In a development that may pave the way for the merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., the two companies and Quebecor Inc. announced a deal late Friday night that would see the Quebec-based competitor purchase Shaw's wireless brand Freedom Mobile...
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is proposing “radical” changes for the deployment requirements of its future millimetre wave...
OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have reached an...
The federal government is seeking to issue a new policy direction to the...
The Independent Telecommunications Providers...
As the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to the Competition Tribunal to block the merger of the companies, conversation on what will be required to get the deal done has shifted to whether or not a network sharing agreement is a...
The reported network sharing deal inked between Freedom Mobile-hopeful...
The House of Commons Heritage committee is arguing against the merger of...
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...
The recent move by Canada's competition watchdog...
The Competition Bureau has presented its case to the Competition Bureau that any divestiture of Shaw Communications Inc.'s wireless assets will not be an adequate remedy for...
A joint petition to cabinet from the National Pensioners Federation and the...
The Competition Bureau has filed an application...
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the CRTC to speed up the regulatory...
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called once again for the government to disallow the Rogers Communications Inc. takeover of Shaw Communications Inc., saying it is not in the public...
Representatives of Twitter Inc. and Meta Platforms...
A Toronto-based telecom and broadcasting consultant is arguing to the CRTC that Rogers Communications Inc.’s pending...
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri declined to comment on what...
Shaw Communications Inc. announced a fall in revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2022, the...
The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is the only intervener in a CRTC proceeding that supports a Toronto-based attorney’s request to consider whether...
The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...
Tuesday the CRTC approved an application by Shaw Communications Inc. to...
The federal government is providing low-income families and seniors with...
Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...
The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange...
The commission denied an application by City Wide Communications Inc....
The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw...
Updated with TekSavvy reaction. The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday...
On the heels of its announcement this week of a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals that will see the current government continue through 2025, the NDP has said...
Cogeco Inc.'s ability to participate in the...
Russian state-owned media outlets RT and RT France...
Asked if the odds of Quebecor Inc. purchasing Shaw Communications Inc.'s...
Rogers Communications Inc. and civil organizations...
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri has said that last week's announcement from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, in which he said he would not allow the 'wholesale' transfer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s spectrum assets to Rogers as part of the...
The Industry committee – from the last...
The House of Commons Industry committee has said...
Updated on March 3 at 5:46 p.m. Innovation...
Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday afternoon that the...
After long consultation, the CRTC on Wednesday approved the establishment of an annual digital media survey. Under the regulations, all digital media broadcast undertakings (DMBUs) operating in whole...
When it assessed Quebecor Inc. as eligible to bid...
Members of Parliament from the Bloc Québécois...
Not-for-profit community news associations are sounding the alarm over the Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. merger, with one stakeholder saying "democracy dies in the dark without reliable and accurate local news and information", while Quebecor Inc.’s CEO is saying the CRTC has to loosen its regulatory burdens on Canadian companies if it wants to...
The CRTC has released a dozen questions it wants stakeholders to answer regarding the establishment of a...
The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...
In reviewing mergers and acquisitions Canada's Competition Act should do...
Rogers Communications Inc. reported a 10 per cent...
The addition of Shaw Communications Inc.'s Freedom Mobile brand, should Shaw be forced to sell it off by the Competition Bureau as part of the regulator's review of the company's acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc., would do less for Cogeco's entrance to the wireless...
Shaw Communications Inc. saw a 20.2 per cent increase in its net earnings this quarter, jumping from $163...
Tier 5 service areas are “too large” to meet...
Early consultations on regulations to 5G rollout affecting air traffic...
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is...
The CRTC denied a Quebec organization representing...
Numerous interveners of the CRTC's Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
Shaw Communications Inc. was given approval by the CRTC Friday for a new...
Rogers Communications Inc. has declined to adjust its calculation of the...
Rogers Communications Inc. executives told the CRTC that there is no evidence to suggest that its merger with Shaw Communications Inc. would result in content exclusivity with...
No amount of proposed remedies will undo the damage of Rogers...
On the third day of CRTC hearings into the proposed takeover of Shaw...
The CRTC approved on an interim basis a proposal...
Telus Corp. executives told the CTRC that if the...
Top brass from Shaw Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. sought to convince CRTC officials that a merger of their two companies would be a boon for Canadian television programming in the face of increased competition from U.S.-based over-the-top streaming...
The Tuesday night announcement of the departure of Rogers Communications...
MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...
The CRTC has denied a request by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners...
One of Canada’s telecom incumbents is urging the...
Canada’s incumbent telecoms made another plea for deferral of the application of the STIR/SHAKEN...
Shaw Communications Inc. has added its voice to those calling for deferral of the implementation of the...
Rogers Communications Inc. says there is no reason to delay the CRTC on its...
A registered competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving Metro Vancouver, B.C., is asking the...
Quebecor Inc. will move ahead with its rollout of wireless service in western Canada despite challenges from incumbent carriers. This was the main message as the firm released its results for the third quarter. "It is not next week, not next month, but we're ready to...
Rogers Communications Inc.'s regulatory team can present the company's...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to delay a hearing...
Lawyers for Edward Rogers are arguing that the recently ousted chairman of...
Canada’s targets of reaching connectivity speeds...
Shaw's overall revenue increased 2.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, up to $1.38 billion from 1.35 billion a year ago, while its profit rose by 44 per cent, up to $252 million...
The Supreme Court of British Columbia will hear submissions regarding the legality of ousted chairman...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has filed a review and...
Ousted Rogers Communication Inc. chairman Edward Rogers intends to initiate proceedings in the British...
The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp....
The CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Inc. to...
A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department...
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
The CRTC denied Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for several...
The CRTC has granted Cable Public Affairs Channel Inc. -- more widely known as CPAC -- the right to appear at the regulator's hearings into the proposed merger between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc., scheduled for Nov. 22. In an Oct. 7 letter to...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CFO Tony Staffieri has left his post after...
Even if the Competition Bureau forces Shaw...
Days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won another minority government...
BCE Inc. and Telus Corp., considered to be two of...
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said his party could use laws to direct the telecoms industry toward more affordable services following decisions from the CRTC that have been criticized for being anti-consumer and anti-competitive. His comments come at a Tuesday press conference...
Whatever the outcome of the vote after polls close in the Sept. 20 federal election, it won't have much of an effect on regulatory approval of the proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. by...
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Telecoms shares have continued to track higher thanks to a regulatory backdrop which “has turned much more benign,” according to an industry analyst. Thursday National Bank of Canada analyst Adam Shine issued a note that...
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada’s...
Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole said during a press conference on...
With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a...
A number of film groups and companies have...
BCE Inc. is going to court to stop Quebecor Inc. from purchasing valuable...
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally called Sunday for a widely-expected election to take place on Sept. 20, the political machinery across Canada's parties has whirred into action, making promises and plans in the hopes of attracting voters. Here's your early guide...