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Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed
telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT
After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. The deal closed Monday, the same day that Shaw divested itself of Freedom Mobile, which it sold to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron subsidiary.
“Rogers...
Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal
telecom | 03/31/2023 5:00 pm EDT
On the same day the Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne approved the transfer of Freedom Mobile's spectrum assets from Shaw Communications Inc. to Quebecor Inc.,...
Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell
telecom | 03/31/2023 4:54 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...
UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’
telecom | 03/31/2023 9:11 am EDT
OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...
CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings
telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
CRTC denies final arbitration request in hotel broadcaster’s dispute with Quebecor
Media | 03/27/2023 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC won’t force Quebecor Inc. into final...
Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities
telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT
A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is asking the government to expand the CRTC’s authority over passive infrastructure and provincially regulated support structures.
Earlier this month the Canadian Telecommunications Network...
Champagne most lobbied minister in Canadian government, survey finds
telecom | 03/22/2023 12:56 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied...
All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee
telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...
Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre
telecom | 03/10/2023 4:20 pm EST
Days before the CRTC announced that it would open...
UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 4:24 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Roaming rate charge increase ‘unacceptable’: Champagne
telecom | 03/02/2023 3:09 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...
BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell
Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs
telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
Bell presses pause on NG911 onboarding
telecom | 02/24/2023 5:04 pm EST
BCE Inc. is implementing a temporary embargo for next-generation 911 (NG911) onboarding and go-live...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements with BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. has proved to be difficult according to the company’s president and CEO.
Pierre Karl Péladeau made the comment Thursday on a fourth quarter conference call with...
CRTC wants telecoms to address Canadians with disabilities wireless services
telecom | 02/23/2023 3:29 pm EST
Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...
Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint
telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...
CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding
Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
CRTC denies Videotron application for arbitration with Bell
telecom | 02/21/2023 2:16 pm EST
The CRTC has denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit...
Deadline for Shaw-Videotron deal extended, yet again
telecom | 02/17/2023 1:27 pm EST
For the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. and the corresponding sale of Freedom Mobile by Shaw to Quebecor Inc. has been extended. Most recently set for Feb. 17, the new deadline is Mar. 31.
The...
CRTC dismisses Bell undue preference complaint against Quebecor; orders the companies to play nice
Media | 02/03/2023 4:56 pm EST
In its first notable broadcasting decision under...
Rogers will be able to compete in a four-player market: Staffieri to investors
Media | 02/02/2023 4:43 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. will not need more financing from the capital...
CNOC calls for fibre resale relief in TekSavvy complaint against Rogers-Quebecor divestiture arrangement
telecom | 02/01/2023 9:42 am EST
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has...
Rogers, Shaw, and Quebecor extend their deadline once again
telecom | 01/30/2023 4:02 pm EST
The three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian...
ISED releases results of residual spectrum band auction
telecom | 01/27/2023 4:19 pm EST
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice
Media | 01/26/2023 11:48 am EST
All eyes are on Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, who is the last line of defense for...
Market reaction positive to appeal outcome over Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 01/25/2023 6:23 pm EST
Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell said Tuesday his agency will not take the fight against the takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc. to the Supreme Court. The...
Updated: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Competition Bureau case
Media | 01/24/2023 3:08 pm EST
Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the...
TekSavvy application: a test for new-look CRTC and competition landscape?
telecom | 01/24/2023 12:18 pm EST
Is last week's Part 1 application from TekSavvy Solutions Inc. a last minute, Hail Mary pass attempt at blocking the all-but assured blockbuster merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc.? Or is it a significant intervention that heralds a shift in Canadian telecom regulatory policy?
This is the million – or $26.2 billion – dollar question...
Globalive seeks to become national carrier by buying Manitoba spectrum
telecom | 01/23/2023 2:59 pm EST
Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...
Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless
telecom | 01/20/2023 5:34 pm EST
The CRTC is starting a fresh chapter with new...
Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTC
telecom | 01/19/2023 3:00 pm EST
One of Canada’s largest wholesale-based internet...
TekSavvy calls on government to disallow Rogers-Shaw merger
telecom | 01/10/2023 3:23 pm EST
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is calling on the Minister of Innovation François-Philippe Champagne to block the proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers Communications Inc.
In a Tuesday...
Quebec hotel company keeps exempt BDU status, despite protests of Quebecor and Bell
Media | 01/04/2023 4:47 pm EST
The CRTC has denied Quebecor Inc.’s request to sanction Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley, and to remove it from the list of exempted broadcasting distribution...
UPDATED: Rogers comes out victorious in competition challenge over Shaw buyout
Media | 12/30/2022 12:34 am EST
Canada’s Competition Tribunal is dismissing the Commissioner of...
Quebec court orders Videotron reconnections
telecom | 12/22/2022 3:42 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec has ordered Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to connect a number of different...
Competition Bureau undercuts its own case, National Bank analyst maintains
Media | 12/21/2022 3:25 pm EST
As spectators await the release of a decision in the takeover of Shaw...
Rogers-Shaw decision a ‘watershed moment’ either way, the parties agree in closing arguments
Media | 12/09/2022 3:52 pm EST
Nearly a month of evidence from industry experts,...
Rogers presents experts as Tribunal hearings edge toward end
telecom | 12/02/2022 2:54 pm EST
A retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has...
Bell accuses Videotron of not paying 911 fees
telecom | 12/01/2022 4:55 pm EST
BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Canada is accusing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron division of reneging on its...
Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifies
telecom | 11/29/2022 2:38 pm EST
An expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with...
‘Extremely difficult’ to sell to Rogers, Brad Shaw tells Tribunal
telecom | 11/24/2022 11:13 am EST
Shaw Communications Inc. CEO Brad Shaw told the Competition Tribunal...
Hockey broadcasters win fresh site-blocking order
telecom | 11/23/2022 7:43 am EST
The start of another hockey season brings another federal court site-blocking order for a trio of telecom companies and sports broadcasters.
In a court order issued Monday, Justice Jocelyne Gagné granted BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Quebecor Inc. and...
Competition Bureau witness argues wireline essential for wireless offering, has credibility challenged by Rogers and Quebecor
telecom | 11/18/2022 2:15 pm EST
Respective lawyers representing Rogers...
Lawyer, tribunal witness spar over whether Rogers-Shaw merger will bring higher quality to customers
telecom | 11/17/2022 10:44 am EST
An anti-trust expert refuted a Rogers...
Freedom stronger under Shaw than Videotron, Tribunal hears
telecom | 11/16/2022 1:26 pm EST
Freedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor...
CRTC extends deadline in Quebecor advertising application
Media | 11/15/2022 5:14 pm EST
The CRTC has extended the deadline for interventions on a consultation...
Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger
Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST
The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not Rogers Communications Inc. should be allowed to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. and sell Shaw's...
Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says
Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST
Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...
Rogers-Shaw merger will create competition for Telus in the west: Rogers, Shaw lawyers
Media | 11/07/2022 6:07 pm EST
While on opposite sides of the Competition...
PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau
Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures...
Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger
telecom | 10/28/2022 3:05 pm EDT
Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe...
PIAC wins partial victory as CRTC extends basic skinny proceeding
Media | 10/27/2022 3:11 pm EDT
The CRTC announced Thursday it was extending the deadline for interventions...
ISED’s non-competitive licensing framework provides needed flexibility for regional players: expert
telecom | 10/26/2022 3:34 pm EDT
WINNIPEG-One of Canada’s leading experts in spectrum policy says ISED is finally opening up good chunks of spectrum to be used for rural, remote and Indigenous connectivity...
ISED lays out ‘expectations’ for Quebecor’s national debut, should Competition Tribunal allow it
telecom | 10/25/2022 6:52 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...
Bell granted World Cup site-blocking order; broadcasters seek NHL piracy blocking renewal
Media | 10/24/2022 5:07 pm EDT
The emerging ad-hoc regime of site-blocking in...
Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas
Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT
Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. of abusing the legal process by asking them to turn over large volumes of...
PIAC and Telus support Bell’s review and vary over wholesale roaming services, Videotron disagrees
telecom | 10/07/2022 3:32 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Telus...
CRTC seeking comment about removal of advertising limits
Media | 10/06/2022 2:14 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comments on whether or not it should allow Quebecor...
Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments
telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT
Four telecom companies are asking the CRTC to increase the price of basic...
Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision
telecom | 09/23/2022 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada has filed a Part 1 review and vary application...
Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers
Media | 09/16/2022 5:34 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has once more gone to the federal court seeking an injunction against a number of unidentified, John Doe pirate streamers.
In a statement of claim filed with the court on Thursday, Bell wrote that it is seeking to protect its copyright over the exclusive rights in Canada to broadcast the upcoming FIFA World Cup, scheduled to take place in November and December.
The the lawsuit seeks an injunction against two individuals, whose identities Bell does not...
Broadcasters want policy direction on C-11; streamers want their algorithms left alone
Media | 09/15/2022 7:51 pm EDT
Canadian broadcasting executives, from companies...
Rogers gets details on how Quebecor-Freedom deal harms competition
telecom | 09/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...
Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition
Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...
Judicial review of Québecor-Bell undue preference dispute over sports packaging dismissed by court
Media | 09/09/2022 3:31 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal found that the CRTC was correct in allowing Québecor Inc. to bring forward an undue preference complaint against BCE Inc. over sports packaging,...
Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage
telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...
CRTC proceeds with Bell complaint against Videotron despite “abusive timing” of application
Media | 09/02/2022 5:29 pm EDT
The CRTC has opened a Part 1 proceeding after BCE...
BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel
telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT
In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...
Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal
telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...
Bell tries again to stop Videotron’s ‘permanent roaming’
telecom | 08/30/2022 4:56 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has filed a review and vary application seeking to overturn a May CRTC decision in which the regulator declined to put in place new measures to prevent customers of...
Quebecor’s Freedom purchase enough to establish fourth national competitor, Rogers tells Comp. Tribunal
telecom | 08/23/2022 5:44 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s intent to purchase of Shaw...
TV revenues recover while radio continues decline: CRTC report
Media | 08/23/2022 5:03 pm EDT
Television revenues are rebounding from the pandemic slump while revenues...
Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says
Media | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT
Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...
Comp. Bureau’s silence on anti-competitive complaint allowing abuse of dominance to persist: TekSavvy
telecom | 08/17/2022 6:13 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has told the Competition...
CRTC rejects Stingray COVID relief request, orders broadcaster to pay $9M in tangible benefits
telecom | 08/16/2022 5:05 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied an application from Stingray Group Inc. for relief from payments the company owes to the broadcasting sector known as "tangible benefits payments," to the...
Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile
telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....
VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP
Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...
Quebecor’s acquisition of VMedia exciting for competition says co-founder, CNOC
Media | 07/28/2022 5:38 pm EDT
VMedia Inc. can expand its national footprint with...
Comp. commish has no issue granting Videotron intervenor status in Rogers-Shaw merger tribunal
telecom | 07/22/2022 5:38 pm EDT
The Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor...
CRTC adds five Bell IXPL lines to forbearance list
telecom | 07/21/2022 3:24 pm EDT
Thursday the CRTC added five interexchange private line (IXPL) routes to the list of routes it is...
Quebecor’s Freedom deal doesn’t change MVNO plans; CRTC framework is ‘first step’: Cogeco CEO
telecom | 07/14/2022 5:20 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. president and CEO Philippe Jetté said...
Quebec hotel company asks CRTC to mandate negotiations with Bell
Media | 07/11/2022 5:43 pm EDT
A Quebec-based hotel accused of copyright infringement is asking the CRTC...
SOCAN sues Quebecor for $1.44M
Media | 07/11/2022 12:59 pm EDT
The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is suing Quebecor Inc. for...
Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal
telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to intervene in the regulator's review of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT
In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...
ISED issues rules for 3800 MHz spectrum auction
telecom | 06/30/2022 5:55 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued the rules for its next...
Court finds Videotron did not violate Rovi patents
Media | 06/27/2022 4:26 pm EDT
The Federal Court dismissed a digital entertainment company’s lawsuit alleging that Quebecor Inc.’s...
CNOC back regional carriers’ call for roaming rates review
telecom | 06/24/2022 5:00 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has filed an intervention in...
CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic
telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT
In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations to control botnets that threaten Canadians’ internet security. It established the guiding principles for the framework and required a detailed set of recommendations from the CRTC Interconnection...
Lack of network sharing arrangement “notable” in Quebecor Freedom deal: analyst
telecom | 06/20/2022 5:34 pm EDT
The biggest piece of Friday night's blockbuster...
Quebecor to buy Freedom Mobile for $2.85b
telecom | 06/18/2022 9:35 am EDT
In a development that may pave the way for the merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
CRTC fines Bell for delaying access to support structures
telecom | 06/15/2022 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC has imposed an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $7.5...
Proposed mmWave deployment requirements “radical change;” shorter licence terms biggest positive: Professor
telecom | 06/14/2022 11:26 am EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic...
Punish hotel broadcaster who infringed on copyright: Bell tells CRTC
Media | 06/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is supporting a Quebecor Inc. application for the CRTC to revoke...
Foreign streamers wary of CRTC power under Online Streaming Act, CHPC told
Media | 06/02/2022 4:53 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.'s YouTube believes the provisions of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, give too much power to the CRTC to regulate content, the company’s head of government affairs and public...
Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says
telecom | 06/01/2022 4:06 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...
CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming
telecom | 05/27/2022 3:52 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility Inc. has lost an application before the CRTC about Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...
ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding
telecom | 05/25/2022 6:27 pm EDT
The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is suggesting to the CRTC that it establish a single low national next-generation 911 (NG911) rate for all...