Two regional wireless carriers from the Prairie provinces announced Monday they will carry Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 6. when it becomes available on Sept. 19. Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. both issued press releases indicating they will carry the iPhone 6, which, among other things, will feature a larger screen, an improved camera and improved WiFi operability. MTS will start its iPhone 6 pricing at $265 for the 16 GB model, while SaskTel's price starts at $264.99 for the same model. Both prices are for customers signing two-year contracts that start at $55 a month with MTS and $60 a month for SaskTel. Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron has said it will offer the iPhone 6 to coincide with the launch of its new LTE network this month. BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus...
Hours after a meeting between telecommunications companies and CRTC officials regarding paper-billing charges that failed to end in a result satisfactory to policy-makers, Industry Minister James Moore said via social media he'll solve the issue with legislation. “Our Government will introduce legislation to end pay-to-pay billing practices for telecom industry #ConsumersFirst,” Moore said on Twitter late Thursday evening. That followed an announcement from the CRTC Thursday that after closed-door meetings with several telecoms that companies agreed to exempt certain...
The CRTC said that four telecommunications companies must pay a portion of the costs incurred by the DiversityCanada Foundation during the CRTC’s consultation on the removal of a last payphone...
Analysts are split on the wisdom of Industry Canada’s rules for the upcoming AWS-3 auction, which appear to put valuable spectrum in two provinces out of reach for any carrier. The spectrum rules, detailed on July 28, set...
The minimum opening bids for the entirety of the available spectrum in the upcoming AWS-3 auction total $162.45 million, with a $97.45 million minimum for the blocks set aside for smaller carriers, Industry Canada said Monday as it launched a consultation on its proposed auction framework. In a Monday research...
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. was granted a renewal of its licence to operate a national pay-per-view service, the CRTC said Friday, though it was denied a request to eliminate the...