There’s a lack of consensus over who should help Canadians determine what counts as ‘fake news’, but the government, non-profits and internet service providers (ISPs)...
GATINEAU, QUE. -- Seeking to differentiate itself from other applicants, BCE Inc. said it would not outsource, and commit to limit dubbing over, ethnic and third-language...
A new report by Ericsson AB projects that by the end of 2024, some 1.5 billion people worldwide will have 5G wireless internet subscriptions and about 40 per cent of the world’s population could...
The Commission for Complaints for...
The CRTC ordered Friday both Telus Corp. and Iristel Inc. to make interim...
Part of Cogeco Inc.’s plan to deliver gigabit internet service to its footprint is to put two fibre...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre says it is boycotting the CRTC’s internet code proceedings, a move that comes after the regulator denied an application by consumer groups for a time-extension on filing until after it issues its sales practices report. PIAC’s executive director John Lawford said his organization doesn’t have enough time and resources to participate. By not giving consumer groups more time to prepare, he said the CRTC is effectively “railroading” its draft code...
Just as it did in Ontario, Cogeco Inc. is now expanding its gigabit...
The federal government’s fall economic update includes a faster way for telecoms to recover a bigger portion of their investment costs in fibre deployment, which it hopes will spur broadband connectivity in rural areas. The...
Cogeco Inc. has a new senior vice-president of public affairs and communications, the telecom announced Tuesday, following the retirement of René Guimond.
Marie-Hélène Labrie will replace...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) paid out a $1,040 settlement to reimburse a Quebec First Nation after radio interference stemming from a spectrum management issue caused it to reprogram its equipment,...
OTTAWA — The head of the Conservative Party’s 2019 national election...
OTTAWA — Innovation Canada deputy minister John Knubley said his...
OTTAWA — The federal government has been lagging behind on rural...
The second round of emergency alert testing will take place on Nov. 28. The alerts will be sent out at 1:55 p.m. in every province and territory except Quebec, where they will be issued at 2:55...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s wireless division is stirring the piping hot industry pot once again, as it announced Monday that it is giving existing and new customers of some plans a one-time, additional 100 GB of data on top of their monthly allotment.
The Big Binge...
New Brunswick-based internet provider Xplornet Communications Inc. started...
The CRTC will hold a hearing in Quebec City on Feb. 20 that will look into...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a request by Canadian satellite operator Kepler...
A government program intended to connect low-income families with affordable internet launched Friday....
Innovation Canada is consulting on a proposed new system governing how it sets licence fees for point-to-point systems, which includes wireless backhaul uses, the demand for which is increasing. “These systems support data traffic carried by current networks and future 5G networks which will demand even more capacity,” it said in a consultation document released Thursday. It outlined that current LTE systems “require 90 Mbps of backhaul capacity for a typical site, with some requiring up to 1 Gbps. For 5G networks in 2021, the capacity requirements are expected to be 300 Mbps for a...
The federal government is looking for a contractor to crowdsource measurements of mobile phone spectrum performance in Canada – results that could affect government licensing strategies. A new...
An indigenous telecom vying for federal support to provide Northern Manitoba communities with fibre internet is trying to claim a share of Innovation Canada money announced in January, following a...
The CRTC has shut down a request by the Canadian Electricity Association asking it to allow electrical utilities to become “private” mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to help with...
Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC for permission to shut down 44...
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the federal government has signed a funding agreement with the group constituting its “advanced manufacturing” supercluster Tuesday, showing that Ottawa...
If 5G is to disrupt the automotive industry with its ability to connect to infrastructure, the rollout of the next generation of networks will need to reach rural areas, according to a study by...
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is appealing a ruling by the Canadian...
TORONTO — The radio industry has a “big problem” with a lack of...
The CRTC is asking for input on a draft version of a new code governing internet service providers (ISPs) that would follow similar rules covering the wireless and TV distribution sectors.
The regulator said a release Friday that the code would “establish...
Former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan has filed a lawsuit against the federal...
Telus Corp. ended its third quarter with 187,000 new customers, reporting growth that beat expectations...
As CEO Manon Brouillette wrapped up her last quarterly results with...
TORONTO — The idea of cross-subsidization of industries did not find...
TORONTO — An industry group representing smaller internet providers is asking the CRTC to reconsider aspects of its disaggregated wholesale internet service regime, which it...
Facebook Inc.’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has declined a joint-request by...
TORONTO — It will be a long time before the home network is replaced by...
BCE Inc.’s Bell Media is suing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for copyright and trademark infringement...
OTTAWA — Consumer advocacy groups are cautioning MPs against proposals that would make site-blocking in Canada easier, after a push for those anti-piracy policies failed at the CRTC failed last...
Wireless prices drove overall average monthly communication service pricing down 1.6 per cent in 2017 compared to the year prior, according to the pricing installment of the CRTC’s latest...
Distributel Communications Ltd. is partnering with MobiTV Inc. to deliver its IPTV service, it said...
TORONTO — Remote communities looking to build internet as an essential...
Manitoba customers of Xplornet Communications Inc.’s upcoming mobile service will be allowed to...
The comment period for the government-appointed, blue-ribbon panel that’s reviewing Canada’s communications laws is being extended into next year. It is being lengthened to January 11, 2019, the panel has confirmed to The Wire Report. Submissions to the panel were originally due at the end of this month, on Nov. 30, but some groups had complained about the fast-approaching deadline. Last week, at the International Institute of Communications (IIC) annual conference, a consumer advocacy group had asked the head of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel to...
The Canadian Security Establishment (CSE) says it has worked with 31 Canadian wireless providers “to help mitigate the risk of cyber espionage and network disruption through the exploitation of...
Cogeco Inc.’s implementation of a new customer management system, which...
OTTAWA — Members of the panel tasked with providing recommendations to...
BCE Inc. reported its wireless average revenue per user (ARPU) dipped in its third quarter results...
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner said Thursday that comments made by a Liberal party counsel suggesting the country’s private sector privacy laws would deter...
OTTAWA – Conservative senators doubled-down on a previously-raised...
MPs in Canada and the United Kingdom have stepped up their efforts to get the chance to grill Facebook Inc.’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a parliamentary committee hearing. The chairs of two...
OTTAWA — The billions of dollars Rogers Communications Inc. says it’s...
An organization representing Canada’s electricity providers has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC asking for changes to wireless regulations it says are necessary for the roll out of smart electrical grids. The...
OTTAWA — The consequences of bringing the country’s political parties...
OTTAWA — The head of Canada’s telecom regulator says clarity on where...
Last week, ministers of innovation and economic development from three...
Witset First Nation, the last along B.C.’s Highway of Tears without...
The federal government should appoint a minister of cybersecurity, the Senate banking committee said in a new report out Monday.
That minister would “be responsible for all aspects of cyber security, from threats to national security and critical infrastructure to...
GATINEAU –– BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. defended their sales tactics Friday after a week...
The federal government is offering a contract for a company to come up with...
Telus Corp. is the latest telecom to upgrade its LTE network to support a broader array of internet of things (IoT) devices ahead of the anticipated deployment of 5G technology. The company...
Shaw Communications Inc. is proposing a ban on third-party door-to-door sales to curb aggressive and...
GATINEAU — Telecom providers who appeared before the CRTC Thursday said the whole industry shouldn't face more regulation — which could cost them millions — because of a few bad actors, with some pointing fingers at Canada's biggest telecom companies....
Shaw Communications Inc. reported wireline results for the fourth quarter that analysts characterized as...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is asking the federal government to plow $4 billion over 10 years into filling a rural broadband gap they say leaves about two million Canadians without...
George Burger, co-founder of Ontario-based telecom VMedia Inc., says he...
GATINEAU — TekSavvy Solutions Inc. told the CRTC Wednesday that a sales...
VMedia Inc. has come to an agreement Tuesday to buy a small company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in a move that will allow it to become publicly traded without having to go through an initial public offering (IPO). The...
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has ruled that Telus Corp. can’t stop a former employee from immediately joining Rogers Communications Inc. despite signing a contract that forbids him from...
GATINEAU — Consumer protection and seniors advocacy groups told the CRTC...
The Canadian Communications Systems Alliance (CCSA) is asking the Senate...
Just over a year after a critical internal report raised questions about the technological readiness of millimetre wave frequencies in the wake of a government consultation on using the spectrum for 5G deployment, Innovation Canada on Monday launched a request for proposals to set up a test bed for the spectrum. The department’s research and development agency, the Communications Research Centre (CRC), is seeking an mmWave testing platform that will operate in the mobile urban environment....
GATINEAU— CRTC Chairman Ian Scott opened public...
Canada’s major telecoms have succeeded in getting an Alberta court to rule that a municipal access bylaw in Calgary can’t regulate the building of telecommunications networks. Until 2014,...
Rogers Communications Inc. top brass say they expect to see enough...
Corus Entertainment Inc.’s wild ride through the unpredictable TV ad...
Iristel Inc. is suing Telus Corp. for $135 million in withheld payments it said is owed to the company for terminating Telus’ customer calls, escalating tensions between the two in an ongoing fight over alleged traffic simulation practices. Iristel said in its Oct. 2 claim to the Ontario Superior Court that the two companies have a longstanding call termination agreement, in which Iristel provides the Vancouver-based company with discounted calls to the 867 area code in its operating territory in northern Canada. Under the agreement, the claim states, Telus would use its own, or another...
A new report from the Angus Reid Institute indicates that the cost of services is the main driver behind...
BCE Inc. said Thursday it will be the first Canadian telecom to offer built-in wireless service for cars. It said in a press release the service “features a dedicated external antenna, supports...
BCE Inc. is now offering its enterprise customers the ability to manage their networks remotely, the company said in a press release Thursday. It said on its website that it’s the first “service provider in Canada to launch...
The government should combine the Heritage and Innovation ministries, and...
The CRTC should set up a regime to allow internet service providers to use...
Four in 10 Canadians say they've been at the receiving end of...
OTTAWA — Canada’s federal privacy watchdog asked a Senate committee...
OTTAWA -- BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. are asking the House heritage committee to amend parts of the copyright and telecommunications acts to compel a number of intermediaries to take down websites that make available...
Manon Brouillette, who has been at the helm of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron for the past five years, is leaving the company in what National Bank analyst Adam Shine said is a surprise move.
Quebecor announced in a press release Tuesday morning that Brouillette would be leaving for personal reasons at...
Despite increasing cyber security risks, over a quarter of surveyed individuals at Canadian businesses over the past year and a half have not instituted anti-malware protection, while a sizeable chunk...
BCE Inc. is beginning to phase-out its Bell MTS wireless brand in Manitoba, according to a company...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has approved the transfer of an AWS-1 licence in North Bay, Ont. from Bragg Communications Inc. to BCE Inc. Though Bragg's Eastlink began rolling out service in other...
Organizations working on mapping internet connectivity issues in rural and remote communities are being encouraged to take their work further to bridge a gap that some indigenous community...
Canada has been “pushing hard” to speed up development of a plan for the G20 to “make sure that digital companies pay their fair share of tax,” Canada’s Finance...
Iristel Inc. has acquired Télécommunications de l’Est (TDE), a small Quebec telecom that provides service to industries operating in remote areas with limited cellular service, such as forestry...
Members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee are prodding the Canadian government to block Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd from Canada’s next generation network infrastructure, warning it might...
Internet service providers (ISPs) in rural and remote communities are trying to keep up with the appetite...
TeraGo Inc. will repurpose spectrum it bought nearly a decade ago for a 5G fixed wireless trial in the Greater Toronto Area, the company said Thursday. It bought the 24 GHz spectrum in 2010, aiming to use it for a backhaul...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s (OPC) draft reporting guidance...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) said it is gathering more information about whether the personal information of Canadians was implicated in a leak involving an Alphabet Inc. social network. “Google has contacted...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has begun deploying the 700 MHz spectrum it bought last year,...
Seventeen of 34 government departments are “non-compliant” with private sector payment card industry standards they are required to follow to prevent data breaches and fraud, according to a June...
The Canadian government took part in a coordinated international effort Thursday to condemn “a series of malicious cyber-operations” by Russia.
In a press release, Global Affairs Canada said some of those attacks took place in Canada, including 2016 hacking attacks...
