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City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

telecom | 08/15/2022 3:39 pm EDT

City Wide wants GiC to force relocation of Eastlink’s TPIA point of interconnection

City Wide Communications Inc. is asking the Governor in Council to reverse a CRTC decision which allows Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink to charge what the competitor...

CRTC wholesale rates

In petitions to GiC, broadcasting stakeholders upset of lack of local news requirements for CBC

telecom | 08/12/2022 5:06 pm EDT

CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study

Several broadcast industry stakeholders are arguing to the Governor-in-Council (GIC) that the CRTC’s treatment of local news in the CBC/Radio-Canada’s licence renewal...

Cancon Cbc CRTC

Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines

telecom | 08/12/2022 2:30 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime

telecom | 08/11/2022 5:50 pm EDT

Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime

Submissions to the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

ISED auctioning off 42 licences left up for grabs

telecom | 08/11/2022 5:28 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is auctioning off 42 spectrum...

Spectrum

OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers

telecom | 08/10/2022 4:22 pm EDT

OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers

An independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its programming on the telecom giant’s cable network. Timeless Inc., parent company of OneSoccer channel, has filed a seven-page document with the commission. Currently, only...

CRTC Rogers Sports content

Canadian politicians subject to police surveillance, Ethics committee told

telecom | 08/09/2022 6:32 pm EDT

Canadian politicians subject to police surveillance, Ethics committee told

The Parliamentary committee looking at so-called on device investigation...

Privacy Smartphones Wireless

PIAC, CNOC detail disclosure request on Rogers outage

telecom | 08/08/2022 6:54 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to mandate that...

CRTC Rogers Wireless

RCMP not using Pegasus, Ethics committee upset with lack of information

telecom | 08/08/2022 6:50 pm EDT

RCMP not using Pegasus, Ethics committee upset with lack of information

The RCMP are not deploying the Pegasus system to conduct surveillance on...

Privacy Smartphones

Telus posts big profits on strength of customer additions

telecom | 08/05/2022 5:24 pm EDT

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

Telus Corp.’s profits shot up by almost 45 per cent after it reported its...

Telus

VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...

Competition bureau Quarterly Reports Quebecor

Bell revenues up, profits down as company releases Q2 numbers

telecom | 08/04/2022 3:51 pm EDT

Bell revenues up, profits down as company releases Q2 numbers

BCE Inc. announced revenues of $5.86 billion for the second quarter of 2022...

Bell Internet Rogers

China Mobile still seeking evidence from Gov. banning order

telecom | 08/03/2022 5:24 pm EDT

China Mobile still seeking evidence from Gov. banning order

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. is seeking to challenge a court...

Wireless

Cogeco gets approval for TPIA speeds and rates from CRTC

telecom | 08/02/2022 4:27 pm EDT

Cogeco gets approval for TPIA speeds and rates from CRTC

Monday the CRTC granted approval of a change in speeds for third party...

Cogeco CRTC TPIA

CRTC approves $30M in CAV funding

telecom | 08/02/2022 4:09 pm EDT

CRTC approves $30M in CAV funding

The Canadian Administrator of VRS Inc. (CAV) received $30 million in funding from the National Contribution Fund (NCF). VRS allows the hard of hearing to use sign language during calls. VRS connects a sign language user with an operator who can interpret between sign language and spoken language. According to a CRTC decision released Tuesday, the amount will be issued by the NCF to the CAV in 12 equal monthly installments, which began in Jan. 2022. "Access to this funding will enable the CAV to continue to offer...

CRTC

City Wide is the victim of competition, not anti-competitive practice: Eastlink

telecom | 07/29/2022 4:44 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

City Wide Communications Inc.'s lack of growth in Nova Scotia is due to the...

CRTC Fibre optics Internet

Parties may request additional disclosure from Rogers on outage: CRTC

telecom | 07/28/2022 5:57 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

The CRTC has said it may ask for additional information from Rogers Communications Inc. on the July 8 nationwide outage that the commission is...

CRTC

Beanfield acquires Urbanfibre

telecom | 07/28/2022 3:52 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Toronto network operator Beanfield Technologies Inc. has acquired another internet service provider, this...

Fibre optics FTTP/FTTH Internet

Rogers profit soars based off roaming and subscriber adds in second quarter

Media | 07/27/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. reported a soaring profit margin for the...

Quarterly Reports Rogers

Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division

telecom | 07/26/2022 5:45 pm EDT

Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division

Telus Corp. announced Tuesday that its agricultural division will be expanding its scope, resulting in the section being rebranded Telus Agriculture & Consumer Goods. The two-year-old subsidiary of the western telecom connects participants across the supply chain....

agriculture Telus

Ethics committee to study RCMP’s use of ‘device investigation tools’

telecom | 07/26/2022 5:42 pm EDT

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

The House of Commons Ethics committee will hold...

Privacy rcmp

Canadian, U.S., STIR/SHAKEN authorities sign MoU on robocalling

telecom | 07/26/2022 3:57 pm EDT

Ontario’s increasing social media advertising worries AG

Two Canadian and American governing authorities responsible for...

CRTC Smartphones

After outage, Rogers vows to separate wireless and wireline networks; critics not impressed with CRTC response

Media | 07/25/2022 7:45 pm EDT

After outage, Rogers vows to separate wireless and wireline networks; critics not impressed with CRTC response

The July 8 nationwide Rogers Communications Inc....

CRTC Internet Rogers

Comp. commish has no issue granting Videotron intervenor status in Rogers-Shaw merger tribunal

telecom | 07/22/2022 5:38 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

The Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

After Rogers outage, Interac failure highlights need for more risk oversight, competition in payments space, observers say

telecom | 07/21/2022 4:03 pm EDT

After Rogers outage, Interac failure highlights need for more risk oversight, competition in payments space, observers say

On July 8, when Rogers Communications Inc.'s...

competition Internet Rogers

ISED approves Bell, Telus, spectrum licence swap

telecom | 07/19/2022 4:08 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved several...

Spectrum

CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects

telecom | 07/19/2022 3:54 pm EDT

CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects

Tuesday the CRTC issued approvals of several statements of work for...

CRTC Rural broadband

CNOC supports proposed policy direction, with “minor changes”

Media | 07/19/2022 10:38 am EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has lent its full-throated...

CRTC

Doherty demands 988 service in Canada as US rollout begins

telecom | 07/18/2022 5:07 pm EDT

Doherty demands 988 service in Canada as US rollout begins

Conservative MP Todd Doherty continued his fight for a national three-digit helpline for mental crises and suicide prevention. He proposed a motion which passed unanimously in the House of Commons back in 2020 but there has been little progress made since. Saturday the...

Smartphones Wireless

Xplornet to shut down Xplore Mobile, blaming CRTC delays in MVNO regime

telecom | 07/16/2022 11:34 am EDT

Xplornet to brand wireless service Xplore Mobile

Xplornet Communications Inc.'s Xplore Mobile will shut down at the end of...

CRTC Wireless

INDU to hold hearings into Rogers outage, CIRA backs full public hearing at CRTC

telecom | 07/15/2022 5:20 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

The House of Commons Industry committee will launch hearings into the...

CRTC Internet Rogers

Quebecor’s Freedom deal doesn’t change MVNO plans; CRTC framework is ‘first step’: Cogeco CEO

telecom | 07/14/2022 5:20 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Cogeco Inc. president and CEO Philippe Jetté said...

Cogeco

Bell says record precipitation in Winnipeg causing outages and delaying repairs for landlines

telecom | 07/13/2022 4:52 pm EDT

Bell says record precipitation in Winnipeg causing outages and delaying repairs for landlines

BCE Inc. is claiming that “ongoing record...

Bell CRTC FTTP/FTTH

CRTC demands answers on Rogers outage

telecom | 07/12/2022 4:57 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

In an uncommonly strongly worded letter, the CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a broad swath of information about last Friday's outage. Writing to Rogers' senior vice-president of regulatory affairs Ted Woodhead Tuesday, the CRTC's executive director...

CRTC Internet Rogers

Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage

telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT

Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne...

Bell CRTC Rogers

Quebec hotel company asks CRTC to mandate negotiations with Bell

Media | 07/11/2022 5:43 pm EDT

Quebec hotel company asks CRTC to mandate negotiations with Bell

A Quebec-based hotel accused of copyright infringement is asking the CRTC...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal

telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

UPDATED: Nationwide Rogers outage affecting wireline and wireless networks; PIAC calls for CRTC inquiry

telecom | 07/08/2022 10:44 am EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

Rogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a...

Rogers Wireless

CRTC will allow Bell to keep central office location secret for disaggregated service, over TekSavvy’s objections

telecom | 07/07/2022 5:32 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC had decided to allow BCE Inc. to keep...

CRTC wholesale rates

In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC

telecom | 07/06/2022 5:36 pm EDT

In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC

BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to rescind its order to make seamless handoffs...

Bell CRTC Rogers

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

telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT

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

In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...

ISED mobile Wireless

Competition Bureau not satisfied with Freedom divestiture to Quebecor

Media | 07/06/2022 9:55 am EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

In a Wednesday morning joint statement, Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Competition bureau Rogers Shaw

Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years

telecom | 07/05/2022 4:00 pm EDT

Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years

Telus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario Tuesday. The company estimates the move will create 9,500 jobs between now and 2026. The company intends to invest $70 billion nationally by 2026, according to a release. ...

5g Rural broadband Telus

ISED issues rules for 3800 MHz spectrum auction

telecom | 06/30/2022 5:55 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued the rules for its next...

ISED Spectrum Wireless

City Wide appeals Eastlink POI decision at CRTC

telecom | 06/30/2022 5:51 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

City Wide Communications Inc. is appealing the CRTC's decision not to force Bragg Communications Inc. to...

Cable CRTC Internet

CRTC yearly telecom fees increase by 24 per cent

telecom | 06/29/2022 5:38 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is estimating that its telecommunications fees for the 2022-2023 fiscal year will total just...

CRTC

Corus revenue up, profit down

Media | 06/29/2022 5:18 pm EDT

Corus revenue up, profit down

For the three months that ended on May 31, Corus Entertainment Inc.'s overall revenue was up to $433.5...

Corus Quarterly Reports

Feds, Quebec, announce funding for rural high-speed internet

telecom | 06/29/2022 5:02 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

The federal government and Quebec announced $8.2 million in joint funding to bring high-speed internet to 25 communities in rural areas of the province. Sogetel Inc., BCE Inc., Coopérative de câblodistribution de l'arrière-pays (CCAP), Coopérative de...

Bell FTTP/FTTH Internet

CSE discovers more than 2000 cyber security incidents last year

telecom | 06/29/2022 5:01 pm EDT

Public Health Agency among most targeted for cyber threats: CSE

There were nearly half a dozen cyber security incidents targeting federal institutions each day in the last fiscal year, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed Wednesday in its...

NorthwesTel details NWT outage

telecom | 06/28/2022 5:10 pm EDT

CRTC denies Northwestel Wholesale Connect application

In response to a CRTC request for information from BCE Inc.-subsidiary NorthwesTel, the company detailed...

Cable Internet Landline phones

CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout in North

telecom | 06/27/2022 4:18 pm EDT

CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout in North

Monday the CRTC approved claim forms for four projects under the Broadband Fund. The payment orders went...

CRTC Rural broadband

CNOC back regional carriers’ call for roaming rates review

telecom | 06/24/2022 5:00 pm EDT

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

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has filed an intervention in...

cnoc CRTC Roaming

PIAC looking at legal options after Heritage says GIC has no jurisdiction in Rogers-Shaw petition

Media | 06/23/2022 6:56 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

In a letter from the Deputy Minister of Canadian...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

telecom | 06/23/2022 5:48 pm EDT

CRTC outlines framework to block botnets from internet traffic

In a Thursday decision, the CRTC announced it was implementing regulations...

botnet CRTC

ISED launches Phase 2 of Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy

telecom | 06/22/2022 3:52 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...

Internet Iot

Cell phone border search bill, with higher search threshold, passes Senate

telecom | 06/21/2022 5:24 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

Late Monday night the Senate passed a reformed version of a bill that seeks...

Privacy Smartphones

Lack of network sharing arrangement “notable” in Quebecor Freedom deal: analyst

telecom | 06/20/2022 5:34 pm EDT

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

The biggest piece of Friday night's blockbuster announcement of a deal that would see Quebecor Inc. emerge victorious as the buyer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s Freedom Mobile...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Feds invest $500,000 in broadband rollout in Alberta

telecom | 06/20/2022 4:50 pm EDT

Feds invest $500,000 in broadband rollout in Alberta

The federal government is putting nearly $500,000 into broadband infrastructure in West Bragg Creek,...

Funding Universal Broadband Fund

Tory MP takes second stab at bill mandating ISPs publicize service quality metrics

telecom | 06/17/2022 3:46 pm EDT

Tory MP takes second stab at bill mandating ISPs publicize service quality metrics

Conservative MP Dan Mazier introduced a private members bill to the House...

CRTC Internet

Gov. tables three-headed private sector privacy reform bill

Media | 06/16/2022 5:45 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

Touting it as a "historic day" at an afternoon press conference, Innovation...

Privacy Smartphones

Telus Health buys LifeWorks in $2.3B deal, analysts upbeat

telecom | 06/16/2022 4:02 pm EDT

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

Telus Corp. announced Thursday it is purchasing digital health company...

agriculture eHealth Telus

Mendicino and Champagne say cyber security bill protects infrastructure; NDP wants more reporting requirements

telecom | 06/15/2022 6:03 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The two ministers responsible for the Act Respecting Cyber Security (ARCS) defended the legislation Tuesday while the Opposition worries they are letting companies hide cyber...

Privacy Spectrum Wireless

CRTC fines Bell for delaying access to support structures

telecom | 06/15/2022 4:03 pm EDT

CRTC fines Bell for delaying access to support structures

The CRTC has imposed an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $7.5...

Bell CRTC

Government introduces two-part cybersecurity bill

telecom | 06/14/2022 6:45 pm EDT

Government introduces two-part cybersecurity bill

The government’s new cybersecurity bill, introduced on Tuesday, is taking a two-pronged approach. One...

CRTC Privacy

Proposed mmWave deployment requirements “radical change;” shorter licence terms biggest positive: Professor

telecom | 06/14/2022 11:26 am EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic...

ISED mmWave Spectrum

Senate committee rejects Gov. threshold for border cell phone search bill

Media | 06/13/2022 5:56 pm EDT

Senate committee rejects Gov. threshold for border cell phone search bill

The Senate's National Security and Defence Committee has pushed back...

Privacy

CRTC issues notice on 2022-2023 estimated telemarketing regulatory costs

telecom | 06/13/2022 2:32 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC is estimating that its telemarketing regulatory costs for the...

CRTC

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

telecom | 06/10/2022 4:33 pm EDT

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

Rogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...

CRTC Funding

Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner

telecom | 06/09/2022 2:19 pm EDT

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rules

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner Wednesday. ...

OPC Privacy

CRTC denies Bell’s review and vary on toll-trunk tariff language

telecom | 06/09/2022 12:58 pm EDT

CRTC denies Bell’s review and vary on toll-trunk tariff language

The CRTC has denied a request from BCE Inc. to stay a 2021 commission order...

Bell CRTC Landline phones

The border is a “perfect storm” for discrimination in cell phone search bill: Citizen Lab fellow

Media | 06/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review

The government's effort to convince parliamentarians to lower the threshold for the searching of cell phones and laptops at border crossings is based in "the fiction that data...

Privacy Smartphones

CRTC looks at improving telecom services in Far North

Media | 06/08/2022 4:21 pm EDT

CRTC looks at improving telecom services in Far North

The CRTC announced it was initiating a proceeding to improve telecommunications services in Canada’s...

CRTC Indigenous Rural broadband

Building owner ordered to give Rogers access to Toronto facility

telecom | 06/08/2022 2:53 pm EDT

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

The CRTC gave Rogers Communications Inc. permission Wednesday to access a...

CRTC MDU

Rodriguez slams Tories for misinformation on Online Streaming Act

Media | 06/07/2022 3:45 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...

Bill C-11 Cancon

ISED launches mmWave consultation

Media | 06/06/2022 5:21 pm EDT

ISED launches mmWave consultation

The Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development has launched its consultation on the...

5g ISED mmWave

Appeal court strikes Iristel application for judicial review on tax audit

telecom | 06/06/2022 5:16 pm EDT

Freedom cites ‘suspicious patterns’ in Iristel traffic pumping case

The Federal Court of Appeal has sided with the attorney general of Canada by striking an application by Iristel Inc. to the federal court in which the company alleged that it...

Iristel

OPC calls for higher threshold on border cell phone search bill

telecom | 06/06/2022 5:01 pm EDT

OPC calls for higher threshold on border cell phone search bill

When it comes to the government's plan to lower the threshold governing the...

Privacy Smartphones

Rogers, Telus, want CRTC to deny TekSavvy TPIA tariff changes

telecom | 06/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a...

CRTC Internet Rogers

OPC needs budget doubled, Therrien says in swan song

telecom | 06/03/2022 5:19 pm EDT

Experts say there is no road map for a Facebook-OPC court fight

If the government reintroduces its online privacy bill, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) will...

Privacy

Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs

Media | 06/01/2022 5:48 pm EDT

Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons violated national privacy law because...

Internet Privacy Smartphones

Searches of cell phones should meet same threshold as mail: civil liberties advocates

telecom | 06/01/2022 5:35 pm EDT

Searches of cell phones should meet same threshold as mail: civil liberties advocates

Given that the data contained on personal digital...

Privacy Smartphones

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

telecom | 06/01/2022 4:06 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Next CRTC chair must be bilingual: Rodriguez

Media | 05/31/2022 6:42 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban

The Minister of Canadian Heritage has assured the House of Commons that the next chair of the CRTC will...

CRTC

Lower, legally novel threshold in Bill S-7 needed for “unique situation”: minister

telecom | 05/31/2022 6:04 pm EDT

Lower, legally novel threshold in Bill S-7 needed for "unique situation": minister

The government's attempt to create a brand new...

Privacy Smartphones

Rogers-Shaw deal on hold until Competition Tribunal proceeding

Media | 05/30/2022 5:20 pm EDT

Rogers sued by Competition Bureau over alleged false advertising in ‘unlimited’ data plans

Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have reached an agreement with the Competition Bureau on a preliminary injunction for their proposed merger until the case is heard and decided by the Competition Tribunal. The Competition Bureau announced the...

Rogers Shaw

Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixed

telecom | 05/27/2022 5:33 pm EDT

Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixed

Amongst those independent internet service providers (ISPs) who had been pleading with the federal...

Bell CRTC Data charges

CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming

telecom | 05/27/2022 3:52 pm EDT

CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming

BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility Inc. has lost an application before the CRTC about Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...

Bell CRTC Quebecor

Canada and Quebec invest $200K each in broadband rollout

telecom | 05/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT

The governments of Canada and of Quebec are each investing $199,305 in...

Rural broadband

New legislation needed to cover growing privacy issues: Therrien

Media | 05/26/2022 4:07 pm EDT

Privacy commish vows more ‘proactive enforcement’

Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is calling for new legislation that...

OPC Privacy

Gov. issues new CRTC policy direction with guidance for wholesale regime

telecom | 05/26/2022 4:02 pm EDT

Gov. issues new CRTC policy direction with guidance for wholesale regime

The federal government is seeking to issue a new policy direction to the CRTC, ordering the regulator to promote, encourage, and foster competition, affordability, consumer...

CRTC MVNO wholesale rates

ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding

telecom | 05/25/2022 6:27 pm EDT

ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding

The Independent Telecommunications Providers...

CRTC Wireless

On Rogers-Shaw, focus shifts to network sharing agreements

Media | 05/25/2022 6:12 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

As the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Regional wireless carriers seek review of incumbents’ roaming rates

telecom | 05/24/2022 5:43 pm EDT

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

A consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application...

CRTC Roaming Wireless

Network sharing deal with Telus strengthens Globalive bid for Freedom: analysts

telecom | 05/20/2022 4:28 pm EDT

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

The reported network sharing deal inked between Freedom Mobile-hopeful...

Rogers Shaw Telus

Bill C-11 could be fully implemented within two years of receiving Royal Assent: CRTC chair

Media | 05/19/2022 5:19 pm EDT

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

The CRTC will take at least two years to fully...

Bill C-11 Broadcast Cancon

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

telecom | 05/19/2022 5:12 pm EDT

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

The federal government Thursday announced that it would be banning equipment from "high risk vendors",...

5g Huawei Unlock

Telus backs Rogers paper billing cost complaint against Bell

telecom | 05/19/2022 4:11 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

After Rogers Communications Inc. complained to the CRTC that it had...

CRTC

Heritage committee calls for rejection of Rogers-Shaw deal

Media | 05/18/2022 4:34 pm EDT

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The House of Commons Heritage committee is arguing against the merger of...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Court dismisses Telus challenge to Quebecor set-aside acquisitions in 3,500 MHz auction

Media | 05/18/2022 3:27 pm EDT

Court dismisses Telus challenge to Quebecor set-aside acquisitions in 3,500 MHz auction

A federal court judge has dismissed a challenge from BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. to Quebecor Inc.'s acquisitions of set-aside spectrum in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba...

5g Spectrum