U.S. telecom Verizon Communications Inc. plans to have device manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co.’s 5G-compatible smartphones in the U.S. market within the first half of next year, the two companies announced Monday. That would appear to give Samsung a jump on Apple Inc. for early 5G customers by about a year. Apple is holding off until at least 2020 before offering a 5G iPhone, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. Verizon and Samsung are going to unveil a prototype for the new 5G phone at the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in...
The CRTC has closed a Part 1 file, once suspended, involving two parties embroiled in a condo access issue that emerged when the property owner allegedly didn’t answer a telecom’s calls to connect its services. Novus Entertainment Inc. went to the CRTC earlier this year with a Part 1 claiming that real estate developer Ledingham McAllister was ignoring its requests to negotiate access to multi-dwelling units under construction in Vancouver. Novus said it needed access to compete against incumbent providers. But in April, Novus requested, and was granted, a suspension on the Part 1...
The list of consumer groups that say they won’t take part in the CRTC’s...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has launched a...
Rogers Communications Inc. is planting more cell towers in parts of Manitoba as wireless activity in the...
Existing customers on Shaw Communications Inc.’s top internet packages, and new customers on those...
Ottawa-based think tank the Public Policy Forum says it’s launching a new project to track, analyze and eventually find a way to counter "fake news." It’s digital democracy project will start by studying the effects of disinformation through commissioned research and journalism in the lead-up to the next federal election, the think tank said in a press release this week. Concerns have been stirring that Canada might be a target of foreign actors when Canadians go to the polls next year. Public Policy Forum president Edward Greenspon said his group’s previous research has shown that...
The CRTC is asking telecoms and satellite broadband providers for feedback on broadband maps and data...
VMedia Inc. recently launched its full suite of services in all four Atlantic Canada provinces, meaning it now operates in all 10 provinces. CEO George Burger confirmed that the company “started rolling out services as...
The federal government’s recently-tabled tax strategy allowing telecoms...
There’s a lack of consensus over who should help Canadians determine what...
GATINEAU, QUE. -- Seeking to differentiate itself from other applicants,...
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 cables at the base of the Ottawa River, according to a company spokesman.
Cogeco has filed an application with Transport Canada to place the cables in the river between...
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...
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, according to the department and documents tabled in Parliament this fall. Orizon Mobile Inc., which rents and maintains public safety telecom equipment in Quebec, had reprogrammed the equipment for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake fire department after it experienced interference with another land mobile radio operator on its radio frequencies in 2017. An...
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...
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.
In June, Innovation Canada announced it is investing $13.2 million over five years into the Connecting Families program to “help bridge the digital divide for...
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....
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 television rebroadcasting transmitters in small rural markets, arguing they are too expensive to run.
“The rebroadcasting transmitters generate no incremental revenue, and attract little to no...
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)...
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 many open arms on the final day of the ISP Summit on Wednesday, as former CRTC commissioners spoke in favour of maintaining the line between the role of broadcasting and telecommunications.
“If...
TORONTO — An industry group representing smaller internet providers is...
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 month. Representatives from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) warned MPs on the House of Commons industry committee Monday against proposals similar to FairPlay Canada’s CRTC ask for a new website-blocking regime to deal with internet piracy. John Lawford, executive director at PIAC, said “expedient judicial...
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...
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 Thursday, though CEO George Cope cautioned analysts to keep in mind that the company’s prepaid base, with its lower revenues, is no longer declining.
“The blended ARPU...
OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner said Thursday that comments...
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 Canadian Electricity Association said the CRTC should allow utilities to become “private” mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that would only provide service to themselves, and not to consumers. It’s an approach that’s been implemented in the Netherlands and is being considered by other countries, it noted. The application filed Tuesday said the smart grid...
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...
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 misleading sales practices in the telecom industry.
Company officials told the CRTC on Friday, the last day of the regulator's hearings on aggressive and misleading sales...
GATINEAU — Telecom providers who appeared before the CRTC Thursday said...
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 code of conduct for the telecom industry should cover technician service visits because its...
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...
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 market is expected to become more stable as its long-term strategy sets in, its CEO Doug Murphy said...
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...
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 give responsibility for spectrum to the CRTC, a Senate committee study into the modernization of Canada’s communications legislation heard Wednesday evening.
Gregory Taylor, an assistant professor...
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...
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 representatives are saying is left by the incompleteness of government data. The issue is that some communities are either being left out of the digital age or the quality of their connectivity is being overstated partly because the data isn’t being pulled directly from the source. It’s the missing link that the not-for-profit First Nations Technology Council, which helps indigenous communities come...
