‘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...

Committee’s ISP tax proposal a non-starter: PM

Media | 06/15/2017 4:29 pm EDT

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee recommendation to expand the five-per-cent contribution broadcast...

CRTC eliminates locked phones in Canada by December

telecom | 06/15/2017 11:00 am EDT

As part of a decision on its review of the Wireless Code, the CRTC has eliminated unlocking fees for smartphones and mandated that all newly purchased devices must be provided unlocked as of Dec. 1, 2017. “Based on the...

Cogeco expands 1GB service

telecom | 06/13/2017 5:46 pm EDT

Cogeco Inc. has launched its 1GB Internet service in Quebec for the first time, making gigabit speeds available in Trois-Rivières. It said in a press release Tuesday that...

Spectrum buy to improve Shaw network, but benefits will take time: analysts

telecom | 06/13/2017 5:40 pm EDT

Shaw Communications Inc. announced Tuesday that it has purchased 700MHz and 2500MHz spectrum from Quebecor Inc. for $430 million, in what Shaw described as  “a significant milestone towards improving network coverage and quality across Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.” The deal gives the company’s Freedom Mobile access to the low-band spectrum it has lacked until now. Iain Grant, an analyst at the Seaboard Group, said in an email that the deal will make Shaw’s challenge...

Privacy commish suggests ‘partial solution’ for border device searches

telecom | 06/13/2017 5:36 pm EDT

Canada’s privacy commissioner is asking the House of Commons committee on public safety and national security to amend a proposed law that governs border searches and is recommending a way that it...

Blais pans, prophesizes in end-of-term speech

Media | 06/13/2017 1:48 pm EDT

CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais used what may prove to be his final address as head of the telecom...

Blais confirms CRTC departure: report

Media | 06/12/2017 5:11 pm EDT

CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais did not reapply for his job as CEO of the country’s telecom and broadcast regulator, according to a report by the Canadian Press. The wire service reported Monday that Blais “says he believes...

AWS-1 sale unlikely to set precedent for 700MHz: Canaccord

telecom | 06/12/2017 1:53 pm EDT

The sale last week of Videotron’s AWS-1 spectrum by Quebecor Inc. to Rogers Communications Inc. isn’t likely to have implications for the company’s 700MHz spectrum, according to Canaccord...

Telus injecting $8.9B in B.C., Alta. through 2020

telecom | 06/09/2017 4:47 pm EDT

Telus Corp. is building new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure across British Columbia and Alberta through 2020. The company announced in a press release Monday that Alberta will receive a capital injection of $4.2...

CRTC rejects Toronto area radio expansion, approves SW Ont. station

Media | 06/09/2017 12:28 pm EDT

Two Ontario markets with prospective applications for broadcasting licences can’t sustain any new radio stations, the CRTC said Friday. In separate decisions posted online, the regulator said...

Quebecor spectrum sale has ‘broad implications’: Barclays

telecom | 06/09/2017 11:56 am EDT

Quebecor Inc. has sold Videotron's AWS-1 spectrum in the Greater Toronto...

Winnipeg council to debate cell tower placement

telecom | 06/09/2017 11:54 am EDT

Winnipeg’s municipal leaders are toying with the idea of mandating the consideration of cell reception and towers for new developments in the city. On Tuesday, a city committee approved a recommendation for city council to...

Bell’s wireless network to power Hyundai connected cars

telecom | 06/08/2017 5:07 pm EDT

BCE Inc. and a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary have come to an agreement that will see Bell provide the wireless network for the Asian car maker's connected cars beginning this summer. The partnership between Bell and Hyundai AutoEver Telematics America (HATA), three years in the making and announced Thursday, will help power connected car telematics in certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles, including security, safety, diagnostics and infotainment, according to a Thursday press release. “Bell's wireless technology will power safety and security services such as emergency roadside...

Canadian Internet traffic to nearly triple by 2021: Cisco

telecom | 06/08/2017 4:51 pm EDT

Average Internet traffic in Canada will grow 2.7-fold by 2021, while busy-hour Internet traffic, or traffic during the busiest 60-minute period in a day, will increase 3.8-fold, according to...

Sask. to cost Internet improvements: report

telecom | 06/08/2017 4:50 pm EDT

The Saskatchewan government will appoint someone to investigate the cost of expanding Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s Internet coverage, Premier Brad Wall was reported as saying this week, according to CTV News....

‘Alternative video’ services more satisfying than pay TV: study

Media | 06/08/2017 3:10 pm EDT

Non-traditional TV subscribers, such as those who use over-the-top (OTT) services, are more satisfied than those with traditional pay-TV subscriptions, a new J.D. Power survey suggested. Customers...

Rightsholders ask court for I.D. of customers of 13 ISPs

Media | 06/08/2017 1:55 pm EDT

Three movie studios have gone through the Canadian court system to identify...

Eastlink wireless service launches in St. John’s

telecom | 06/08/2017 12:42 pm EDT

Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink has added wireless service to Newfoundland and Labrador, with the plans now available in the greater St. John’s area. In a Thursday press release, the company said customers can make the switch to Eastlink service immediately and those in contracts with other providers can have their existing contracts bought out by Eastlink. Last year, the company expanded its wireless service to northern Ontario....

ISED suspends CASL lawsuit rules

telecom | 06/08/2017 11:53 am EDT

The federal government is suspending rules in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) that would make it possible to for lawsuits to be filed against individuals and organizations for breaking the rules. In a press release...

Analytics, applications opportunities in IoT: Telus’ Cihra

Media | 06/07/2017 5:42 pm EDT

TORONTO — The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) also presents a...

Canadian 4G networks among world’s fastest

telecom | 06/07/2017 1:39 pm EDT

Canadian 4G speeds have increased by about 15 per cent since 2016, according to a new OpenSignal Inc. report. In its latest State of LTE report released Wednesday, the United Kingdom-based company said a global sample earlier...

Incumbents defend wireless prices after Bains criticism

telecom | 06/06/2017 7:59 pm EDT

TORONTO — Representatives from the big three were on the defense a day...

Uphold net neutrality for free expression: UN report

telecom | 06/06/2017 4:40 pm EDT

Net neutrality is a digital pillar in citizens’ right to free expression, according to a report by the United Nations special rapporteur, or independent expert, on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion...

NGSO framework released

telecom | 06/06/2017 3:36 pm EDT

Applications for non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) systems will be accepted again as of June 26, following the release of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada’s new framework for licensing the low-earth orbit systems. In a decision posted online Monday, the...

‘Primary contact point’ needed for connected car safety: BlackBerry

telecom | 06/06/2017 2:17 pm EDT

OTTAWA — If the government expects to make connected cars safe and...

ISED lays out 5G consultation paper

telecom | 06/06/2017 12:53 pm EDT

Innovation Canada has opened its consultation on releasing spectrum to support 5G wireless networks, Minister Navdeep Bains  announced in Toronto on Monday. In a consultation paper posted on the department’s website, ISED...

IMSI catchers difficult to identify: Rogers’ Cawthray

telecom | 06/05/2017 5:12 pm EDT

TORONTO — IMSI catchers present a challenge for telecoms because identifying them while they’re operating is like finding a “needle in a haystack,” said Stewart Cawthray, general manager of enterprise security at Rogers Communications Inc. Speaking during a panel...

Videotron ‘author’ of own misfortune: consumer advocates

Media | 06/05/2017 5:01 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron made its bed and now it has to lie in it, according to consumer and digital rights advocates who opposed the company’s request for a delay in complying with the CRTC’s...

ISED to consult on 5G, 600 MHz process to launch in ‘weeks’

telecom | 06/05/2017 4:42 pm EDT

TORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said Monday the government would launch a public consultation on “releasing spectrum to support the development and deployment of 5G mobile...

Bains tells CRTC to reconsider MVNO rules

telecom | 06/05/2017 1:51 pm EDT

TORONTO — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is directing the CRTC to reconsider a March decision in...

Shoan files for appeal of second dismissal

Media | 06/05/2017 12:13 pm EDT

Twice-fired CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan has filed his application for judicial review, appealing his second removal from his post as the regional representative for Ontario. In a notice of application filed at the Federal Court...

ViaSat-2 satellite launches

telecom | 06/02/2017 2:39 pm EDT

A recent satellite launch will lead to faster Internet speeds for rural and remote customers of Xplornet Communications Inc., the company announced Friday. ViaSat Inc.’s ViaSat-2 satellite launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana Thursday is “one half of Xplornet's new satellite broadband program, which triples Xplornet's current satellite Internet capacity,” the company said in a press release. Once the service is available — expected in the first quarter of 2018 — Xplornet residential...

Bell can’t limit TV customers to one custom package: CRTC

Media | 06/02/2017 1:08 pm EDT

Allowing customers to only select TV channels à la carte after they’ve taken advantage of one 10-channel small package doesn’t comply with the CRTC’s pick-and-pay rules, BCE Inc. was told....

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...

Shaw selling fleet management branch

telecom | 06/02/2017 11:45 am EDT

Shaw Communications Inc. is selling its fleet management arm to an American company looking to increase its Canadian presence, it said in a Friday press release. The Dallas, Texas-based Omnitracs LLC will acquire Shaw Tracking...

Regulations could help IoT device security, privacy: experts

telecom | 06/01/2017 6:15 pm EDT

GATINEAU, Que. — The advent of 5G networks and the accompanying rise in...

CRTC demands NG911 network upgrade by 2020

telecom | 06/01/2017 6:06 pm EDT

The CRTC has started the clock on next-generation 911 (NG911) services, directing the country’s telcos to ready their networks to fully support sending emergency information via text, photo or video messages by the end of 2020....

New exchange point launched for research, education

telecom | 06/01/2017 1:28 pm EDT

Montreal will be home to what’s being touted as the country’s first global exchange point for research and education, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network (CANARIE) announced Wednesday. In a press release,...

5G to be ‘crowded playground,’ conference hears

telecom | 05/31/2017 5:35 pm EDT

GATINEAU, Que. — New entrants and existing service providers that...

NorthVu drops Bell IPTV patent case

Media | 05/31/2017 5:05 pm EDT

NorthVu Inc. has abandoned an appeal it filed with MediaTube Corp. in a dispute with BCE Inc. NorthVu filed a notice of discontinuance on May 23 in an appeal the two parties launched in February, against a January Federal...

CRTC calls for radio, BDU licence renewal applications

telecom | 05/31/2017 1:36 pm EDT

The CRTC is asking for holders of both radio and cable and IPTV broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) licences that expire on Aug. 31, 2018 to apply to renew their licences. The commission said in two separate notices of consultation that licensees must either submit renewal applications or let the commission know they don’t want to renew by Aug. 31 this year. ...

Bell MTS contributes to IoT agriculture research

telecom | 05/30/2017 3:50 pm EDT

BCE Inc.’s Manitoba operation is giving the University of Manitoba half a million dollars to support an agriculture program, the company said Tuesday. The Bell MTS Innovations in Agriculture Program is aimed at “providing...

VOIS misses deadline to rejoin CCTS

telecom | 05/30/2017 3:44 pm EDT

VOIS Inc. customers are left holding the bag after the Alberta-based company has failed to rejoin the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS), the ombudsman announced Tuesday. In a press release,...

Connect to Innovate yields $4.4B ask

telecom | 05/30/2017 1:40 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is currently sifting through nearly 900...

Privacy commish issues guidance on device searches at border

telecom | 05/29/2017 5:40 pm EDT

The search of personal electronic devices when crossing the Canada-U.S. border is an “extremely privacy intrusive procedure,” Daniel Therrien, the federal privacy commissioner, has told the House...

EORN proposes public-private partnership to fill cell coverage gaps

telecom | 05/29/2017 5:29 pm EDT

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) is asking the provincial and federal government to chip in to a $213-million public-private partnership to address cellular coverage gaps in Eastern Ontario. The proposal, which looks to improve the “reach and quality of cellular data services,” was filed with Ontario Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli and Rural Affairs Minister Jeff Leal in Toronto on Monday, the organization said in a Monday press release. It details a “business...

Few policy details from new CPC leader

Media | 05/29/2017 4:56 pm EDT

Conservatives elected Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer as party and official Opposition leader over the...

Big three take aim at Videotron customers

telecom | 05/29/2017 4:27 pm EDT

BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are trying to lure customers of Quebecor...

ISED authorizes HPOD use in 5GHz band

telecom | 05/26/2017 4:41 pm EDT

Innovation, Science and Economic Development has released its decision on a consultation into high-power and outdoor devices (HPODs), which allows their use in the 5GHz band. The department said in a Thursday decision that...

Telus, Videotron lead in wireless network quality: study

telecom | 05/26/2017 3:52 pm EDT

Telus Corp. and Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron had the fewest reported problems on their networks in certain regions of the country, according to a new study by J.D. Power. Released Thursday, the...

Telecoms pooh-pooh affordability fund

telecom | 05/26/2017 2:31 pm EDT

Establishing a dedicated fund to tackle service affordability for low-income Canadians as part of the...

Quebecor has tools to combat Bell fibre push: Pruneau

telecom | 05/25/2017 5:32 pm EDT

Jean-Francois Pruneau, Quebecor Inc.’s senior vice-president and chief financial officer, told an investor’s conference Thursday that his company’s quad-play strategy in Quebec will limit the impact of BCE Inc.’s...

CBC, Netflix jump in brand trust ranking

Media | 05/25/2017 5:19 pm EDT

Both CBC/Radio-Canada and Netflix Inc. saw dramatic improvements in how Canadians view their brands over the past year, according to the latest edition of the Gustavson Brand Trust Index. The annual University of Victoria...

Rogers targets gamers with new e-sports content, peering deals

Media | 05/25/2017 4:58 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. has begun marketing itself as the Internet...

Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finale

Media | 05/25/2017 2:13 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is asking the CRTC for more time to comply with the decision killing its Unlimited Music service last month, when it was found to be out of step with the concurrent decision on differential pricing practices that essentially banned zero-rating....

Canadian cyber security spending lagging: survey

telecom | 05/24/2017 11:33 am EDT

Investments in cyber security are not keeping up with the pace of potential future hacking attempts at Canadian companies, according to a new survey. About 46 per cent of executives at 50 Canadian companies surveyed via...

Government consulting on public safety broadband network

telecom | 05/23/2017 3:47 pm EDT

The federal government is pledging $3 million this year and into 2018 to produce an analysis on a potential public safety broadband network (PSBN). The departments of Public Safety and Emergency...

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...

FCC consulting on proposal to reverse net neutrality rules

telecom | 05/19/2017 5:14 pm EDT

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on its...

Cable no substitute in wholesale service gap areas: CNOC

telecom | 05/19/2017 4:46 pm EDT

The presence of cable infrastructure in locations where there is no telco option for wholesale Internet service is not a sufficient alternative, small Internet service providers (ISPS) are arguing in a proceeding in front of the CRTC. In reply comments this week, the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) said that “prohibitive switching costs leave many Competitors with no choice but to commit to one wholesale [high speed access] service platform. Once committed, the Competitor is bound by costs that constitute a daunting barrier to competition in areas that may be served by...

Netflix to have Ont. ‘download zones’ for cottage season: CP

Media | 05/19/2017 4:43 pm EDT

Netflix Inc. is setting up “download zones” in certain areas in Ontario to help the data starved pre-load movies and TV shows onto their devices, according to a Canadian Press report. WiFi...

CRTC to review pick-and-pay rollout in Oct.

Media | 05/18/2017 5:07 pm EDT

The CRTC will hold a hearing on a number of broadcast distribution undertakings’ [BDUs] licence renewal...

Canadians becoming more lax about security updates: Ekos

telecom | 05/18/2017 4:43 pm EDT

Fewer Canadians kept their security software up-to-date in 2016 compared to five years ago, according to a recent report by Ekos Research Associates Inc., while a little over half of small-and-medium...

Freedom debuts LTE in Calgary and Edmonton

telecom | 05/18/2017 3:18 pm EDT

Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has expanded its LTE network into Calgary and Edmonton, the company announced Wednesday. “The launch of our powerful new LTE network furthers our commitment to providing Freedom...

Connected car privacy code work detailed

telecom | 05/17/2017 3:27 pm EDT

The University of Toronto’s Institute of Technology will helm an initiative to develop a privacy code of practice for connected vehicles, according to the office of the federal privacy commissioner, as it announced this year’s...

Bell suffers breach of customer information

telecom | 05/15/2017 6:23 pm EDT

BCE Inc. said Monday that an anonymous hacker has gained access to customer information. The telecom said in a press release late Monday that the information the hacker obtained “contains email addresses, customer names...

Alt TV managed service, doesn’t violate CRTC rules: Cope

Media | 05/15/2017 5:45 pm EDT

MONTREAL — BCE Inc. has launched a new TV product hoping to appeal to a segment of the market that’s less likely to subscribe to...

Hospitals, companies subject to global cyber attack: report

telecom | 05/15/2017 5:30 pm EDT

More than 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries were subject to a cyber attack by extortionists seeking cash over the weekend. Among the attack victims were hospitals in the United Kingdom,...

Rima Qureshi exits Ericsson

telecom | 05/15/2017 5:10 pm EDT

Rima Qureshi is leaving Ericsson AB as senior vice-president and head of market area North America, effective May 11. Qureshi is pursuing “another opportunity in the industry,” according to a Thursday press release. A profile page on the Ericsson website said she has been in the position since April 1. Niklas Heuveldop will replace Qureshi as acting head of market area North America, according to the release. Heuveldop is currently chief strategy officer, head of technology and emerging business and senior vice-president. He has been with...

Koodo, Virgin Mobile tops in wireless purchase satisfaction: study

telecom | 05/12/2017 2:53 pm EDT

Wireless customers are taking advantage of an improved online experience and increasingly making purchases over the Internet, according to the results of a study released Thursday. The percentage...

Former Videotron customers returning from Bell: Brouillette

Media | 05/12/2017 9:53 am EDT

Manon Brouillette, president of Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, downplayed the effect that BCE Inc.’s recent move to deploy fibre-to-the-home...

CWTA predicts ‘adversarial’ relationship if OPC power boosted

telecom | 05/11/2017 8:26 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner should not be vested with order-making and fining power because doing so would harm the collaborative...

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...

Appeal court rules ISPs can’t charge for disclosing customer info

Media | 05/11/2017 4:15 pm EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal has granted Voltage Pictures LLC its appeal challenging the costs Rogers Communications Inc. was asking for to disclose customer information in a copyright infringement case, which could increase the incentive copyright holders have for these kinds of cases. In a ruling Tuesday, justices of the appeal court determined that a lower court erred in allowing Rogers to charge $100 per hour per, plus taxes, to disclose the name...

Telus to support e-prescription platform

telecom | 05/11/2017 12:08 pm EDT

Telus Corp.’s ehealth division will develop and operate a Canada-wide tool for doctors to send prescriptions electronically, the digital health-care organization behind the service announced Thursday. In a press release,...

Competition commish completes review of AT&T-TWC deal

Media | 05/11/2017 2:24 am EDT

Despite not operating in Canada, the country’s competition watchdog has reviewed the proposed merger of AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Cable...

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

telecom | 05/10/2017 9:01 pm EDT

Telecom service subscribers who consider switching providers but ultimately don’t follow through are generally waylaid by it being too much of...

CCSA heads to the Hill to talk Wholesale Code, rural broadband

telecom | 05/09/2017 6:39 pm EDT

OTTAWA — The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) is hoping to build on what it calls a successful round of lobbying the federal government a year ago to have its concerns and ideas integrated...

Smartphone penetration at 80% among anglophones: MTM

Media | 05/09/2017 5:42 pm EDT

The number of anglophone Canadians who have smartphones climbed up to 80 per cent in the fall of 2016 from 77 per cent a year earlier, according to a new report from Media Technology Monitor (MTM). At the same time, the...

Bell MTS to cut up to 85 jobs in Manitoba

telecom | 05/09/2017 5:31 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is looking to shed up to 85 jobs in Manitoba due to redundancy following its acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. “We are offering a voluntary retirement program that provides eligible employees with the...

CRTC headquarters closed due to flooding

Media | 05/09/2017 2:43 pm EDT

The CRTC’s offices in Gatineau, Que., remained shut down for a second day Tuesday due to flooding in the area, according to the commission’s website. Among the releases the regulator was scheduled to issue...

Verizon streaming deal for NFL game to include Canada

Media | 05/08/2017 10:02 pm EDT

Canadian viewers will get to watch a National Football League (NFL) game that will be played out of London, England, this fall after Verizon Communications Inc. purchased the streaming rights to the game. The one-game...

Lab to play ‘transformative’ role in wireless spectrum: Bains

Media | 05/08/2017 8:56 pm EDT

OTTAWA — The future of wireless spectrum in Canada won’t be about who holds the largest amount of it, but rather who wields it in the most-efficient manner, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains...

Bell touts good relationship with PMO: Barclays

telecom | 05/08/2017 7:58 pm EDT

BCE Inc. believes the company currently has a “good working relationship” with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), according to a note from Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang, written following meetings...

Partial sale would bring benefits to SaskTel: Desjardins

telecom | 05/08/2017 6:53 pm EDT

The sale of a stake in Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. would help the crown corporation when it comes to adopting new technologies, according to Desjardins Capital Markets...

David McGovern moves to ISED

telecom | 05/08/2017 5:21 pm EDT

The former deputy national security advisor to the prime minister has been appointed to a position in the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), effective Monday. David McGovern will become...

Cable sufficient alternative in wholesale service area gaps: incumbents

telecom | 05/05/2017 5:59 pm EDT

There is little evidence to suggest there is a lack of competition in so-called wholesale wireline service area gaps, given that cable facilities already exist in those areas, incumbents argued in...

Nitin Kawale leaves Rogers

telecom | 05/05/2017 3:15 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc.’s Nitin Kawale is leaving his position as president of the company’s enterprise business division. “Nitin Kawale has decided to move on from Rogers and focus on his philanthropic and community activities,” Sarah Schmidt, Rogers’ director of media relations said in an emailed statement. “We thank him for his contributions to our enterprise business.” Kawale started at Rogers in December 2014. He was previously president of Cisco Systems Inc.’s Canadian division for six years. Rogers’ appointment of Kawale was part of a strategic shift by former CEO Guy Laurence, who reorganized the company to have enterprise- and consumer-focused divisions. ...

Shoan vows court challenge of second dismissal from CRTC

Media | 05/05/2017 2:41 am EDT

Raj Shoan, the CRTC’s regional commissioner for Ontario who was fired again just four days after a return to his post, said he will be heading back to court to challenge the second...

Competition Bureau shouldn’t compel market studies: C.D. Howe

telecom | 05/04/2017 8:34 pm EDT

Granting the Competition Bureau additional powers to compel businesses to provide information for market studies “could result in significant costs for Canadian businesses,” according to...

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...

Big three haven’t met with minister about SaskTel sale: report

Media | 05/03/2017 9:41 pm EDT

Canada’s big three wireless providers have not spoken with the minister for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. about the potential partial sale of the company, even though last week he said he met with a major telecom, according to a Tuesday Regina Leader-Post report. SaskTel Minister Dustin...

Net neutrality issues will re-emerge with IoT: MEI

telecom | 05/03/2017 9:04 pm EDT

The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) will force a new perspective on net neutrality and zero-rating, a report from the Montreal Economic Institute argues. “The development of the Internet of Things will bring to the...

Privacy proponents point to problems with connected cars

telecom | 05/02/2017 7:19 pm EDT

Connected cars “raise significant privacy concerns,” Vincent Gogolek, executive director of the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, told a Senate committee Tuesday....

Nat’l security committee recommends status quo for lawful access

telecom | 05/02/2017 7:11 pm EDT

OTTAWA — Members of a House of Commons committee studying Canada’s national security framework said they weren’t compelled to increase the ability of law enforcement to obtain...

Shoan back to work following CRTC reinstatement

Media | 05/02/2017 5:29 pm EDT

Raj Shoan, the once-former CRTC commissioner, returned to work Monday, following a 10-month gap in his role as the regional representative for Ontario. As Shoan put it in a statement issued over the weekend, his tenure was...

SaskTel minister confirms discussions about partial sale

telecom | 05/01/2017 8:22 pm EDT

Saskatchewan's minister for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. said last week the government met with a major Canadian telecom company to discuss a partial sale of the province's telecom company, but no formal offer was made, according to a Regina Leader-Post report. Minister Dustin Duncan told a legislative committee on Wednesday that his chief of staff met with the unidentified potential suitor's representative and told them about Bill 40, which opens the door for 49 per cent of SaskTel to be sold off to private investors without privatizing the...