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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 organized crime and terrorism suspects, the force and the minister responsible told the House of...

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 best second quarter on record for mobile and fixed customer additions. Telus’ profits soared to $498 million from the $344 million it reported in the same period last year, the company reported...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 saysThe Commissioner of Competition said Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron should be granted intervenor status in the review of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 changesRogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a widespread outage, affecting both its home internet and wireless customers, as well as the wholesale-based internet service...

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

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 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.  ...

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...

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...

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 support of a Part 1 request for the CRTC to review the methodology by which the regulator sets roaming tariffs.  In a June 23 intervention, CNOC argued that the original application from a...

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 announcement of a deal that would see Quebecor Inc. emerge victorious as the buyer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s Freedom Mobile...

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,...

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...

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 against the government's effort to establish a legally novel threshold for the search of personal digital...

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...

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 reviewThe 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...

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...

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...

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 users of its app had “their movements tracked and recorded every few minutes of every day, even when their app was not open,” according to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and several...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 Globalive and Telus Corp. would strengthen the former's bid to pick up Shaw Communications Inc.'s mobile...

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 from BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. to Quebecor Inc.'s acquisitions of set-aside spectrum in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba...

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...

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX’s offering, Gov. subsidy

telecom | 05/16/2022 7:04 pm EDT

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX's offering, Gov. subsidyPlayers in the low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) space are casting doubt...

Rogers seeks review and vary of paper bills costs decision

telecom | 05/16/2022 5:37 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsRogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to review and vary a costs...

Tories demand action on 988, Liberals say outreach is ongoing

telecom | 05/13/2022 3:02 pm EDT

Tories demand action on 988, Liberals say outreach is ongoingThe Conservatives kept up their pressure on the government to implement a...

Péladeau says Quebecor will stick to facilities-based model long-term

telecom | 05/13/2022 2:46 pm EDT

Quebecor threatens legal action if MVNOs are mandatedQuebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...

Email spam and lack of consent top list for biggest spam complaints: report

Media | 05/11/2022 6:02 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsCanadians are sending approximately 6,459 complaints per week to the Spam...

BREAKING: Freedom Mobile divestiture not good enough in Rogers-Shaw merger: Comp. Bureau

telecom | 05/10/2022 6:50 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionThe Competition Bureau has presented its case to the Competition Bureau that any divestiture of Shaw Communications Inc.'s wireless assets will not be an adequate remedy for...

Telus and IBG row in behind NPF-PIAC petition against Rogers-Shaw CRTC approval

Media | 05/10/2022 4:53 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changesA joint petition to cabinet from the National Pensioners Federation and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (NPF-PIAC) to overturn the CRTC's approval of the broadcast...