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Bell says Rogers is the unresponsive one in pole negotiations

telecom | 07/13/2023 3:28 pm EDT

Bell says Rogers is the unresponsive one in pole negotiations

BCE Inc. told the CRTC that it is prepared to allow Rogers Communications Inc. access to its poles but it is the latter company that has not responded to its proposed agreement to attach small cells. Bell was responding to accusations from Rogers that it is being...

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Rogers request CRTC expeditiously order Bell and Telus to give it access to poles

telecom | 07/12/2023 5:22 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to mandate Telus Corp., BCE Inc. and its affiliates Bell MTS, Télébec, and Northwestel, to attach small cells to their poles,...

5g CRTC

Bell MTS defends service in Manitoba after CCPA study

telecom | 07/12/2023 5:20 pm EDT

Bell MTS defends service in Manitoba after CCPA study

BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell MTS has responded to a report criticizing how the telecom has operated since it...

Bell Internet Mts

Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout

telecom | 07/12/2023 5:18 pm EDT

Feds, Ontario, announce $54M broadband rollout

The federal and Ontario governments are together investing $54 million to roll out high-speed internet in the province. The project was announced Wednesday. “Today’s announcement is a significant milestone for internet...

Canadian, Alberta governments invest $96M in high-speed internet

telecom | 07/11/2023 3:28 pm EDT

$1.7B broadband fund to launch in 2020, no formal consultation: ISED

The federal and Alberta governments announced a $96 million plan to roll...

Internet Rural broadband Universal Broadband Fund

CRTC keeps Phase II wholesale rates approach with enhancements

telecom | 07/07/2023 6:11 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has opted to keep its cost-based rate setting approach for...

CRTC wholesale rates

ISED issues regulations on airport 5G interference

telecom | 07/06/2023 4:07 pm EDT

Up to aviation industry to protect airports from 5G interference, telecoms say

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has set up rules around fixed and mobile broadband systems operating near airports. The move comes after a months-long consultation process with interested stakeholders. Nineteen participants gave their...

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Bell takeover of MTS didn’t produce expected benefits, CCPA says

telecom | 07/05/2023 4:24 pm EDT

Bell takeover of MTS didn’t produce expected benefits, CCPA says

BCE Inc.’s takeover of MTS six years ago has not proved beneficial to the prairie province, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued For Whom the Bell Tolls: The...

CRTC won’t expedite Bell complaint over TTC access, says stakeholders should avoid intervention

telecom | 06/29/2023 12:08 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

The CRTC rejected a request by BCE Inc. to...

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Bell files suit against copper thief who left 1,000 customers without service

telecom | 06/28/2023 5:54 pm EDT

Bell files suit against copper thief who left 1,000 customers without service

Once again BCE Inc. has filed suit against a copper thief who vandalized...

Bell Court

Canada and Ontario invest $4 million towards Internet rollout

telecom | 06/27/2023 4:32 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced another shared...

Fibre optics Internet Rural broadband

OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair

Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Bell asks CRTC to eliminate local news requirements and reduce CPE, PNI expenditures

Internet and Governance | 06/23/2023 6:26 pm EDT

Bell asks CRTC to eliminate local news requirements and reduce CPE, PNI expenditures

BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...

Broadcast Cancon CRTC

TekSavvy going up for sale “no surprise” as independent ISPs wrestle with wholesale model: CNOC

telecom | 06/23/2023 6:24 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTC

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada...

cnoc CRTC FTTP/FTTH

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

telecom | 06/23/2023 6:19 pm EDT

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...

911 988 CRTC

CIK Telecom files series of new MDU access applications

telecom | 06/22/2023 6:41 pm EDT

CIK Telecom files series of new MDU access applications

CIK Telecom Inc. has filed five new Part 1 applications with the CRTC alleging that Strata Corp. has denied it access to multiple dwelling unit (MDU) buildings in British Columbia. These are the latest in a series of Part 1 filings by the competitive carrier. All of the...

CRTC Internet MDU

Ex-minister Bains’ appointment to Rogers reflects problems with lobbying rules: commissioner

telecom | 06/21/2023 2:18 pm EDT

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: Bains

Lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger called for...

ISED Rogers

Telecom sector seeing revenue increase: CRTC telecom report

telecom | 06/20/2023 5:24 pm EDT

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The CRTC has issued its annual telecommunications survey for 2021. Coming out of the pandemic shutdown, the numbers are generally good. The sector experienced a 3.4 per cent jump in total revenues...

Telus abandons credit card surcharge

telecom | 06/20/2023 5:13 pm EDT

Telus abandons credit card surcharge

After months of controversy, Telus Corp. has cancelled its plans to implement a 1.5 per cent surcharge on clients who pay with a credit card. The western telecom announced Tuesday it was discontinuing the practice. “After...

Rogers says Bell access to Toronto subway network not an urgent public safety concern

telecom | 06/20/2023 1:28 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

Rogers Communications Inc. says giving BCE Inc....

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Bell says Rogers purposely delaying network access to Toronto subway, asks CRTC to intervene

telecom | 06/19/2023 4:52 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to prohibit Rogers Communications Inc. from providing access to its customers on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) until it enables access for...

Bell Rogers Wireless

CRTC seeks information on Bell’s NG911 embargo

telecom | 06/19/2023 4:35 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada demanding to know why the telecom imposed an...

911 Bell

Technology changes to be studied by all-party caucus in Parliament

Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 5:05 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: Research

The rapid pace of change in the technology sector has led a group of Parliamentarians to form an emerging technology caucus where members of all parties can learn about the brave new world. The...

CNOC disputes ILECs’ claims over high speed access proceeding

Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:21 pm EDT

CNOC disputes ILECs’ claims over high speed access proceeding

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is fighting with two...

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CRTC denies TerreStar’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from contributions

Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 5:30 pm EDT

Deny TerreStar ask for more spectrum, telecoms tell ISED

The CRTC has denied TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s...

CRTC Spectrum telecommunications act

Telus’ claim about Huawei equipment met with scorn in St. Albert, Alta.

telecom | 06/15/2023 4:03 pm EDT

Telus' claim about Huawei equipment met with scorn in St. Albert, Alta.

A town in Alberta is condemning Telus Corp. for slowing down the rollout of...

Rural broadband

Bell blames advertising, challenging regulatory environment, for its 1,300 layoffs and closed radio stations

Media | 06/14/2023 2:17 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

Approximately 1,300 BCE Inc. employees will be...

Advertising Bell CRTC

Up to aviation industry to protect airports from 5G interference, telecoms say

telecom | 06/12/2023 4:55 pm EDT

Up to aviation industry to protect airports from 5G interference, telecoms say

The airline industry must do more to protect its flights from 5G...

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Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

telecom | 06/09/2023 9:55 am EDT

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Spam complaints to CRTC on the increase from six months ago

telecom | 06/05/2023 3:18 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC released its biannual report on Canada’s anti-spam legislation Monday. It found complaints had jumped from the numbers featured in last fall’s update. Between October 2022 and March 2023, there were over 176,706 filings with the commission’s spam reporting...

CRTC

CRTC seeks info on international roaming rates

telecom | 06/05/2023 2:30 pm EDT

CRTC seeks info on international roaming rates

The CRTC has issued a request for information on the rates Canadian wireless carriers charge as roaming...

CRTC Roaming

Cogeco 2023 wireless launch debatable: Analyst

telecom | 06/02/2023 3:44 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

It remains unclear if Cogeco Inc. will debut an MVNO offering in its Canadian cable footprint by the end...

Cogeco MVNO

CRTC missed opportunity to hold NorthwesTel accountable to consumer concerns in Far North: PIAC

telecom | 06/01/2023 5:18 pm EDT

CRTC denies Northwestel Wholesale Connect application

The CRTC presented its public opinion research...

CRTC Internet Rural broadband

Northern Ontario faces digital divide, study finds

telecom | 06/01/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: Research

Residents of northern Ontario are still underserved when it comes to internet rollout, a new study...

Rural broadband

Telecoms file interventions on thousand block pooling

telecom | 05/31/2023 6:04 pm EDT

Telecoms file interventions on thousand block pooling

Wednesday was the deadline for interested intervenors to file their comments on the CRTC’s investigation of evolving to a 1000-block pooling (TBP) system to conserve telephone numbers. The commission began the process last March. It posed a series of questions to...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

ATG Arrow Technology Group gets more money from Broadband Fund

telecom | 05/29/2023 2:22 pm EDT

ATG Arrow Technology Group gets more money from Broadband Fund

Monday the CRTC approved a request by ATG Arrow Technology Group Ltd....

CRTC Funding

Vandalism causes Cogeco outage in southwestern Ontario

telecom | 05/26/2023 4:29 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Vandals attacked the network of Cogeco Communications Inc. in the...

CRTC outage

Quebecor launches Freedom’s first nationwide plan

telecom | 05/25/2023 4:05 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has...

Quebecor Rogers Wireless

CRTC opens proceeding into 911 and 988 calls from MLTS

Internet and Governance | 05/23/2023 3:00 pm EDT

CRTC opens proceeding into 911 and 988 calls from MLTS

Tuesday the CRTC announced it was beginning a proceeding into emergency...

911 CRTC

Ontario telecom files Part 1 over delayed access to Toronto condos

telecom | 05/23/2023 11:37 am EDT

Ontario telecom files Part 1 over delayed access to Toronto condos

An Ontario-based carrier has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC after...

CRTC MDU

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same...

CRTC Fibre optics Iot

Broadband use lowers harmful emissions, think tank finds

Internet and Governance | 05/18/2023 4:24 pm EDT

Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout

The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption...

Internet

Xplore reaches 16,000 Quebec premises to connect to its FTTP network

telecom | 05/17/2023 5:54 pm EDT

In a press release Tuesday Xplore Inc. said it reached 16,000 premises to...

FTTP/FTTH

China Mobile makes its appeal for Gov. evidence in banning order

telecom | 05/16/2023 4:42 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

When the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. to wind down its Canadian operations and vacate the country, based off a referral from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, those twin decisions should be...

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Federal Court and Competition Tribunal didn’t understand Rogers-Shaw merger: Prof

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...

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CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its...

CRTC Internet Television

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

Internet and Governance | 05/12/2023 12:27 pm EDT

OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27

While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step...

Privacy

CRTC must implement a reasonable test for FTTP rates: Péladeau

telecom | 05/11/2023 5:44 pm EDT

On Rogers-Shaw, Champagne faces policy choice

The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...

Bell FTTP/FTTH Quebecor

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

telecom | 05/09/2023 2:49 pm EDT

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service "operational and ready for use" no later than June 8, and...

CRTC MVNO

CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout

telecom | 05/05/2023 1:40 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

Friday the CRTC issued approvals for several claims under the Broadband Fund. Three companies will receive money to roll out infrastructure across the country. ATG Arrow...

Bell CRTC Rural broadband

Telus Q1 profit down from last year

telecom | 05/04/2023 5:40 pm EDT

Telus Q1 profit down from last year

Telus Corp. reported profits of $224 million for the three months ending March 31, a 45 per cent dip...

Telus Wireless

Ericsson and Eastlink extend 5G deal while Rogers slashes prices

telecom | 05/04/2023 5:16 pm EDT

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated report

Swedish telecom manufacturer Ericsson AB and Bragg Communications Inc.’s...

5g Wireless

Bibic says Canada has “unsophisticated” discourse on pricing, gov. reached wireless goals

telecom | 05/04/2023 4:16 pm EDT

Bibic says Canada has “unsophisticated” discourse on pricing, gov. reached wireless goals

BCE Inc.’s CEO said that the government’s job...

Bell Iptv Wireless

Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules

Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT

Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules

OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...

Internet Wireless

CWTA rebrands as Canadian Telecommunications Association

telecom | 05/03/2023 5:08 pm EDT

CWTA predicts ‘adversarial’ relationship if OPC power boosted

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association is dropping the “wireless” from its name and will henceforth be known as the Canadian...

Wireless

Government announces new licencing policy for 5G

Internet and Governance | 05/03/2023 5:03 pm EDT

Resistance to tower builds shows need to ‘rethink’ consultations: MP

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the...

FTTP/FTTH Internet Rural broadband

‘Expedited’ FTTP proceeding delayed as incumbents file last-minute extension requests; strike keeps proceeding behind closed doors

Internet and Governance | 05/01/2023 12:21 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

Less than two months after the launch of an...

Bell CRTC Fibre optics

Mazier’s telecom bill passes unanimously through the House of Commons

telecom | 04/27/2023 2:59 pm EDT

Mazier’s telecom bill passes unanimously through the House of Commons

Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill that requires telecom carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics passed third reading in the House of Commons...

CRTC

Parliamentarians decry lack of French 911 service

telecom | 04/26/2023 5:16 pm EDT

Parliamentarians decry lack of French 911 service

MPs from both sides of the House of Commons were upset that 911 service was not available to a...

911

Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023

Media | 04/26/2023 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers reports strong first quarter of 2023

Rogers Communications Inc. released its first quarterly report since it was granted approval to take over...

Quarterly Reports Rogers

Xplore announced Rizwan Jamal as president

telecom | 04/25/2023 4:54 pm EDT

Xplore announced Rizwan Jamal as president

Xplore Inc. Tuesday announced the appointment of Rizwan Jamal as president and chief commercial officer starting on May 1. Jamal will be responsible for sales, marketing, and product development functions, according to a...

Ex-minister Navdeep Bains joins Rogers c-suite

Media | 04/20/2023 5:14 pm EDT

Gov’t tables PIPEDA reform, new consumer privacy legislation

Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...

Rogers Shaw

Federal court rejects OPC complaint that Facebook violated Canadian privacy law

Internet and Governance | 04/19/2023 3:50 pm EDT

In a decision several years in the making, a Federal Court judge has rejected an application from Canada's federal privacy watchdog, which alleged that the social media giant had violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's private sector privacy law, in its data harvesting in the incident known as the Cambridge Analytica...

CRTC further extends deadline for block pooling comments

telecom | 04/18/2023 5:08 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC has again extended its deadline for comments and replies on a...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

Federal government invests $470M in Ericsson facilities in Ontario and Quebec

telecom | 04/17/2023 3:20 pm EDT

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated report

The government of Canada announced Monday it was investing $470 million in...

Public safety authorities want lower thresholds for network outage reporting requirements

telecom | 04/14/2023 5:15 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

Provincial public safety agencies are requesting...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

Rogers needs to work with competitors on TTC network expansion: Experts

telecom | 04/14/2023 5:04 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc.'s announcement to extend cell service to Toronto’s entire subway system is getting universal praise from experts, activists and elected officials – but they want to see...

Court rejects Telus challenge to CRTC’s wholesale roaming, municipal infrastructure decisions

telecom | 04/14/2023 4:55 pm EDT

Court rejects Telus challenge to CRTC's wholesale roaming, municipal infrastructure decisions

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a Telus...

CRTC Wireless

Cogeco releases Q2 numbers, plans to enter MVNO market

telecom | 04/14/2023 4:50 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Cogeco Communications Inc. plans to aggressively enter the mobile virtual...

Cogeco MVNO Quarterly Reports

Ottawa police caution about misusing 911 calls

telecom | 04/14/2023 1:14 pm EDT

Ottawa police caution about misusing 911 calls

To mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Ottawa Police Service issued a news release...

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Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report

telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...

Bell Fibre optics Telus

Bell catches copper thief red-handed, sues for damages

telecom | 04/12/2023 4:09 pm EDT

Bell catches copper thief red-handed, sues for damages

Three BCE Inc. subsidiaries are suing a man and his co-conspirators for stealing copper wire from seven tower sites in Ontario. On Apr. 5, Bell Canada, Bell Mobility and Northern Telephone filed a claim in Ontario Superior Court against Sylvain Fleury and unnamed accomplices...

Bell wireline

Nearly one million dormant phone lines under government review

telecom | 04/11/2023 3:40 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The government is in the process of checking into how many phone numbers in...

Smartphones Wireless

Thomson to retire from CCSA

telecom | 04/06/2023 1:37 pm EDT

Thomson to retire from CCSA

Jay Thomson will be stepping down as CEO of the Canadian Communications Systems Alliance (CCSA) following the group’s annual conference in September. Thomson, who has led the CCSA since 2017, is a lawyer with past experience at the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), the Canadian...

Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor’s fibre complaint against Bell

Internet and Governance | 04/05/2023 3:48 pm EDT

Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor's fibre complaint against Bell

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...

Bell CRTC Data charges

CCTS complaints up for Rogers and Telus, down for Bell

telecom | 04/04/2023 1:48 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding

Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT

CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding

Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company wanted -- from the CRTC for interventions in a consultation on whether or not to include additional retail market segments in the MVNO regime. The CRTC is assessing whether or not to include the ...

CRTC Iot Telus

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed

telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed

After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...

Bell Quebecor Rogers

Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal

telecom | 03/31/2023 5:00 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': Barclays

On the same day the Innovation Minister...

CRTC Quebecor Rogers

Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell

telecom | 03/31/2023 4:54 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

telecom | 03/31/2023 9:11 am EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT

Eatrides era at CRTC starting with new framework for internet, “wait and see” approach for wireless

The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...

CRTC Internet

INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

Internet and Governance | 03/29/2023 6:00 pm EDT

INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics

Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband...

CRTC Fixed Broadband Rural broadband

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 6:44 pm EDT

CBC funding absent in budget 2023; gov. cracking down on telecom fees

Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the...

Broadcast Cbc Federal Budget

CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings

telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel

Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 3:40 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC after the Williams & McDaniel property management firm allowed it access to several buildings in Tillsonburg Ont. Execulink filed the notice last month. The CRTC released a letter on Mar. 23...

CRTC Internet

Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

Internet and Governance | 03/27/2023 5:20 pm EDT

Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas

Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the...

Indigenous Rural broadband

Bell seeks to align 911 fees in CLEC territory with incumbent charges

telecom | 03/24/2023 2:45 pm EDT

Bell seeks to align 911 fees in CLEC territory with incumbent charges

BCE Inc. division Bell Canada is filing a Part 1 application with the CRTC seeking to align 911 fees in territories serviced by Bell affiliates that are not the dominant carrier. The three carriers...

CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding stream in policy review

telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...

CRTC Indigenous Internet

CRTC to review roaming charges after Champagne request

telecom | 03/23/2023 5:58 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...

CRTC Roaming

CRTC to look at limiting number pools to 1000

telecom | 03/23/2023 5:52 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC is worried about telephone number depletion and is suggesting that number pools be reduced to 1,000 from the current 10,000. It is launching a consultation so interested stakeholders may comment on the proposal. “In recent years, an increase in mobile phone,...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

CRTC finds Rogers in the wrong in OneSoccer carriage dispute

telecom | 03/23/2023 5:27 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

Rogers Communications Inc. has given an undue preference to itself by...

CRTC Rogers Sports content

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

telecom | 03/22/2023 5:07 pm EDT

Network resiliency working group wants to expand CRTC authority over municipal infrastructure, provincially-regulated utilities

A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...

TBayTel granted delay in rollout of 10-digit dialing

telecom | 03/22/2023 3:41 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC Wednesday approved a proposal by TBayTel Inc. that it be permitted to delay the implementation...

911 CRTC

All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee

telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT

All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee

Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...

Bell CRTC Internet

Supreme Court grants Iristel leave to appeal

telecom | 03/20/2023 6:31 pm EDT

SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear Iristel Inc.’s appeal over millions of dollars in denied tax credits the company wants restored. Last Thursday the SCC accepted Iristel’s application for leave to appeal over...

Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan

telecom | 03/17/2023 4:46 pm EDT

Feds spend $37 million for broadband rollout in Saskatchewan

The government of Canada announced Friday that it is spending $37 million to roll out broadband service in Saskatchewan. Over 5,000 homes will see their internet service improve in areas like Prince...

Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout

telecom | 03/16/2023 2:09 pm EDT

Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout

The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will...

Internet Rural broadband

Broadband, mobile prices drop slightly; still high internationally in 2022: Wall report

telecom | 03/14/2023 4:38 pm EDT

Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report

The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...

ISED mobile Wireless

ISED releases consult on WCS band licence renewal

telecom | 03/14/2023 4:26 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is seeking comments on the conditions for licence renewals and new licences in the wireless communications service (WCS) band. Last Tuesday ISED released a consultation on the renewal process for...

ISED Spectrum