Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom are. It wants to use that information when it sits down with CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides on Tuesday.
The campaigns director for the organization is excited for the...
BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its conditions of licence (COL) to cut Canadian content obligations.
In a Part 1 application published...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada...
The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...
CIK Telecom Inc. has filed five new Part 1 applications with the CRTC...
Lobbying commissioner Nancy Bélanger called for...
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 that year, as opposed to the 1.4 per cent decline posted in 2020. That 2020 fall was the largest ever recorded in the Communications Market Reports (CMR). The only other decrease was in 2002 when the dot-com bubble burst.
The chief factor in the 2021 increase was the...
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 Communications Inc. says giving BCE Inc....
BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to prohibit Rogers...
The CRTC has sent a letter to BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada demanding to know why the telecom imposed an...
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...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is fighting with two...
The CRTC has denied TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s...
A town in Alberta is condemning Telus Corp. for slowing down the rollout of...
Approximately 1,300 BCE Inc. employees will be left without a job, six radio stations closed and three sold due to “a challenging regulatory environment,” the company...
The airline industry must do more to protect its flights from 5G...
Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...
The CRTC released its biannual report on Canada’s anti-spam legislation...
The CRTC has issued a request for information on the rates Canadian wireless carriers charge as roaming...
It remains unclear if Cogeco Inc. will debut an MVNO offering in its Canadian cable footprint by the end of the year or if the company will have to put it off until 2024, according to a National Bank of Canada analyst.
“Management has always been clear that it will take...
The CRTC presented its public opinion research...
Residents of northern Ontario are still underserved when it comes to internet rollout, a new study...
Wednesday was the deadline for interested intervenors to file their comments on the CRTC’s...
Monday the CRTC approved a request by ATG Arrow Technology Group Ltd....
Vandals attacked the network of Cogeco Communications Inc. in the...
In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has...
Tuesday the CRTC announced it was beginning a proceeding into emergency...
An Ontario-based carrier has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC after...
The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same manner as retail mobile wireless services, Canada’s incumbent telecommunications...
The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption...
In a press release Tuesday Xplore Inc. said it reached 16,000 premises to...
When the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered China Mobile...
OTTAWA–The Federal Court of Appeal and the Competition Tribunal did not...
OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its various stakeholders, the commission chair said Monday. Vicky Eatrides was the opening speaker at the annual conference of the International Institute of Communications Canadian Chapter.
“A key...
While calling it an "improvement" over both the current existing private-sector privacy law and a "step...
The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...
The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile...
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...
Telus Corp. reported profits of $224 million for the three months ending March 31, a 45 per cent dip...
Swedish telecom manufacturer Ericsson AB and Bragg Communications Inc.’s...
BCE Inc.’s CEO said that the government’s job...
OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association is dropping the “wireless” from its name and will henceforth be known as the Canadian Telecommunications Association, the group announced Wednesday. When it was founded in 1975, the organization was called the Canadian Radio Carriers Association....
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the...
Less than two months after the launch of an...
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill that requires...
MPs from both sides of the House of Commons were upset that 911 service was not available to a...
Rogers Communications Inc. released its first quarterly report since it was granted approval to take over Shaw Communications Inc.
The numbers, presented Wednesday, were robust and delighted market analysts. Later during the day, the company announced it would enter the...
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...
Former Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains has been appointed Rogers Communications Inc.'s chief corporate...
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...
The CRTC has again extended its deadline for comments and replies on a...
The government of Canada announced Monday it was investing $470 million in...
Provincial public safety agencies are requesting...
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...
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a Telus...
Cogeco Communications Inc. plans to aggressively enter the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) sphere now that the situation in the marketplace has stabilized.
Company CEO Philippe Jetté made the remarks in a conference call following the release of the...
To mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, the Ottawa Police Service issued a news release...
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
Three BCE Inc. subsidiaries are suing a man and his co-conspirators for...
The government is in the process of checking into how many phone numbers in...
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 Association of Broadcasters (CAB), Telus Corp., the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA) and the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP).
Thomson tells Wire Report he plans to spend more time on his hobbies in retirement and looks forward to a life of less pressure after a long career. He remains proud of the work he has done at the CCSA.
“I think I’ve solidified the organization and put it on a good...
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found...
Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...
After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...
On the same day the Innovation Minister...
The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...
OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...
The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...
Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband services may soon be required to make service quality metrics during peak periods and typical download and upload speeds during...
Public broadcasting advocacy group Friends is “frustrated” that the...
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC...
Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the...
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 are DMTS, KMTS and Télébec.
Bell is planning to construct fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) facilities in its non-incumbent regions. Currently 911 fees in those areas fluctuate...
The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...
The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...
The CRTC is worried about telephone number depletion and is suggesting that number pools be reduced to...
Rogers Communications Inc. has given an undue preference to itself by...
A working group composed of Canadian telecommunication service providers (CTSPs) and experts from the department of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)...
The CRTC Wednesday approved a proposal by TBayTel Inc. that it be permitted to delay the implementation...
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...
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...
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 Albert, Saskatoon, Regina and Yorkton-Melville. About 2,700 of those households will be in indigenous regions. Mobile connectivity will be augmented along 500 km of highway in the province.
“Today’s announcement in Meadow Lake marks a significant milestone for...
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will...
The 2022 edition of the department of Innovation,...
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is seeking comments on the...
Monday the CRTC granted SSi Micro Ltd. an extension of the deadline for...
Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of costs awards to various interest groups. The telecom will see its contributions decline under the new regime.
In February 2022, the commission issued a costs awards...
Telecom experts say that a Senate bill that would...
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Ericsson Canada announced Tuesday that Jeanette Irekvist has been appointed president of the telecom manufacturer. The appointment is effective immediately.
She will remain as VP and head of customer unit Canada. She succeeds...
BCE Inc. subsidiary Télébec is asking the CRTC for permission to...
For the second time this week, Execulink Telecom Inc. has filed an...
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
The CRTC Wednesday issued a notice of consultation about a telecom service provider (TSP) it says has not...
The CRTC is asking Canadians and interested parties to weigh in on whether or not the regulator should include the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) retail...
