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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: studySeveral 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...

Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

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

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario marketsQuebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc. have formally inked a deal that would see Quebecor purchase Shaw's Freedom Mobile brand should regulators approve the latter's acquisition by Rogers.  In a Friday morning press release, the three...

CRTC seeks to confirm Rogers-Shaw deal on cable lines

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC is asking Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. to confirm that they have...

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

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...

OneSoccer demands carriage on Rogers

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

OneSoccer demands carriage on RogersAn independent soccer channel is petitioning the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to carry its...

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 toldThe Parliamentary committee looking at so-called on device investigation tools (ODITs) was told that some politicians are being looked at as security risks. Former CSIS agent...

PIAC, CNOC detail disclosure request on Rogers outage 

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe Public Interest Advocacy Centre has asked the CRTC to mandate that...

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

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

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

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

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

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

CRTC approves $30M in CAV funding

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

CRTC approves $30M in CAV fundingThe Canadian Administrator of VRS Inc. (CAV) received $30 million in funding from the National...

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 ISPsCity Wide Communications Inc.'s lack of growth in Nova Scotia is due to the presence of other third-party internet access (TPIA) competitors in the province, rather than...

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

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...

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

Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division

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

Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of divisionTelus Corp. announced Tuesday that its agricultural division will be expanding its scope, resulting in...

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: ResearchThe House of Commons Ethics committee will hold two days worth of hearings studying the use of "device investigation tools" used by the RCMP, and will request information on...

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 AGTwo Canadian and American governing authorities responsible for...

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...

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

CNOC supports proposed policy direction, with “minor changes”

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

STB data measurement complex task, group saysThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada has lent its full-throated...

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 beginsConservative MP Todd Doherty continued his fight for a national three-digit...

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 MobileXplornet Communications Inc.'s Xplore Mobile will shut down at the end of August, the company announced Friday afternoon.  In a statement, the company blamed regulatory...

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

CRTC demands answers on Rogers outage

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionIn an uncommonly strongly worded letter, the CRTC has asked Rogers Communications Inc. to provide a broad...

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 outageInnovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has directed the nation's largest telecommunications companies to negotiate "mutual assistance" agreements during outages,...

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

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

Competition Bureau not satisfied with Freedom divestiture to Quebecor

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionIn a Wednesday morning joint statement, Rogers Communications Inc. and 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 yearsTelus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario...

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 spectrum auction Thursday. The auction will begin on Oct. 24, 2023 and will feature spectrum in the 3800 MHz band. A large section of the framework is aimed at promoting...

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

CRTC yearly telecom fees increase by 24 per cent

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe CRTC is estimating that its telecommunications fees for the 2022-2023 fiscal year will total just...

Corus revenue up, profit down

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

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

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

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

ISED’s low-income internet program launchesThe federal government and Quebec announced $8.2 million in joint funding...

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: CSEThere 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 annual report.  The data was taken from information from the agency’s Canadian Centre for Cyber Security division. The fiscal year ran from Apr. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2022 “This fiscal year, the Cyber Centre opened 2,023 cyber security incident cases,” the report...

NorthwesTel details NWT outage

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

CRTC denies Northwestel Wholesale Connect applicationIn response to a CRTC request for information from BCE Inc.-subsidiary NorthwesTel, the company detailed...

CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout in North

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

CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout in NorthMonday the CRTC approved claim forms for four projects under the Broadband Fund. The payment orders went...

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: MPThe Competitive Network Operators of Canada has filed an intervention in...

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

ISED launches Phase 2 of Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy

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

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksMinister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...

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 2018Late Monday night the Senate passed a reformed version of a bill that seeks...

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

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

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario marketsThe biggest piece of Friday night's blockbuster...

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 AlbertaThe federal government is putting nearly $500,000 into broadband infrastructure in West Bragg Creek, Alta., it was announced Monday.  Approximately 280 households will receive high-speed internet. High-speed is defined as 50 megabits per second (Mbps) to download and 10...

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

Gov. tables three-headed private sector privacy reform bill

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

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksTouting it as a "historic day" at an afternoon press conference, Innovation...

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

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 structuresThe CRTC has imposed an administrative monetary penalty (AMP) of $7.5 million on BCE Inc. for violating the Telecommunications Act and delaying the network deployment of its main competitor in Quebec. According to its Wednesday decision, the incumbent was fined $2.5...

Government introduces two-part cybersecurity bill

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

Government introduces two-part cybersecurity billThe government’s new cybersecurity bill, introduced on Tuesday, is taking a two-pronged approach. One...

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...

CRTC issues notice on 2022-2023 estimated telemarketing regulatory costs

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

STB data measurement complex task, group saysThe CRTC is estimating that its telemarketing regulatory costs for the...

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendments

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

ILECs and CLECs spar over telecom fees amendmentsRogers Communications Inc. and Cogeco Inc. are among competitors protesting proposed changes to the...

Philippe Dufresne appointed Privacy Commissioner

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

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rulesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner Wednesday. ...

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

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 NorthThe CRTC announced it was initiating a proceeding to improve telecommunications services in Canada’s north.  The area covered includes the three territories, northern British Columbia and northern Alberta, it announced in a Wednesday press release.  The commission...

Building owner ordered to give Rogers access to Toronto facility

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

Rogers files another MDU access complaintThe CRTC gave Rogers Communications Inc. permission Wednesday to access a...

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

ISED launches mmWave consultation

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

ISED launches mmWave consultationThe Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development has launched its consultation on the...

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 caseThe Federal Court of Appeal has sided with the attorney general of Canada...

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 billWhen it comes to the government's plan to lower the threshold governing the search of personal digital devices at Canadian border crossings, lawyers from the federal privacy watchdog are reiterating a call they made some three years ago.  The standard for the search of...

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

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsRogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a...

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

Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogs

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

Tim Hortons app violated privacy laws: privacy watchdogsCanadian coffee chain Tim Hortons violated national privacy law because...

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

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

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau saysOTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...

Next CRTC chair must be bilingual: Rodriguez

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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe Minister of Canadian Heritage has assured the House of Commons that the next chair of the CRTC will...

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 plansRogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have reached an...

Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixed

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

Stakeholder reaction to CRTC policy direction mixedAmongst those independent internet service providers (ISPs) who had been pleading with the federal government to overturn the CRTC's 2021 reversal of a 2019 decision that drastically lowered the rates those ISPs paid for access to incumbent networks, reaction to Thursday's...

CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming

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

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

Canada and Quebec invest $200K each in broadband rollout

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

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband projectThe governments of Canada and of Quebec are each investing $199,305 in...

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...

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 regimeThe federal government is seeking to issue a new policy direction to the...

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, fundingThe Independent Telecommunications Providers Association (ITPA) is suggesting to the CRTC that it establish a single low national next-generation 911 (NG911) rate for all...

On Rogers-Shaw, focus shifts to network sharing agreements

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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionAs the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and 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: MPA consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application...

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

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

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario marketsThe reported network sharing deal inked between Freedom Mobile-hopeful...

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networks

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

BREAKING: Feds ban Huawei from 5G networksThe federal government Thursday announced that it would be banning equipment from "high risk vendors",...

Telus backs Rogers paper billing cost complaint against Bell

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsAfter Rogers Communications Inc. complained to the CRTC that it had...

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

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 auctionA federal court judge has dismissed a challenge...

Comp. laws are too focused on price: Lawson Hunter

Media | 05/16/2022 7:21 pm EDT

Comp. laws are too focused on price: Lawson HunterCanada's competition laws have become too sensitive to price, particularly in mergers, and should instead focus more on the role of innovation and change, according to a Canadian competition and regulatory lawyer. Lawson Hunter, a former senior civil servant involved in...