In a Thursday decision, the CRTC denied an effort by a collection of public advocacy groups that sought to have the regulatory body take a firmer stance on affordability of internet access.
The coalition, comprised of five advocacy groups — the Public Interest Advocacy...
Rogers Communications Inc.’s systems had a technical glitch that negatively affected the company as it dealt with a high number of customer requests during an industry-wide...
In a blog post on Wednesday, Alphabet Inc.’s ‘moonshot factory’ X announced the details of its...
Within the last year, 10.14 million Canadians were affected by cybercrime,...
In a statement on Tuesday, the same day that BCE Inc. reported a breach affecting up to 100,000 customers, the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) Public Safety Critic Matthew Dubé said that expecting...
In a release on Wednesday, BCE Inc. said it launched its residential mesh WiFi product.
Dubbed Whole...
The Canadian government announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement with 10 other countries taking part in the negotiations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It said it had achieved concessions on issues including intellectual property and cultural protection in the agreement formerly known as the TPP. The news followed a meeting in Tokyo earlier this week, and a years-long negotiation process that began under the previous Conservative government and saw the United States withdraw from the agreement a year ago. “On culture,...
BCE Inc. has reported a second data breach in less than twelve months,...
From Gastown to Granville St., there are now about 550 places to access...
The past performance of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron could be key to...
The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...
BCE Inc. said Thursday it has signed a deal with Ericsson AB to use its TV platform, following a similar...
Weeks ahead of the 2018 Super Bowl, BCE Inc., along with the National...
Stingray Digital Group Inc. and Birch Hill Equity Partners ramped up their lobbying in December, with both submitting their first communications reports for the year in the last weeks of 2017....
A Cree-owned non-profit will partner with Distributel Communications Ltd....
The federal government will plow a large chunk of a $45.4-million investment for high-speed internet along coastal British Columbia, including remote and First Nations communities, according to a joint government announcement on Wednesday. The investment will target 154 communities, benefiting 44 First Nations, with new or improved internet and will include a new 3.5-million-metre subsea fibre optic cable that will go to connect the communities along the entire coast between Prince Rupert and Vancouver, a Wednesday press release said. “This important investment will give coastal...
Canada’s security agency is aware of the push for stronger encryption by...
BlackBerry Ltd. is making available a new cybersecurity product initially aimed at carmakers, the company...
In anticipation of the G7 summit in June, the federal government will have 13 cell towers built to increase coverage for the area near host Charlevoix, Que, a release on Monday revealed. Announced...
The CRTC has approved the acquisition of two Ontario radio stations by Byrnes Communications Inc. from...
In an instructional guide released to government employees, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) recommended high levels of vigilance in protecting personal information during international travel. Originally reported on and accessed through an information request by the Globe and Mail, the guide states that both other governments and criminals will target Canadian travellers and diplomatic status isn’t enough to mitigate the risks. It also noted Canada’s technology-sharing relationship with the U.S., which gives it “privileged access to advanced U.S. technologies few...
A false wireless emergency alert that saw residents of Hawaii receive a...
BCE Inc. kicked off the new year by acquiring Quebec telecom Groupe Maskatel LP, furthering its fibre...
The NDP says silicon valley giant Apple Inc. should speak to a...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will unlock FM chips in its newer smartphones, according to a press release...
MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. is feeling more optimistic about the possibility...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s wireless brand may see its strongest quarter...
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives emphasized their optimism about future...
In a notice on Monday, the CRTC said that six telecom companies could potentially face fines for not participating in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS), as it launched a proceeding asking them to...
The federal government will spend $38.5 million of its $500 million of Connect to Innovate funding to build backbone networks in rural Manitoba, according to a Tuesday press release.
Those backbone connections will “bring fibre to the majority of the 112 communities,...
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) said in a press release Monday that projects funded as part of its Community Investment Program will now have access to Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon...
After a rollicking December, analysts say Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has potential to...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has written to CRTC chairman Ian Scott asking him to launch an inquiry into telecom companies’ sales practices. PIAC asked the CRTC in a Jan. 8 letter to look into “the revelations...
Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs kicked off the new year by registering to...
In a step towards its goal of upgrading Canada’s 911 network by 2020, the CRTC published a decision on Friday which recommended that wireless service providers default all 911 calls to the cellular networks whenever possible. With the increase in Canadians using WiFi-enabled calling services offered by wireless providers, the Emergency Services Working Group of the CRTC Interconnection Steering Committee explored the issue of connectivity with 911 operators. It found that, when using WiFi calling, there could be a number of circumstances where new features of 911 calling in Canada were...
In a press release on Friday, Telus Corp. announced its acquisition of...
Automatic, data-based advertising has grown significantly over the years...
Shaw Communications Inc. said on Wednesday evening that its former CEO, Jim Shaw, has died.
“Jim’s...
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer has said he supports net neutrality, despite statements by his Innovation...
The federal government will allocate $24.8 million from its Connect to Innovate program to improve...
In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) announced the...
In a report released on Wednesday by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), a Canadian...
In separate decisions on Wednesday, the CRTC ordered Iristel Inc. to cease...
The CRTC has resumed a proceeding regarding municipal access by telecoms in the city of Calgary, even though an Alberta court is currently considering the validity of the city’s municipal rights-of-way bylaw.
Calgary applied to the CRTC in November 2016 seeking a...
BCE Inc. must have a point to which other internet service providers (ISPs)...
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly named five new members to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors for five-year terms, said a Tuesday press release. Harley Finkelstein, the chief of operations for Shopify Inc., René Légère,...
A comprehensive new report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab...
Rogers Communications Inc. appears to have blinked — which caused a cascade of $60 for 10 GB bring-your-own-device wireless plans — in its ongoing battle for Toronto-based wireless subscribers,...
The CRTC has renewed the licence of Orangeville, Ont. top 40 radio station Z103.5 for a shorter licence term after it said the station had targeted audiences in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) instead of the town located outside the GTA boundary. The regulator said in a decision Monday that programming on the station that it monitored “contained very little locally reflective content with direct and particular relevance to Orangeville, the community the station was licensed to serve....
Following the launch of a 10 GB wireless plan for $50 by Shaw...
The CRTC is asking for comment on rules requiring resellers to register with the commission. The regular said in a notice of consultation Friday that it wants input on which types of non-carrier telecom providers should fall...
A parliamentary ethics committee is recommending the government enact into...
Telus Corp. said in a press release Friday its ongoing 5G tests have now hit 2 Gbps speeds, using 3.5 GHz spectrum. The Vancouver-based company said in the release the tests, which took place in Edmonton, “help to...
Quebec unveiled a five-year digital strategy Wednesday, which included...
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2...
A few months after the emergence of a proposal asking the CRTC to shift...
Canadian telecommunications companies should expect lower household...
After a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, the federal government has triggered the long-awaited five-year review of the Copyright Modernization Act, though the timing might cause some challenges for the government, according to David Fewer, director at the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC). Initially expected to begin at the start of November, the late-December launch for the review means it will occur in a similar timeframe as the negotiations of international trade pacts like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the...
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer isn’t going public with his position on...
The number of Canadians who get their internet access wirelessly — either...
While Canadians saw prices for basic mobile phone subscriptions fall, data released by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada on Tuesday indicated that high-end mobile phone plan...
The Canadian division of Uber Technologies Inc. said about 815,000 riders and drivers in Canada were...
The House of Commons standing committee on finance presented its budgetary policy report Friday, which included a recommendation for funding to ensure high-speed internet is available across Canada. Recommendation 89 in the report read: “Allocate the funds necessary to reach full coverage of high-speed internet service across Canada.” In a release on Monday, the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA), one of the groups which submitted proposals to the committee, praised the decision to include the recommendation. “The committee’s recommendations are absolutely a step in the...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has confirmed in an email that the privacy...
Shaw Communications Inc. is now offering a video surveillance service aimed...
Rogers Communications Inc. announced that Edward and Melinda Rogers, the...
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada said Friday that a sender of a text...
Shaw Communications Inc. used the CRTC’s Creative Canada consultation this week to back website blocking as a strategy to fight privacy.
“The rapid growth of the black market for online...
OTTAWA — Parliamentarians debating Bill C-59 will have to come to grips...
OTTAWA — On Tuesday morning, University of Ottawa law professor Craig...
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is launching a...
OTTAWA — The House of Commons’ ethics committee did not mince words with two Equifax Inc. (Canada) executives appearing before them Monday afternoon, imploring the company — at times in a fiery tone — to seriously consider better compensation and protections for...
With under a month left in its donation drive and three recent cost awards,...
BCE Inc’s move to open a low-cost, prepaid carrier is “well-timed” and positioned to support the...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada announced the allocation of funding to connect over 12,000 homes across 26 communities in Quebec with high-speed internet infrastructure, it...
Kanata-based Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) has announced that Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is the newest member of the research group, according to...
The CRTC has given the green light for three licences to operate radio stations in Quebec and Manitoba. On Thursday, the commission said it approved an application by Dufferin Communications Inc., which is owned by Evanov Communications Inc., to replace its ethnic commercial AM CKJS radio station to an FM station at 92.7 MHz in Winnipeg. The station will broadcast 126 hours of local programming per broadcast week, including local community reporting. It must direct ethnic programming to at least 19 cultural groups in at least 16 different languages, according to the decision. In...
OTTAWA — A federal research lab on the outskirts of Canada’s capital...
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has appointed Monique Lafontaine as the...
Ottawa-based Telesat Holdings Inc. announced the loss of the first in an initial constellation of low...
The struggle for some wireless service providers to get up to speed on managing data overage caps was...
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has been providing “advice and guidance” to telecoms on a security vulnerability found on mobile network infrastructure known as signalling system...
The issue of set-asides has resurfaced in replies to a consultation on...
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the country’s telecoms can...
A motion to investigate the prospect of installing fiber infrastructure simultaneously with its light rail construction, was passed by Hamilton city council on Wednesday, according to documents from the city council. The...
The federal government officially kicked off its Smart Cities Challenge Thursday, calling for the creation of community projects that leverage data and connected technology to benefit citizens in their communities.
Examples of such projects include creating mobile apps to...
OTTAWA — Despite already surpassing their target to connect some rural...
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is appealing a Federal Court order to disclose the identities of some of its...
The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will hear a case by Rogers Communications Inc. that seeks to...
The House of Commons standing committee on industry, science and technology has outlined a number of ways to improve technology transfer — the move of knowledge developed in academic settings to...
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced in a press release Wednesday it will offer the entire 2017 line of Apple Inc.’s iPhone for $0 up front.
Available for pre-order on Friday, Freedom’s iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X models will be released December 8, the...
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has requested a written breach report from...
Facebook Inc. has named Garrick Tiplady its new managing director of Facebook Canada and Instagram...
BCE Inc. will make embedded SIM (eSIM) technology available to its customers, the company said in a press release Wednesday.
Bell is partnering with G+D Mobile Security, a...
More customers in Toronto are adopting internet speeds over 300 Mbps, and the trend looks to be picking up pace as competition heats up in that market, according to Barclays Capital. With...
While much of the debate around the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction has centered on implementing spectrum set-asides, issues like imposing a spectrum cap and the size of any set-aside, the ability...
In a release on Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai announced his plan to end net neutrality rules established during Barack Obama’s presidency. Pai’s goals, outlined in a statement, include...
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
In a press release on Monday, Innovation, Science and Economic Development...
Birch Communications Inc.’s Primus said Monday that it is now offering the 120 Mbps speed tier on its unlimited plans for residential and business customers in specific markets in Ontario and Quebec.
The move is in response to increasing demand to support more devices...
