking case

telecom | 02/07/2020 3:54 pm EST

Telecoms’ site-blocking court request ‘draconian,’ TekSavvy argues

Both the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and the Canadian...

Bell picks ‘first’ 5G vendor, says regulatory to affect buildout

telecom | 02/06/2020 5:25 pm EST

Bell picks 'first' 5G vendor, says regulatory to affect buildout

BCE Inc. will start building out its 5G network with equipment supplied by...

OPC takes Facebook to Federal Court

telecom | 02/06/2020 2:17 pm EST

International legislators flag regulatory options for data giants

The Office the Privacy Commissioner has filed a much-anticipated notice of application in Federal Court...

CRTC tells Bell and Quebecor to play nicer in Part 1 roaming decision

telecom | 02/05/2020 4:40 pm EST

BCE Inc. must keep providing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron with wholesale roaming on an ongoing basis, the CRTC said Wednesday in a decision that also took the two perennial rivals to task for not first working together to solve the issue. Had the two companies looked into what was an acceptable level of incidental roaming and Videotron’s safeguards against permanent roaming, “Bell and Videotron would have allowed the Commission and themselves to save precious time and significant...

VMedia blasts ‘regressive’ BTLR recommendation

telecom | 02/05/2020 4:38 pm EST

Gov’t should move on passive infrastructure ‘yesterday’: Yale

VMedia Inc. says a recommendation from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review...

CRTC says no to delay, compensation for ending landline subsidy

telecom | 02/04/2020 5:31 pm EST

The CRTC has upheld its decision to phase out a subsidy for landlines through 2021, and in a pair of decisions today rejected requests to maintain the subsidy for at least 10 years and to compensate...

Providers stirred up by ‘premature’ anti-spoofing system deadline

telecom | 01/31/2020 1:25 pm EST

Providers stirred up by ‘premature’ anti-spoofing system deadline

Canada’s telecommunications providers have united to delay the...

Gov’t should move on passive infrastructure ‘yesterday’: Yale

telecom | 01/30/2020 5:28 pm EST

Gov’t should move on passive infrastructure ‘yesterday’: Yale

OTTAWA — The recommendations on passive infrastructure from the expert...

Guilbeault promises BTLR legislation in ‘months’

Media | 01/30/2020 12:53 pm EST

Guilbeault promises BTLR legislation in ‘months’

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says his government will introduce legislation to...

BTLR reaction mixed, no clarity on gov’t implementation

Media | 01/29/2020 5:32 pm EST

BTLR reaction mixed, no clarity on gov't implementation

OTTAWA — A broadcasting and telecommunications legislative review report...

CRTC should regulate foreign digital services, news sites: BTLR

Media | 01/29/2020 12:00 pm EST

Few surprises in BTLR ‘what we heard’ report

The blue-ribbon panel tasked with modernizing Canada’s communications...

Canada likely to follow U.K.’s template on Huawei decision: analyst

telecom | 01/28/2020 5:58 pm EST

The Liberal government will “inevitably” follow the U.K. in banning Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment from the core of Canada’s 5G network, according to National Bank of Canada financial...

Regions call for overhaul of broadband funding criteria

telecom | 01/27/2020 5:25 pm EST

$1.7B broadband fund to launch in 2020, no formal consultation: ISED

Investment in rural broadband infrastructure should be focused on improving areas with Canada’s slowest internet speeds, despite new minimum internet service speeds vastly increasing the amount of Canadian regions considered “underserved”, according to a CRTC...

CNOC asks CRTC to stop Eastlink from axing modems

telecom | 01/24/2020 4:42 pm EST

The Canadian Network Operators Consortium has asked the CRTC to prevent Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink from effectively requiring a number of its third-party internet access customers to remove a particular type of modem...

As Parliament returns, Bains promises ‘plan’ for lower wireless prices

telecom | 01/23/2020 6:12 pm EST

As Parliament returns, Bains promises ‘plan’ for lower wireless prices

When the House of Commons comes back after winter break next week, it will...

Big Three united in call for scrapping CRTC pricing guarantee

telecom | 01/23/2020 5:01 pm EST

Big Three united in call for scrapping CRTC pricing guarantee

BCE Inc.’s push for the CRTC to remove a provision that would require...

Rogers says further regulation could lead to capex cuts

telecom | 01/22/2020 6:09 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. has warned that, depending on what regulatory...

CRTC asks for plan to combat unauthorised phone porting

telecom | 01/21/2020 1:06 pm EST

‘Unlimited’ plans leading to 50% more data use, Rogers says

The CRTC has asked for information about the unauthorised porting of Canadians’ phone numbers after becoming aware that customers “have been subject to fraudulent activity”, according to a letter sent to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association.  The...

Bell appeals CRTC decision in fight over undue preference

telecom | 01/20/2020 5:19 pm EST

A months-long dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc.  entered yet another phase Friday, as Bell filed for judicial review of the CRTC’s Dec. 19 decision that found Bell gave undue preference to...

Teksavvy calls for public support in wholesale rates battle

telecom | 01/20/2020 3:47 pm EST

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has launched a public campaign urging the federal government to reject petitions filed by the major telecommunications providers, calling on it to reverse a CRTC decision that...

Bell to reveal AI call-blocking methods to NDA-signing intervenors

telecom | 01/17/2020 4:59 pm EST

Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to critics

The CRTC has approved BCE Inc.’s request to make available to interveners...

CRTC launches tests, reporting rules after emergency alert glitches

telecom | 01/16/2020 4:41 pm EST

CRTC launches tests, reporting rules after emergency alert glitches

Complaints about the national emergency alert system have prompted the CRTC...

Industry waiting on detail from gov’t on wireless price drop

telecom | 01/15/2020 6:14 pm EST

60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard back

If Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains wants to see a 25-per-cent reduction...

Cogeco’s IPTV service in beta testing, but no start date

telecom | 01/15/2020 4:27 pm EST

There’s no firm timeframe for when Cogeco Inc. will roll out its new IPTV service, despite the cableco previously telling investors it would become available in 2019.  Cogeco’s CEO Phillipe...

Incumbents, small telecoms pan Competition Bureau MVNO proposal

telecom | 01/14/2020 5:54 pm EST

Incumbents, small telecoms pan Competition Bureau MVNO proposal

Telecom providers both big and small have unanimously rejected a...

Big Three pricing has been ‘erratic’: Shaw’s McAleese

telecom | 01/13/2020 5:58 pm EST

Big Three pricing has been ‘erratic’: Shaw’s McAleese

After taking credit over the summer for the reduction in wireless pricing...

No plans to change alerts system, for now: CRTC

telecom | 01/13/2020 5:18 pm EST

The CRTC says there’s no immediate plans to change the regulations governing Canada’s emergency alert system after an Ontario -wide alert about an incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station was sent in error.  The CRTC did not comment on Sunday’s alert, that warned of an incident at the station, itself. The regulator told The Wire Report it was always reviewing the alert process after each real and test alert in terms of their distribution but had no “immediate plans for making changes to the process in CRTC regulations (this may change as we move forward)”.  The...