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Ontario doubles down on rural internet, AI, sets up fund for next gen tech
telecom | 03/29/2018 3:52 pm EDT
The Ontario government is pledging $50 million for a fund that will accelerate the development of next generation technology including artificial intelligence, 5G and autonomous vehicles. Unveiled Wednesday in this year’s provincial budget, the Transformative Technology Partnerships Fund will spread out the money over the next 10 years, and is intended to bring together smaller businesses that create the technology, businesses that adopt the technology, postsecondary and research...
Equustek case back in B.C. court over internet jurisdiction
Media | 03/12/2018 4:35 pm EDT
A British Columbia court will not delay hearing a challenge brought by Alphabet Inc. against a worldwide search result ban a previous court ordered, in a case that law professor Michael Geist says could have implications for how the courts deal with jurisdiction issues when...
Money for CanCon in budget stopgap measure: CMPA
Media | 03/01/2018 1:33 pm EST
The 2018 federal budget, released Tuesday, confirmed the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) will receive top ups...
Security data overwhelming Canadian IT depts: Cisco
telecom | 02/23/2018 2:13 pm EST
Only 45 per cent of cybersecurity alerts are investigated in Canada, according to Cisco Systems Inc.’s 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report. That puts Canada in second-lowest place behind China in a list of 17 countries and...
Ian Morrison steps down from watchdog Friends
Media | 02/12/2018 1:27 pm EST
Ian Morrison, the co-founder of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, is handing over the reins of the...
Bell’s Snackable TV officially on the menu
Media | 02/05/2018 5:58 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s Bell Media has officially launched a free, ad-supported mobile app featuring video content...
CRTC asks digital giants for info, promises confidentiality
Media | 02/05/2018 2:02 pm EST
As part of its government-ordered proceeding on future content distribution models, the CRTC is asking a number of companies — including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Netflix Inc. — for information about their digital media broadcasting revenues, subscribers and viewing in Canada. Several years ago, during its Let’s Talk TV proceeding, those two companies refused to provide such info to the regulator, triggering conflict with the commission that saw then-chairman Jean-Pierre Blais briefly walk out of a hearing and threaten to revoke the digital-media exemption order under which Netflix...
Ad-supported VOD rising as OTT grips TV market
Media | 02/02/2018 6:54 pm EST
OTTAWA — More competition in the over-the-top (OTT) space is driving a trend of more ad-supported...
Canadian media industry still behind on data, conference hears
Media | 02/01/2018 7:57 pm EST
OTTAWA — The Canadian television industry is behind the curve when it...
SOCAN expects higher annual revenues for 2017
Media | 01/31/2018 5:44 pm EST
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is estimating that it has broken...
OPC says search engine de-indexing right exists in Canada
telecom | 01/26/2018 5:08 pm EST
Canadians have the right to ask search engines to remove links to results...
Alphabet takes aim at cybercrime
telecom | 01/25/2018 4:16 pm EST
In a blog post on Wednesday, Alphabet Inc.’s ‘moonshot factory’ X announced the details of its...
Bell intros product for improved home internet
telecom | 01/24/2018 4:58 pm EST
In a release on Wednesday, BCE Inc. said it launched its residential mesh WiFi product.
Dubbed Whole...
As its TV ad revenue drops, Corus says ad tech is the future
Media | 01/10/2018 6:05 pm EST
Corus Entertainment Inc. executives emphasized their optimism about future...
BroadbandTV opens mobile game-making division
Media | 01/10/2018 5:10 pm EST
In a release on Wednesday, digital media company BroadbandTV Corp. (BBTV) announced the launch of a...
Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobby
Media | 01/08/2018 4:14 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs kicked off the new year by registering to lobby the federal government, while telecom and broadcasting communications in November grew significantly from the month before.
Joshua Sirefman of Sirefman Ventures, Inc. registered in early...
SCC text message ruling clarifies privacy in digital communications
telecom | 12/08/2017 10:32 am EST
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada said Friday that a sender of a text...
Radio app iHeartRadio grows number of stations
Media | 12/04/2017 1:36 pm EST
A partnership between BCE Inc. and iHeartMedia Inc., iHeartRadio Canada announced Monday an update to its...
SCC wrestles with scope of harm in online libel case
Media | 11/30/2017 2:00 pm EST
OTTAWA — Canada’s highest court should prepare for consequences wrought on Canadian media in other...
Goodale offers telecoms a hand in network security, SS7
telecom | 11/24/2017 5:53 pm EST
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the country’s telecoms can...
Tech giants increasing grip on advertising in Canada: report
Media | 11/21/2017 3:57 pm EST
While the total amount of advertising money flowing to Canadian media has largely sustained a flat trajectory over the years, internet giants Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. have increased their share of internet ads — and consequently the overall advertising...
Amazon releases the Echo smart speaker line in Canada
telecom | 11/15/2017 3:46 pm EST
On Wednesday, Amazon.com Inc. made a move to introduce its intelligent personal assistant Alexa into this...
Canadian classics released on YouTube
Media | 11/13/2017 1:14 pm EST
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) last week announced the release of hundreds of Canadian television and...
Amazon Fire TV stick launches in Canada
telecom | 11/07/2017 1:48 pm EST
Amazon.com Inc. is making available its Fire TV Stick Basic Edition plug-in streaming device available...
Creative Canada ‘cultural policy, not tax policy’: Joly
Media | 11/02/2017 9:39 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs continued their criticism of Heritage Minister...
Rory Capern hired at Pelmorex
Media | 10/25/2017 4:39 pm EDT
In a press release on Wednesday, Pelmorex Corp. announced that Rory Capern will join the company as...
Google building smart community in Toronto
telecom | 10/18/2017 8:46 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs have won a City of Toronto request for proposals to create a development...
Narrow the ‘value gap,’ Music Canada tells gov’t
Media | 10/18/2017 7:50 pm EDT
Music Canada is asking the government to address the disparity between the value of creative content and the revenues that are generated from it. “The Value Gap challenges the livelihood and...
Sabrina Geremia named permanent Google Canada head
Media | 10/11/2017 5:32 pm EDT
Sabrina Geremia is the new country director for Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada.
She has been in the...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s Canadian content consultation included praise for some elements — such as a $500 million deal for Netflix Inc. to spend on content in Canada — many also pointed out that...
Telus leads in end-of-summer lobbying activity
Media | 09/25/2017 5:31 pm EDT
Telus Corp. was far and away the busiest industry stakeholder when it came to...
Google linking names under publication bans with articles: report
Media | 09/21/2017 5:54 pm EDT
Algorithms used by Alphabet Inc.’s Google have been linking stories regarding individuals whose identities are under court-ordered publication bans in searches involving their names, the Ottawa...
MHz Choice launches in Canada
Media | 09/20/2017 2:58 pm EDT
Streaming service MHz Choice, which exclusively features international productions, is now available in...
Bell Apple Watch advantage unknown: experts
telecom | 09/15/2017 4:06 pm EDT
Wearable use in Canada and around the world is trending up, but the numbers for smartwatches are still...
Small providers, incumbents clash over WiFi-based MVNOs
telecom | 09/12/2017 5:54 pm EDT
Mandating wholesale roaming access to Wi-Fi-based mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) will encourage innovation and competition by providing Canadians with more wireless service options, some organizations and small providers told the CRTC, while incumbents argued such a mandate would actually...
NFB awareness lagging behind Disney, CBC
Media | 09/05/2017 1:15 pm EDT
Canadians’ awareness of the National Film Board (NFB) as an organization that produces documentary or...
Making available right established for downloads, but no rates set
Media | 08/29/2017 6:26 pm EDT
The Copyright Board has ruled that the making available right under the...
Major boxing fight shows PPV target for piracy
Media | 08/28/2017 5:39 pm EDT
Nearly three million viewers around the world watched the much-anticipated boxing match between Floyd...
Rory Capern leaves Twitter Canada
Media | 08/23/2017 2:24 pm EDT
The managing director of Twitter Inc.’s Canada division has stepped down, a Twitter Canada spokesman...
Skinny TV has room to grow: Macquarie
Media | 08/21/2017 11:52 am EDT
Skinny-basic uptake will only grow in Canada and that could spell bad news for broadcasters’ bottom lines in the future, according to Macquarie Capital Markets analyst Greg MacDonald. In a Monday note, MacDonald highlighted...
SS7 protocol concerns intensifying: security expert
telecom | 08/08/2017 5:58 pm EDT
Despite recent calls to limit encryption by some government officials and intelligence heads worldwide,...
Canadian reps at tech companies’ anti-terror initiative
Media | 08/01/2017 5:17 pm EDT
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, launched in June by Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, held its first meeting in San Francisco,...
Transparency reporting in Canada: still opaque?
telecom | 07/31/2017 4:15 pm EDT
Without an Edward Snowden-like scandal, exposing inappropriate government access of citizens’ personal...
YouTube introducing new CanCon channel
Media | 07/31/2017 1:18 pm EDT
In a company first, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube will begin specifically highlighting Canadian content on its website.
The video giant announced the release of the YouTube Spotlight Canada program Monday, which will showcase the country’s top stars in both official...
Non-profit gives tech leg up to telecoms, smaller businesses
telecom | 07/28/2017 4:09 pm EDT
Canada’s big three wireless providers are now cooperating on a...
Sam Sebastian leaves Google Canada, joins Pelmorex
Media | 07/25/2017 5:27 pm EDT
The managing director of Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada, Sam Sebastian, has left the company and will...
Google turns to U.S. courts over Equustek decision
Media | 07/25/2017 12:58 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is challenging the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) to order...
BlackBerry call encryption approved for U.S. government
telecom | 07/21/2017 4:12 pm EDT
Blackberry Ltd. will now be able to provide its mobile device...
U.S. broadcasters look to resume retransmission row
Media | 07/21/2017 2:52 pm EDT
A group of American TV stations seems to be renewing its efforts to put compensation for signals retransmitted in Canada back on the government’s agenda as it enters into renegotiations of its free-trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico.
The U.S. Television Coalition,...
32% of anglophones use music streaming services: MTM
Media | 07/20/2017 5:28 pm EDT
The popularity of music streaming platforms among anglophone Canadians has grown over the past year, with 32 per cent reporting using a music streaming service in the past month when surveyed in the spring of 2017. That’s...
AI could help grow Canadian content: CMF
Media | 07/12/2017 4:30 pm EDT
The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) could contribute to the discovery and growth of Canadian content, according to a mid-year trend report by the Canada Media Fund (CMF). “The progress of AI could support this...
Civil society groups take aim at Five Eyes on encryption
Media | 06/30/2017 3:51 pm EDT
More than six dozen civil society organizations and individuals have come out to reiterate support for stronger data encryption in a letter addressed to a quintet of the world’s intelligence...
Five Eyes watching online terror content
Media | 06/28/2017 1:26 pm EDT
Representatives from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a statement lauding the creation of a coalition by some of the world’s biggest tech companies aimed at tackling terrorist content online. On...
Supreme Court’s Google search ban could have global implications
Media | 06/28/2017 10:07 am EDT
OTTAWA — In a landmark ruling, Canada’s top court dismissed an appeal...
Tech giants coordinating to tackle terror content
Media | 06/27/2017 6:05 pm EDT
Some of the world’s largest technology and social media companies are forming a coalition to counter terrorism. The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism is being formed with the help of Facebook Inc., Microsoft...
EU fines Google 2.4B euros
Media | 06/27/2017 5:31 pm EDT
The European Union has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google 2.4 billion euros — about $3.6 billion in Canadian dollars — for giving itself an “illegal advantage” in its...
U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rules
Media | 06/27/2017 4:11 pm EDT
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural...
CCSA leads lobbying after Hill visit
Media | 06/26/2017 2:55 pm EDT
Last month’s deluge of Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) members on Parliament Hill for the group’s third annual lobby day pushed the organization to the top of the telecom lobbying list for the second month this year, logging 49 communication reports in May....
SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case
Media | 06/23/2017 4:50 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that British Columbia has...
Canadians watching more movies online: MTM
Media | 06/19/2017 5:25 pm EDT
More anglophone Canadians are watching movies online, as the popularity of over-the-top (OTT) services continues, according to the latest Media Technology Monitor (MTM) report. The Thursday report by MTM, a project...
‘Level playing field’ for foreign digital news services: committee
Media | 06/15/2017 4:52 pm EDT
OTTAWA — After a year of study and hearing from 131 witnesses, some of...
Public conversation needed on right to be forgotten: Google Canada
Media | 06/02/2017 12:53 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Before any right to be forgotten rules are instituted in Canada, there needs to be a fulsome public discussion, Colin McKay, head of public policy and government relations at Alphabet...
ISED PS Lametti hot property for April lobbying
Media | 05/23/2017 3:30 pm EDT
The parliamentary secretary to the innovation minister was a popular target for lobbyists last month, as representatives from major telecom and Internet companies sought him out, according to the latest statistics from the office of the lobbying commissioner.
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CBC must collaborate with OTT competition: Lacroix
Media | 05/23/2017 2:34 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO Hubert Lacroix said the Crown corporation’s competition comes...
Two per cent of Canadians have a VR headset: MTM
Media | 05/17/2017 3:13 pm EDT
While about a tenth of Canadians have used a virtual reality (VR) headset, only about two per cent of them actually own one, according to a new Media Technology Monitor...
IPv6 adoption markedly improved in 2016: CIRA
telecom | 05/11/2017 6:54 pm EDT
Canada has made significant strides in improving its network infrastructure as Internet service providers (ISPs) increased their adoption of the IPv6 protocol in 2016, according to a new report by the Canadian Internet...
DHX shells out for Peanuts
Media | 05/10/2017 4:38 pm EDT
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Peppermint Patty are joining Halifax-based DHX Media Ltd.’s stable of properties, as the company announced Wednesday its bid to acquire the Peanuts brand from an American management company. The deal with Iconix Brand Group Inc. includes an...
Illegal streaming on Kodi boxes in 6% of households: Sandvine
Media | 05/04/2017 8:10 pm EDT
A new report from broadband equipment maker Sandvine Corp. says about six per cent of households in North America “currently have a Kodi device configured to access...
Digital platforms open to cultural diversity message: Joly
Media | 04/28/2017 8:29 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly said she found a receptive audience for her message of cultural diversity on digital platforms among the executives of the digital media giants she...
AI, 5G, rural broadband funding in Ont., N.S. budgets
Media | 04/27/2017 9:27 pm EDT
The Ontario government said it will support the latest technologies in the coming years, with funding for artificial intelligence and 5G networks included in its 2017 budget. Finance Minister Charles Sousa tabled Ontario’s...
CCSA leads March lobbying pack
Media | 04/21/2017 8:39 pm EDT
The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) led the telecom field for lobbying the federal government in March, logging 15 communication reports for the month, according to the federal lobbyists’ registry. Those...
Telus intros $20, no contract IPTV service
Media | 04/21/2017 7:13 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has quietly launched an IPTV service that will allow subscribers to watch live TV and on-demand content for $20 a month with no contract. The box itself, which is powered by Alphabet Inc.’s Android, will cost $100 and is currently available to subscribers in seven communities in British Columbia and Alberta, according to an email from Telus spokesperson Richard Gilhooley. Gilhooley said the service will officially launch in Alberta and B.C. “in the coming months.” A Telus community manager announced the service’s availability on a forum...
CRTC effectively bans most zero-rating in differential pricing decision
Media | 04/20/2017 8:04 pm EDT
As the CRTC banned most forms of differential pricing practices Thursday — including declaring that telecoms can’t pick and chose Internet content to zero-rate and...
Digital ads only in their infancy, Google’s Gingras says
Media | 04/13/2017 9:01 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Digital advertising will continue to evolve into new forms we can’t yet predict, Richard Gingras, vice-president of Alphabet Inc.’s Google News,...
Joly to discuss promoting CanCon with Google, Facebook
Media | 04/11/2017 8:41 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly will travel to California later this month to meet with representatives from Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc., her office has confirmed....
Trudeau meets with YouTube head
Media | 04/07/2017 4:29 pm EDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with the CEO of Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube Thursday, and used the opportunity to express “his appreciation for Google and YouTube’s continued investment in Canada and...
Ad pulls from YouTube show money shift to TV: Corus CEO
Media | 04/06/2017 8:05 pm EDT
The fallout from Alphabet Inc.’s placing of advertisements next to unfavourable content is in line with an ongoing trend of some advertisers shifting money from digital back to traditional television, broadcaster Corus Entertainment Inc.’s president and CEO Doug Murphy said Thursday. “I would characterize the news about the environmental risk with digital as very consistent with what we’ve been saying for a number of quarters now,” Murphy said in a conference call with analysts following the release of the company’s second-quarter earnings. He was...
Google launches AI research institute in Toronto
Media | 03/30/2017 4:30 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has launched a research facility in Toronto dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence (AI). The Vector Institute will focus on “expanding the applications of AI by performing...
Quebec union ‘disappointed’ budgets didn’t address taxation imbalance
Media | 03/29/2017 8:58 pm EDT
A Quebec union representing communications sector employees said it is disappointed with both the federal and provincial budgets, saying that in “both cases, no action has been taken to counter...
Jacob Glick joins University of Ottawa
Media | 03/29/2017 3:14 pm EDT
Jacob Glick is leaving Rogers Communications Inc. after two years with the company and becoming a distinguished executive fellow in residence at the University of Ottawa. Glick was chief corporate affairs officer at...
Google to change ad policy after U.K. controversy
Media | 03/21/2017 7:08 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will give companies that advertise on its platforms more control over where their ads are placed, the company said in a blog post Tuesday. “Recently, we had a number of cases where...
YouTube signs exclusive deal for e-sports content
Media | 03/16/2017 7:58 pm EDT
In another deal that highlights the value of e-sports, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube has signed a multi-year partnership with competitive gaming company FaceIt to be the exclusive hub for its content. FaceIt, creators of the...
Video game streaming revenue to double by 2021: Juniper
Media | 03/14/2017 5:05 pm EDT
Global revenue from streaming e-sports and video game content will nearly double four years from now, according to Juniper Research, which projected total revenues from video game streaming...
Google bringing cloud services to Canada
telecom | 03/10/2017 4:50 pm EST
Alphabet Inc. said Thursday it is expanding its cloud platform reach by launching its first Canadian data service in Montreal. The Cloud Platform “consists of a set of physical assets, such as computers and...
Supreme Court to consider jurisdiction for online libel
Media | 03/09/2017 9:35 pm EST
The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will hear a case centering on whether an Ontario court has jurisdiction over an Israel-based website that a Canadian is accusing of libel....
Imposing taxes on foreign OTT could bring in $1B: report
Media | 03/09/2017 4:37 pm EST
Taxing foreign digital services such as Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime service, Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube and Netflix Inc. could provide the federal government with up to $1 billion per year, according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The recommendation was included in the progressive think tank’s alternative federal budget, released Thursday. The annual document “brings together 85 economists and sectoral experts to produce a detailed, fully costed progressive economic plan,” a CCAP press release said,...
Joly sitting down with foreign digital companies
Media | 03/03/2017 4:05 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly is meeting this week with digital platforms, telling a CBC morning radio show Friday that she was in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., region Thursday meeting...
Hub for Canadian radio launches
Media | 03/01/2017 5:31 pm EST
More than 400 Canadian radio stations across the country are now available on a newly launched app featuring both public and private broadcasters. The free Radioplayer app launched Wednesday “gives radio listeners...
YouTube launching TV subscription package
Media | 02/28/2017 10:15 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube will be launching a live and on-demand TV service that will enable subscribers to watch more than 40 traditional TV channels online without the need for a subscription from a telecom provider, it...
CBC ‘dimmer star’ in media landscape, conservative event hears
Media | 02/27/2017 6:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — When talking about CBC/Radio-Canada’s role in the media landscape, the public broadcaster is a “pygmy amongst giants,” and more focus should be aimed at large...
Canada should consider ‘right to be forgotten’: former privacy commish
Media | 02/15/2017 9:32 pm EST
OTTAWA — Privacy experts raised the idea of a Canadian “right to be forgotten” in front of a House of Commons committee studying the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) Tuesday, though they disagreed about the incorporation of the concept into Canadian law. “It needs to have parameters so that it does not encroach neither on the right to know, the freedom of access to information, nor freedom of expression. But there is…...
Amazon launches new unified communications service
telecom | 02/15/2017 8:39 pm EST
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday a new service that provides video, voice, chat and screen sharing for meetings, called Amazon Chime. The ecommerce giant’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) said in a...
Facebook, Google not ‘arbiters of truth,’ committee hears
Media | 02/15/2017 12:24 am EST
OTTAWA — Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada told members of Parliament Tuesday they don’t see themselves as “arbiters of truth” in...
U.S. tech companies oppose Trump travel ban
Media | 02/06/2017 6:09 pm EST
Almost 100 tech companies in the United States have filed a brief in a court case against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking entry of citizens from seven countries and all refugees into the United States....
Canadian court orders another worldwide search result takedown
Media | 02/03/2017 9:17 pm EST
A Federal Court judge on Monday ordered a foreign website to be taken down and some of the content it published removed from search engines internationally due to a violation of Canadian...
CMF, Google team up for YouTube CanCon channel
Media | 01/30/2017 5:55 pm EST
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada will launch a YouTube channel for “iconic Canadian film and television content from years gone by” to celebrate the 150th anniversary of...
Canadian tech, telecom community offers support in wake of U.S. travel ban
Media | 01/30/2017 4:08 pm EST
More than 1,700 people representing a variety of tech and telecom companies have signed on to an open letter opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s weekend executive order blocking entry of...
Reform tax laws, tweak CBC to bolster media landscape: PPF
Media | 01/26/2017 5:46 pm EST
Phasing out CBC/Radio-Canada’s sale of digital ads and tweaking tax laws to prevent companies from claiming exemptions for advertising on foreign digital platforms are among the...
Tax deduction change would boost ad revenue $250-$450M: Friends
Media | 01/23/2017 9:24 pm EST
Removing tax deductions for advertising on non-Canadian online media outlets could help the beleaguered local media and news sectors, while saving the government money, according to a new paper from...
Impact of wholesale rates, pick-and-pay will be felt in 2017: Canaccord
Media | 01/05/2017 10:09 pm EST
The initial pinch of the CRTC’s decisions on two important issues in 2016 — wholesale rates and pick-and-pay — will be felt in the new year, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige. In a Thursday note forecasting the year ahead, Galappatthige said wireline competition, which he noted previously will pressure telecoms in 2017, will be exacerbated by the CRTC’s October decision on wholesale rates. ...