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Rogers-Shaw decision a ‘watershed moment’ either way, the parties agree in closing arguments
| 12/09/2022 3:52 pm EST
Nearly a month of evidence from industry experts, analysts, economists, and corporate executives shows three distinct themes, according to final written arguments from the...
Indigenous Connectivity Summit calls for more inclusion in consultations
telecom | 12/07/2022 1:19 pm EST
Indigenous telecommunications stakeholders are calling on the government to incorporate them into its consultation requirements, and develop a participatory and inclusive...
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...
Keep CanCon requirements for Rogers community radio, FRPC tells CRTC
telecom | 12/01/2022 9:35 am EST
The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) told the...
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...
‘Extremely difficult’ to sell to Rogers, Brad Shaw tells Tribunal
telecom | 11/24/2022 11:13 am EST
Shaw Communications Inc. CEO Brad Shaw told the Competition Tribunal Wednesday that it was an “extremely difficult” decision to sell his family company to Rogers...
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...
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...
Competition Bureau witness argues wireline essential for wireless offering, has credibility challenged by Rogers and Quebecor
telecom | 11/18/2022 2:15 pm EST
Respective lawyers representing Rogers...
Gov. seeking comments in review of Competition Act
telecom | 11/17/2022 11:14 am EST
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Thursday that the government is seeking...
Lawyer, tribunal witness spar over whether Rogers-Shaw merger will bring higher quality to customers
telecom | 11/17/2022 10:44 am EST
An anti-trust expert refuted a Rogers...
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...
Distributel wouldn’t be able to offer Shaw pricing if it bought Freedom, Tribunal hears
telecom | 11/11/2022 11:37 am EST
Distributel Communications Ltd. attempted to...
July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop
telecom | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...
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...
Rogers-Shaw merger will create competition for Telus in the west: Rogers, Shaw lawyers
Media | 11/07/2022 6:07 pm EST
While on opposite sides of the Competition...
Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act
Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Canada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around the world who are seeking to protect legacy media from the overwhelming power of Google Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. This was part of the testimony at the House of Commons Committee on Canadian...
Bell mopped up customers switching from Rogers in Q3
Media | 11/03/2022 6:15 pm EDT
BCE Inc. reported what it said were record subscriber additions in the third quarter of 2022, according...
PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau
Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures...
Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger
telecom | 10/28/2022 3:05 pm EDT
Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe...
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...
Streamers should be obliged to sell cable integration apps to small BDUs: CCSA
Media | 10/27/2022 11:35 am EDT
The organization representing independent companies providing cable TV and...
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...
CRTC should force Rogers to engage in dispute resolution: Building owner tells CRTC
telecom | 10/21/2022 3:10 pm EDT
A Toronto-building owner in dispute with Rogers Communications Inc. told the CRTC that it should force the incumbent to participate in a dispute resolution process, which is...
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...
Bell says it’s inappropriate for CRTC to restrict services to occupants in Rogers-Lixo MDU access dispute
telecom | 10/19/2022 5:20 pm EDT
BCE Inc. says it would be inappropriate and...
Competitive pay-telephone service provider’s dispute with Bell is left to the courts: CRTC
telecom | 10/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT
The CRTC will not force BCE Inc. and Rogers...
Rogers found to have violated PIPEDA through voiceprint program
telecom | 10/07/2022 3:49 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. violated a customer’s privacy by not deleting...
Cabinet should not intervene in non-mandated service: Rogers
telecom | 10/03/2022 4:55 pm EDT
Rogers Communication Inc. is asking the federal government to reject City Wide Inc.’s request to force Bragg Communication Inc.’s Eastlink to relocate its third-party internet access (TPIA) point of interconnection (POI) to a more central location in Halifax, N.S,...
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...
Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada
telecom | 09/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT
Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec last...
Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision
telecom | 09/23/2022 5:45 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada has filed a Part 1 review and vary application...
Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers
Media | 09/16/2022 5:34 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has once more gone to the federal court seeking an injunction against a number of unidentified, John Doe pirate streamers.
In a statement of claim filed with the court on Thursday, Bell...
Rogers gets details on how Quebecor-Freedom deal harms competition
telecom | 09/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...
Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition
Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell...
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 that Timeless Inc.’s OneSoccer is niche and unappealing to Canadians, therefore, Rogers’ refusal to carry the sports...
CRTC to arbitrate Rogers dispute over Family Channel
Media | 09/08/2022 4:50 pm EDT
In a Sept. 6 letter, the CRTC has accepted a request from Rogers Communications Inc. for final offer...
Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage
telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...
BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel
telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT
In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...
Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal
telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...
CNOC displeased with Rogers’ secrecy in outage
telecom | 08/31/2022 4:58 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is calling on the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to release more information on the incumbent's massive July 8 outage, endorsing a call last week from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
In a Wednesday letter...
Rogers disclosure on outage, CRTC process not good enough: PIAC
telecom | 08/26/2022 4:57 pm EDT
Again dissatisfied with the redactions in Rogers Communications Inc.'s...
Rogers answers CRTC request for information on July outage
telecom | 08/24/2022 5:44 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. filed a second response to a confidential Aug. 5...
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...
Quebecor’s Freedom purchase enough to establish fourth national competitor, Rogers tells Comp. Tribunal
telecom | 08/23/2022 5:44 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s intent to purchase of Shaw...
TV revenues recover while radio continues decline: CRTC report
Media | 08/23/2022 5:03 pm EDT
Television revenues are rebounding from the pandemic slump while revenues...
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...
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...
Comp. Bureau’s silence on anti-competitive complaint allowing abuse of dominance to persist: TekSavvy
telecom | 08/17/2022 6:13 pm EDT
TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has told the Competition...
Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile
telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc. have formally inked a deal that would see Quebecor purchase Shaw's Freedom Mobile brand should regulators approve the latter's acquisition by Rogers.
In a Friday morning press release, the three...
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...
OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers
telecom | 08/10/2022 4:22 pm EDT
An independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its...
PIAC, CNOC detail disclosure request on Rogers outage
telecom | 08/08/2022 6:54 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to mandate that...
PIAC, pensioners want cabinet to overturn CRTC’s CBC licence renewal
Media | 08/05/2022 3:45 pm EDT
The National Pensioners Federation and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre have filed a petition asking cabinet to overturn the CRTC’s renewal of the CBC/Radio-Canada...
VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP
Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...
Bell revenues up, profits down as company releases Q2 numbers
telecom | 08/04/2022 3:51 pm EDT
BCE Inc. announced revenues of $5.86 billion for the second quarter of 2022...
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...
Bell, Rogers and TV creators triumph over pirates
Media | 08/03/2022 5:25 pm EDT
A consortium of broadcasters and rights-holders have won an opening salvo of a fight against a television...
Parties may request additional disclosure from Rogers on outage: CRTC
telecom | 07/28/2022 5:57 pm EDT
The CRTC has said it may ask for additional information from Rogers Communications Inc. on the July 8 nationwide outage that the commission is...
Rogers profit soars based off roaming and subscriber adds in second quarter
Media | 07/27/2022 4:59 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. reported a soaring profit margin for the...
After outage, Rogers vows to separate wireless and wireline networks; critics not impressed with CRTC response
Media | 07/25/2022 7:45 pm EDT
The July 8 nationwide Rogers Communications Inc....
Comp. commish has no issue granting Videotron intervenor status in Rogers-Shaw merger tribunal
telecom | 07/22/2022 5:38 pm EDT
The Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor...
After Rogers outage, Interac failure highlights need for more risk oversight, competition in payments space, observers say
telecom | 07/21/2022 4:03 pm EDT
On July 8, when Rogers Communications Inc.'s network went down nationwide, millions lost access to phone, data, and internet services, but many also lost access to banking and...
Rogers appoints new CTO weeks after national outage
telecom | 07/21/2022 12:52 pm EDT
Rogers Communication Inc. has appointed Ron McKenzie, the company’s former president of Rogers for...
INDU to hold hearings into Rogers outage, CIRA backs full public hearing at CRTC
telecom | 07/15/2022 5:20 pm EDT
The House of Commons Industry committee will launch hearings into the...
CRTC demands answers on Rogers outage
telecom | 07/12/2022 4:57 pm EDT
In an uncommonly strongly worded letter, the CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a broad...
Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage
telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...
Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal
telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to intervene in the regulator's review of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
UPDATED: Nationwide Rogers outage affecting wireline and wireless networks; PIAC calls for CRTC inquiry
telecom | 07/08/2022 10:44 am EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a...
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...
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...
Court finds Videotron did not violate Rovi patents
Media | 06/27/2022 4:26 pm EDT
The Federal Court dismissed a digital entertainment company’s lawsuit alleging that Quebecor Inc.’s...
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 Communications Inc., the two companies and Quebecor Inc. announced a deal late Friday night that would see the Quebec-based competitor purchase Shaw's wireless brand Freedom Mobile...
CRTC fines Bell for delaying access to support structures
telecom | 06/15/2022 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC has imposed an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $7.5...
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...
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...
CRTC denies Bell’s review and vary on toll-trunk tariff language
telecom | 06/09/2022 12:58 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from BCE Inc. to stay a 2021 commission order...
Building owner ordered to give Rogers access to Toronto facility
telecom | 06/08/2022 2:53 pm EDT
The CRTC gave Rogers Communications Inc. permission Wednesday to access a building in Toronto to which it has been denied entry. Other carriers in the building must inform their clients of the decision.
The case arose when Lixo Investments Ltd. denied Rogers access to a...
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...
Rogers-Shaw deal on hold until Competition Tribunal proceeding
Media | 05/30/2022 5:20 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have reached an...
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...
Gov. issues new CRTC policy direction with guidance for wholesale regime
telecom | 05/26/2022 4:02 pm EDT
The federal government is seeking to issue a new policy direction to the...
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 Globalive and Telus Corp. would strengthen the former's bid to pick up Shaw Communications Inc.'s mobile...