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On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid ‘overly-prescriptive’ laws

Internet and Governance | 11/23/2022 6:30 pm EST

On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid 'overly-prescriptive' laws

MISSISSAUGA – Criticism of Telus Corp.’s location data program, used by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic, was fueled by misinformation because the media...

On outages, Rogers exec calls for ‘regulatory humility’ at CRTC

telecom | 11/23/2022 2:37 pm EST

On outages, Rogers exec calls for 'regulatory humility' at CRTC

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 Woodhead said that the CRTC needed to demonstrate "regulatory humility." The executive spoke Tuesday at a “regulatory blockbuster” panel for 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit. ...

Regulating TSPs, not suppliers, in cybersecurity bill will be ineffective: Telus exec

telecom | 11/22/2022 3:55 pm EST

Regulating TSPs, not suppliers, in cybersecurity bill will be ineffective: Telus exec

MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s vice president...

cybersecurity Privacy

CRTC’s finances are ‘fine’ for new responsibilities: Scott

Media | 11/22/2022 2:20 pm EST

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTC

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...

Fixed-wireless providers unfairly excluded from ISED funding plans: CanWISP

telecom | 11/22/2022 9:33 am EST

Fixed-wireless providers unfairly excluded from ISED funding plans: CanWISP

CanWISP, the trade organization that represents fixed wireless and rural...

Fixed Broadband

Videotron takeover of Freedom “dream scenario”, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/22/2022 7:46 am EST

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

The takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile unit by...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Commercial MDU exclusivity deals, high riser management fees re-monopolizing telecom sector: Beanfield founder

telecom | 11/21/2022 5:25 pm EST

Commercial MDU exclusivity deals, high riser management fees re-monopolizing telecom sector: Beanfield founder

MISSISSAUGA — Beanfield Technologies Inc.’s founder and CEO Dan Armstrong said the CRTC is allowing the “re-monopolization of the telecommunications...

CRTC Internet MDU

Telus continues its push to reform spectrum policies in conference keynote address

telecom | 11/21/2022 12:14 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

MISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...

Competition Bureau witness argues wireline essential for wireless offering, has credibility challenged by Rogers and Quebecor

telecom | 11/18/2022 2:15 pm EST

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': Barclays

Respective lawyers representing Rogers...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

CRTC reports fewer spam complaints in bi-annual report

Media | 11/17/2022 1:14 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Canadians have been sending slightly fewer complaints per week to the Spam...

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is directing the province of British...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Rogers-Shaw Tribunal hearings reveal the extent of Telus efforts to block merger

Media | 11/14/2022 5:59 pm EST

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

The second week of the Competition Tribunal's hearing into whether or not...

competition Competition bureau Rogers

Feds rollout $2.6 million in broadband in Alberta First Nations community

telecom | 11/11/2022 12:14 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Thursday the federal government announced it was rolling out $2.6 million...

Rural broadband

Distributel wouldn’t be able to offer Shaw pricing if it bought Freedom, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/11/2022 11:37 am EST

Distributel wouldn’t be able to offer Shaw pricing if it bought Freedom, Tribunal hears

Distributel Communications Ltd. attempted to...

Bell CRTC Rogers

Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court

Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST

Bell, Rogers, and Quebecor seek first-ever 'dynamic' site-blocking order

Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...

Copyright Court Internet

Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals

telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST

Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals

In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three cases involving telecom companies. In the first case, Marjorie Nelson sued Telus Corp. in a class action suit regarding wireless customers who cancelled their...

Bell Court Telus

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop

telecom | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop

Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...

Internet Quarterly Reports Rogers

Freedom Mobile sales hurt by merger uncertainty, dealer says

Media | 11/09/2022 10:52 am EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Service and sales improved when Shaw Communications Inc. bought Wind Mobile...

competition Rogers Shaw

CRTC directing numbering administrator to set aside 5 area codes for future use

telecom | 11/08/2022 5:41 pm EST

CRTC directing numbering administrator to set aside 5 area codes for future use

The CRTC is directing the Canadian Numbering Administrator (CNA) to set...

CIK Telecom files more Part 1s over access to buildings

telecom | 11/07/2022 4:03 pm EST

BC telecom seeks CRTC help in gaining access to MDUs

CIK Telecom Inc. has filed three more Part 1 applications with the CRTC,...

Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3

Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3

Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on Sep. 30, jumping to $4.67 billion from $4.25 billion this time last year, while the companies profit for the quarter was up 53.9 per cent to $551 million from $358 million...

Quarterly Reports Telus

Bell mopped up customers switching from Rogers in Q3

Media | 11/03/2022 6:15 pm EDT

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

BCE Inc. reported what it said were record subscriber additions in the third quarter of 2022, according...

Bell Quarterly Reports Rogers

PKP still hopeful over Freedom acquisition despite unfruitful mediation with Competition Bureau

Media | 11/03/2022 4:29 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. released its third quarter figures...

Quarterly Reports Quebecor Rogers

Xplore launching ultra-high density satellite in first half of 2023, expecting speeds of 100Mbps

telecom | 11/03/2022 4:04 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Xplore Inc.’s residential and business customers...

Internet Rural broadband

BC telecom seeks CRTC help in gaining access to MDUs

telecom | 11/02/2022 4:40 pm EDT

BC telecom seeks CRTC help in gaining access to MDUs

CIK Telecom Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC seeking to gain access to four properties...

CRTC hosts international counterparts to fight scams

telecom | 11/01/2022 4:40 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC hosted an in-person meeting with its counterparts in Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong and the...

Feds invest $15 million to further EXFO’s 5G development

telecom | 10/31/2022 2:57 pm EDT

Ericsson forecasts faster 5G rollout in updated report

The federal government has granted EXFO Inc. $15.9 million for 5G...

Cogeco plotting next steps on MVNO: CEO

telecom | 10/28/2022 4:39 pm EDT

New CEO announced for Cogeco, Audet vows family to retain control

While Cogeco Inc. is pleased to finally see the terms and conditions of the MVNO framework from the CRTC,...

Cogeco Internet Wireless

Eyes turn to tribunal hearing as mediation fails in Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 10/28/2022 3:05 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': Barclays

Two events this past week – Innovation Minister François-Philippe...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

ISED’s non-competitive licensing framework provides needed flexibility for regional players: expert

telecom | 10/26/2022 3:34 pm EDT

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

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 which will in turn open the door for smaller regional players. “Even with set-asides and spectrum caps some of the small wireless players were never going to be involved for two reasons: one: the...

Champagne announcement may signal eagerness to approve Rogers-Shaw deal: analysts

Media | 10/26/2022 2:56 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Financial analysts reacting to Tuesday's announcement from Innovation...

competition Competition bureau ISED

ISED lays out ‘expectations’ for Quebecor’s national debut, should Competition Tribunal allow it

telecom | 10/25/2022 6:52 pm EDT

ISED lays out 'expectations' for Quebecor's national debut, should Competition Tribunal allow it

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

C-11 allows Canadian cultural sector to avoid becoming “service industry”: Canada Media Fund

Media | 10/25/2022 4:03 pm EDT

Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the bill

Whether or not enough content is produced in...

Cancon Music streaming Television

Telecom sector surpasses 2020 investments and GDP, workforce, contributions: Report

telecom | 10/25/2022 2:02 pm EDT

Providers stirred up by ‘premature’ anti-spoofing system deadline

Canada’s telecommunications sector contributed $4.3 billion more in...

Internet Wireless

Bell granted World Cup site-blocking order; broadcasters seek NHL piracy blocking renewal

Media | 10/24/2022 5:07 pm EDT

Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers

The emerging ad-hoc regime of site-blocking in Canada expanded again on Friday, as a Federal Court judge granted a new site-blocking order to BCE Inc., this time in order to...

Bell Sports content Television

CRTC should force Rogers to engage in dispute resolution: Building owner tells CRTC

telecom | 10/21/2022 3:10 pm EDT

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

A Toronto-building owner in dispute with Rogers Communications Inc. told...

CRTC Internet Rogers

CRTC will take over 2 years to determine scope of Bill C-11: ex-Vice Chairperson

Media | 10/20/2022 2:11 pm EDT

Peter Menzies leaving CRTC in July

The former Vice Chairperson of the CRTC and a media company president...

Rogers, Shaw, accused of fishing expedition over Bell, Telus, subpoenas

Media | 10/20/2022 12:37 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. have accused Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Competition bureau Rogers Shaw

CRTC releases long-awaited MVNO terms and conditions

telecom | 10/19/2022 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

The CRTC has unveiled its long-awaited terms and conditions of service allowing mobile virtual network...

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

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

BCE Inc. says it would be inappropriate and...

Bell CRTC Rogers

CRTC delays Telus credit card ruling until later this fall

telecom | 10/18/2022 5:28 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

The CRTC has missed a deadline for ruling if Telus Corp. can impose a 1.5...

CRTC Landline phones Telus

Nokia expands Canadian facility, will create 340 new jobs

telecom | 10/17/2022 5:27 pm EDT

Nokia expands Canadian facility, will create 340 new jobs

OTTAWA–Nokia Corp. announced Monday that it is planning to expand its...

CRTC allows for use of hosted call handling solutions sites in the NG911 networks

telecom | 10/17/2022 5:24 pm EDT

CRTC allows for use of hosted call handling solutions sites in the NG911 networks

The CRTC determined that 911 governing authorities can designate...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

Nova Scotia warns telecoms to be ready in case of emergencies

telecom | 10/14/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Nova Scotia warns telecoms to be ready in case of emergencies

Thursday the Nova Scotia government tabled amendments to two laws which it says will make telecoms more responsive to their customers in the event of an emergency. The changes to the Emergency Management Act and to the Emergency 911 Act will require telecom companies to be...

Rural broadband Wireless

Competitive pay-telephone service provider’s dispute with Bell is left to the courts: CRTC

telecom | 10/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT

Wholesale payphone service no longer mandated: CRTC

The CRTC will not force BCE Inc. and Rogers...

PIAC attacks CRTC procedure on skinny TV price hike application

telecom | 10/13/2022 2:38 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has criticized the CRTC’s...

Wholesale HSA service not needed in Far North; LEOs will do: Northwestel

telecom | 10/12/2022 4:59 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

There’s no need for BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to introduce wholesale...

CRTC Internet Rural broadband

Thomas makes heritage critic, Perkins moves to industry in CPC shadow cabinet shuffle

Media | 10/12/2022 2:51 pm EDT

Tories seek committee hearings on Rogers-Shaw deal

New Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre...

Cancon Internet Television

SaskTel expands 5G service

telecom | 10/11/2022 4:59 pm EDT

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is expanding its 5G services to the area around Moose Jaw in the province, the telecom announced Tuesday. The service will be available by the end of March, 2023, the company stated in a press release. “I’m extremely pleased with the tremendous progress SaskTel has made since first launching their 5G network last December,” said Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SaskTel. According to the release, the expansion is part of SaskTel's $1.5 billion five-year...

Rogers found to have violated PIPEDA through voiceprint program

telecom | 10/07/2022 3:49 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. violated a customer’s privacy by not deleting...

PIAC and Telus support Bell’s review and vary over wholesale roaming services, Videotron disagrees

telecom | 10/07/2022 3:32 pm EDT

PIAC and Telus support Bell’s review and vary over wholesale roaming services, Videotron disagrees

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Telus...

Bell Quebecor Roaming

Pandemic has altered cybersecurity landscape: CIRA survey

telecom | 10/05/2022 4:29 pm EDT

Distributel asks court for ability to challenge future site-blocking

Just over half of IT security professionals feel their organization in more...

Internet Privacy

Ethics Committee calls for moratorium on use of facial recognition tech

telecom | 10/04/2022 5:07 pm EDT

Resources ‘already stretched’ as breach reports set to increase: OPC

Parliamentarians on the House of Commons Ethics committee are calling for a...

Fraud on the rise: RCMP; Data, enforcement needed for telecoms: anti-SIM swap advocate

telecom | 10/03/2022 5:22 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

In 2021, the RCMP detected a 130 per cent increase...

Cabinet should not intervene in non-mandated service: Rogers

telecom | 10/03/2022 4:55 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Rogers Communication Inc. is asking the federal government to reject City...

Eastlink Internet Rogers

CRTC orders proceeding into Rogers BDU dispute

telecom | 10/03/2022 4:51 pm EDT

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

A long-simmering dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and Toronto developer Lixo Developments Ltd....

CRTC MDU Rogers

Feds meet with telecoms over Hurricane Fiona, NS premier unimpressed

telecom | 09/30/2022 12:58 pm EDT

Feds meet with telecoms over Hurricane Fiona, NS premier unimpressed

Heads of Canada's major telecommunications companies met with federal...

Bell Rogers Rural broadband

Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World

Media | 09/30/2022 9:48 am EDT

Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World

by Jenna Cocullo At the frontier of the future Indigenous communities want to go from subscribers to owners Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4...

Indigenous Rural broadband Unlock

Four telecoms seek increase in basic TV service price, CRTC seeks comments

telecom | 09/28/2022 5:19 pm EDT

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

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

Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec last...

outage Rogers Rural broadband

CRTC issues best practices for 911 use by multi-line telephone systems

telecom | 09/26/2022 5:12 pm EDT

CRTC issues best practices for 911 use by multi-line telephone systems

The CRTC has approved the recommendations of the Emergency Services Working...

Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision

telecom | 09/23/2022 5:45 pm EDT

Bell files review and vary over Videotron pole access decision

BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada has filed a Part 1 review and vary application...

Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices

telecom | 09/21/2022 4:41 pm EDT

Privacy watchdogs call for better health data practices

Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners are calling on stakeholders to beef up protections for data when it comes to health information and the growing use of digital technologies in the health sector. In a joint resolution issued Wednesday,...

eHealth Privacy

Bell introduces gigabit 8.0 in areas of Toronto

telecom | 09/20/2022 3:02 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

BCE Inc. is introducing a new speed tier to its North American customers and subsequently filed a new...

ISED rejects transfer of Xplore licence to Telus

telecom | 09/19/2022 7:22 am EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) denied an application by...

Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers

Media | 09/16/2022 5:34 pm EDT

Bell launches new proceeding against pirate streamers

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...

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Internet and Governance | 09/14/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Telecom Act can act as guide to Online Streaming Act, Dufresne tells Senate

Senators should use privacy provisions in the Telecommunications Act as a template for protecting users of online content, the Privacy Commissioner said. Philippe Dufresne was speaking to the Senate...

Bell will fold EBox into Distributel: Bell CFO

telecom | 09/13/2022 6:15 pm EDT

Bell will fold EBox into Distributel: Bell CFO

BCE Inc. is planning to maintain recently acquired Distributel Ltd. as a standalone company, but will...

Bell CRTC Internet

Xplornet rebranding to Xplore as it plans to expand rural footprint

telecom | 09/13/2022 5:11 pm EDT

Xplornet turns on LTE in Newfoundland communities

Xplornet Communications Inc. is rebranding to Xplore Inc. “to better...

FTTP/FTTH Rural broadband Wireless

Rogers gets details on how Quebecor-Freedom deal harms competition

telecom | 09/13/2022 4:44 pm EDT

Quebecor spectrum sale has 'broad implications': Barclays

The Competition Bureau responded Monday to Rogers Communications Inc.’s...

competition CRTC Rogers

Relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection chance for gov. to redeem itself: PIAC

telecom | 09/12/2022 3:58 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the...

CRTC Internet wholesale rates

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition

Media | 09/09/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers wants more details on how Québecor-Freedom deal allegedly harms competition

Rogers Communications Inc. wants competition commissioner Matthew Boswell to explain exactly what "difficulties" Québecor Inc.’s Vidéotron will allegedly face with the...

competition Competition bureau Rogers

Telus’ credit card fee proposal violates Telecommunications Act: PIAC

telecom | 09/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Telus' credit card fee proposal violates Telecommunications Act: PIAC

Telus Corp.'s plan to introduce a 1.5 per cent surcharge for new and...

CRTC Landline phones Telus

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT

Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage

Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe...

CRTC ISED outage

CNOC takes issue with Shaw’s proposed costs for new 1.5 gigabit service

telecom | 09/07/2022 4:07 pm EDT

Plan comes together for TV subs boost in Shaw Q3: Mehr

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada is taking issue with a costing...

CRTC Internet Shaw

Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout

telecom | 09/06/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout

The Canadian government has partnered with the government of British...

Rural broadband Universal Broadband Fund

CRTC clarifies privacy rules for COVID tracing apps, declines to establish new regulations

telecom | 09/06/2022 4:49 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

The CRTC has clarified the rules around the collection and sharing of data from mobile wireless devices in the context of the contact tracing apps that were a major feature of...

CRTC Privacy Smartphones

CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology

telecom | 09/02/2022 5:06 pm EDT

CRTC approves CISC working group report on location technology

Friday the CRTC approved a report from the CRTC Interconnection Steering...

BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel

telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT

BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel

In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...

Bell CRTC Internet

Telus Health completes early takeover of LifeWorks in $2.3 billion deal

telecom | 09/01/2022 6:00 pm EDT

Telus Health completes early takeover of LifeWorks in $2.3 billion deal

Telus Health, a division of Telus Corp., finalized its takeover of...

eHealth m&a Telus

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal

telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal

Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

CNOC displeased with Rogers’ secrecy in outage

telecom | 08/31/2022 4:58 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is calling on the CRTC to force Rogers Communications...

cnoc Internet Rogers

CRTC approves 988 crisis number, won’t start until next year

telecom | 08/31/2022 4:57 pm EDT

CRTC approves 988 crisis number, won’t start until next year

Following months of discussion, the CRTC has finally implemented the use of...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

Bell tries again to stop Videotron’s ‘permanent roaming’

telecom | 08/30/2022 4:56 pm EDT

Bell tries again to stop Videotron's 'permanent roaming'

BCE Inc. has filed a review and vary application seeking to overturn a May...

Bell Quebecor Roaming

Federal government increases connectivity in Quebec and Ontario

telecom | 08/26/2022 5:06 pm EDT

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

The federal government announced two projects on Friday that will increase...

Bell Fibre optics Rural broadband

Rogers disclosure on outage, CRTC process not good enough: PIAC

telecom | 08/26/2022 4:57 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Again dissatisfied with the redactions in Rogers Communications Inc.'s public filings to the CRTC regarding the company's massive July 8 outage, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has again asked the CRTC to mandate greater disclosure from the incumbent telecom company. ...

CRTC Internet Rogers

CRTC launches new consultation website

Media | 08/25/2022 5:23 pm EDT

CRTC launches new consultation website

CRTC Thursday launched a website where Canadians can participate in a newly designed, streamlined version...

Rogers answers CRTC request for information on July outage

telecom | 08/24/2022 5:44 pm EDT

Rogers answers CRTC request for information on July outage

Rogers Communications Inc. filed a second response to a confidential Aug. 5...

CRTC Internet Rogers

CRTC puts out request for information on wholesale wireless

telecom | 08/24/2022 5:30 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has issued a request for information from the incumbent wireless...

Bell CRTC Rogers

Ethics commissioner finds no conflict of interest in TekSavvy complaint over Scott-Bibic beer

Media | 08/24/2022 5:29 pm EDT

Ethics commissioner finds no conflict of interest in TekSavvy complaint over Scott-Bibic beer

Canada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics...

Quebecor’s Freedom purchase enough to establish fourth national competitor, Rogers tells Comp. Tribunal

telecom | 08/23/2022 5:44 pm EDT

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

Quebecor Inc.’s intent to purchase of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile is enough to ensure its position as “an effective fourth wireless carrier” in Canada...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

CRTC investigating Northwestel outage in Nunavut

telecom | 08/22/2022 2:52 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is once again dealing with a service outage from a major carrier, in this case BCE Inc. property...

Bell CRTC Internet

Feds, province roll out broadband in southwestern Ontario

telecom | 08/19/2022 4:57 pm EDT

Feds, province roll out broadband in southwestern Ontario

The federal government and the government of Ontario have each pledged...

PIAC calls for suspension of Telus credit card charge application

telecom | 08/18/2022 5:15 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners Federation...

CRTC Landline phones Telus

Comp. Bureau’s silence on anti-competitive complaint allowing abuse of dominance to persist: TekSavvy

telecom | 08/17/2022 6:13 pm EDT

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency report

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has told the Competition...

Bell Internet Quebecor

CRTC rejects Stingray COVID relief request, orders broadcaster to pay $9M in tangible benefits

telecom | 08/16/2022 5:05 pm EDT

CRTC sides with creative sector in broadcasters’ CanCon relief proposal

The CRTC has denied an application from Stingray...

Broadcast COVID-19 CRTC

Feds give $675k for UWaterloo cybersecurity project

telecom | 08/16/2022 5:03 pm EDT

Feds give $675k for UWaterloo cybersecurity project

The federal government Tuesday announced $675,000 in funding for a University of Waterloo-based project...

Google loses patent infringement case against smart-speaker company

telecom | 08/16/2022 5:03 pm EDT

Google loses patent infringement case against smart-speaker company

The Federal Court dismissed Alphabet Inc.’s Google patent infringement...

Bell MTS continues to experience outages in Manitoba

telecom | 08/16/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Bell MTS continues to experience outages in Manitoba

BCE Inc. property Bell MTS had an outage on Monday that cut off internet and television services to...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

Major non-compliance issues decreased, insufficient information sharing increased in 2021: CCTS

telecom | 08/15/2022 5:53 pm EDT

Major non-compliance issues decreased, insufficient information sharing increased in 2021: CCTS

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) issued its 2021 compliance monitoring report on Monday. It found 2,400 alleged violations arising from...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless