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Court rejects Telus challenge to CRTC’s wholesale roaming, municipal infrastructure decisions
telecom | 04/14/2023 4:55 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a Telus Corp. court challenge, supported by BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. that sought to do away with certain elements of...
Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report
telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed broadband connectivity in Canada BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. offer the highest speeds across most regions of the country.
In areas where Bell's and Telus' respective fibre products have overlapping...
CCTS complaints up for Rogers and Telus, down for Bell
telecom | 04/04/2023 1:48 pm EDT
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found...
CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding
Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...
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...
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...
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 BCE Inc., to delay the first deadlines in the regulator's new wholesale broadband and...
CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding stream in policy review
telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...
CRTC to review roaming charges after Champagne request
telecom | 03/23/2023 5:58 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...
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)...
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...
CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers
telecom | 03/13/2023 1:03 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of...
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 irrelevant to consider whether a broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU) might raise rates for customers who are not covered by...
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...
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...
U.S. FCC considering following Canadian lead on automobile spectrum
telecom | 02/22/2023 5:41 pm EST
Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to free up spectrum in the 5.9 GHz band for connected automobiles. This will reduce accidents, the pair...
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...
Push for Indigenous spectrum sovereignty continues through ISED consultation responses
telecom | 02/14/2023 4:21 pm EST
Indigenous leadership is once again pushing the...
Telus, Cogeco back Bell on pausing contributions; PIAC comes up with idea for unawarded money
telecom | 02/10/2023 4:33 pm EST
Telus Corp. and Cogeco Inc. are rowing in behind...
CRTC modifies Telus tariffs on digital network access
telecom | 02/10/2023 3:51 pm EST
In a Friday decision, the CRTC approved with modifications three tariff notifications submitted by Telus...
Telus reports lower profits; record quarter for telecom additions
telecom | 02/09/2023 5:24 pm EST
Telus Corp. reported a 60 per cent drop in net income for its last quarter...
Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake
telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST
Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and...
CRTC demands info on MVNO negotiation process
telecom | 01/27/2023 1:33 pm EST
The CRTC is asking a number of incumbent telecom companies to report back to the regulator with an update about the ongoing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO)...
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...
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...
CRTC chair Ian Scott: the exit interview
Media | 01/04/2023 4:52 pm EST
Ian Scott's tenure as chair of the CRTC comes to a close Thursday. The Wire Report sat down with Scott to...
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...
Northwestel may provide FTTP services 35% below price floor and discount to Wholesale Connect: CRTC
telecom | 12/20/2022 5:46 pm EST
The CRTC approved an application by BCE Inc.’s...
Far North does not need special consideration, Telus tells CRTC
telecom | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST
Telus Corp. told the CRTC that it is not charging more for the services it provides in far north communities in British Columbia and Alberta when compared to the rest of its markets in those provinces and it “maintains its position that no special policy considerations are...
Companies would ‘do well’ to read warning regarding unregulated services in Telus credit card decision: CRTC chair
telecom | 12/08/2022 4:45 pm EST
CRTC chair Ian Scott is firing a warning at...
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...
BC sues Telus Health over extra billing allegations
telecom | 12/02/2022 12:56 pm EST
The government of British Columbia is suing Telus Corp.'s Telus Health, claiming that doctors who sign up...
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...
Rogers-Shaw integration should be completed within three years, Tribunal told
telecom | 11/25/2022 12:10 pm EST
The integration of Shaw Communications Inc. properties into the network of...
On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid ‘overly-prescriptive’ laws
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2022 6:30 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – Criticism of Telus Corp.’s...
On outages, Rogers exec calls for ‘regulatory humility’ at CRTC
telecom | 11/23/2022 2:37 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – When it comes to CRTC chair Ian Scott's Monday announcement of the regulator's upcoming proceeding on network outages, Rogers Communications Inc.’s chief regulatory officer Ted...
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...
Regulating TSPs, not suppliers, in cybersecurity bill will be ineffective: Telus exec
telecom | 11/22/2022 3:55 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s vice president and chief security officer said the government’s cybersecurity bill is ineffective in that it attempts to regulate supplier...
CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott
Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – CRTC chair Ian Scott said he does not know what the state of the CRTC’s finances will look like in future but the commission is “fine” for the moment as it prepares to take on a...
Telus continues its push to reform spectrum policies in conference keynote address
telecom | 11/21/2022 12:14 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...
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 orders B.C. to give Rogers and Shaw same deal it gives Telus for relocation costs
telecom | 11/15/2022 5:17 pm EST
The CRTC is directing the province of British...
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...
Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals
telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST
In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three...
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...
Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3
Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on...
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...
CRTC delays Telus credit card ruling until later this fall
telecom | 10/18/2022 5:28 pm EDT
The CRTC has missed a deadline for ruling if Telus Corp. can impose a 1.5 per cent service charge on customers who pay with credit cards. The telecom applied for the measure back in August.
“Commission staff is continuing its analysis of this application,” the...
Wholesale HSA service not needed in Far North; LEOs will do: Northwestel
telecom | 10/12/2022 4:59 pm EDT
There’s no need for BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to introduce wholesale...
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...
Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World
Media | 09/30/2022 9:48 am EDT
by Jenna Cocullo
At the frontier of the future...
Nova Scotia premier blasts hurricane response from Big 3 and Eastlink; calls on ISED to intervene
Media | 09/28/2022 5:37 pm EDT
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston wrote to...
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 television service from $25 a month to $28 per month with a yearly indexing mechanism being added to...
Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices
telecom | 09/21/2022 4:41 pm EDT
Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners are...
ISED rejects transfer of Xplore licence to Telus
telecom | 09/19/2022 7:22 am EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) denied an application by...
OneSoccer has “limited appeal” to Canadians, Rogers tells CRTC in carriage dispute
Media | 09/09/2022 3:36 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is arguing to the CRTC...
Telus’ credit card fee proposal violates Telecommunications Act: PIAC
telecom | 09/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT
Telus Corp.'s plan to introduce a 1.5 per cent surcharge for new and...
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 approves CISC working group report on location technology
telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...
CRTC puts out request for information on wholesale wireless
telecom | 08/24/2022 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued a request for information from the incumbent wireless...
PIAC calls for suspension of Telus credit card charge application
telecom | 08/18/2022 5:15 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners Federation...
OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada
Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT
Thursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years and said it should be on must-offer status in English Canada for four years. That wasn’t good enough for one commissioner.
The LGBTQ+-themed network had asked for must-offer coverage across both...
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...
CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines
telecom | 08/12/2022 2:30 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...
Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime
telecom | 08/11/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Submissions to the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...
Telus posts big profits on strength of customer additions
telecom | 08/05/2022 5:24 pm EDT
Telus Corp.’s profits shot up by almost 45 per cent after it reported its...
Consults on antenna systems must be done in both official languages, ISED determines
telecom | 08/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
Canadians will be able to participate in public consultations regarding the installation or modification of antenna systems in the official language of their choice, after the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) determined that consultations must be communicated in both official languages in communities located in census subdivisions that have...
Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division
telecom | 07/26/2022 5:45 pm EDT
Telus Corp. announced Tuesday that its agricultural division will be expanding its scope, resulting in...
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...
ISED approves Bell, Telus, spectrum licence swap
telecom | 07/19/2022 4:08 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved several...
CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects
telecom | 07/19/2022 3:54 pm EDT
Tuesday the CRTC issued approvals of several statements of work for...
Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage
telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...
In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:36 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to rescind its order to make seamless handoffs...
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...
Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years
telecom | 07/05/2022 4:00 pm EDT
Telus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario...
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 spectrum auction Thursday. The auction will begin on Oct. 24, 2023 and will feature spectrum in the 3800 MHz band.
A large section of the framework is aimed at promoting...
PIAC looking at legal options after Heritage says GIC has no jurisdiction in Rogers-Shaw petition
Media | 06/23/2022 6:56 pm EDT
In a letter from the Deputy Minister of Canadian...
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...
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...
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 Development Canada (ISED) is proposing “radical” changes for the deployment requirements of its future millimetre wave...
ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments
telecom | 06/10/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...
Rogers, Telus, want CRTC to deny TekSavvy TPIA tariff changes
telecom | 06/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a...
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...
Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixed
telecom | 05/27/2022 5:33 pm EDT
Amongst those independent internet service providers (ISPs) who had been pleading with the federal...
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...
On Rogers-Shaw, focus shifts to network sharing agreements
Media | 05/25/2022 6:12 pm EDT
As the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
Regional wireless carriers seek review of incumbents’ roaming rates
telecom | 05/24/2022 5:43 pm EDT
A consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application...
Network sharing deal with Telus strengthens Globalive bid for Freedom: analysts
telecom | 05/20/2022 4:28 pm EDT
The reported network sharing deal inked between Freedom Mobile-hopeful...
BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks
telecom | 05/19/2022 5:12 pm EDT
The federal government Thursday announced that it would be banning equipment from "high risk vendors", including Chinese telecom companies Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from the country's 5G telecommunications systems.
In addition, the government will also...