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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 Hunter

Canada'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...

Bell Internet Rogers

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX’s offering, Gov. subsidy

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

Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX's offering, Gov. subsidy

Players in the low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) space are casting doubt on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) ability to perform in the Canadian market three days after the government announced that it would spend more than $1 million from the Universal...

Rural broadband

Rogers seeks review and vary of paper bills costs decision

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

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to review and vary a costs...

CRTC

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 ongoing

The Conservatives kept up their pressure on the government to implement a...

911 CRTC

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 mandated

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...

Quebecor

“A very strong opening” to Shaw-Rogers Competition Tribunal proceeding: former Competition Bureau advisor

Media | 05/12/2022 5:49 pm EDT

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

The recent move by Canada's competition watchdog...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

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 ISPs

Canadians are sending approximately 6,459 complaints per week to the Spam Reporting Centre (SRC), according to a report issued by the CRTC. On Wednesday the CRTC released...

CRTC

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 division

The 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 changes

A joint petition to cabinet from the National Pensioners Federation and the...

Rogers Shaw Telus

CMPA enters fight for passage of Online Streaming Act

Media | 05/10/2022 3:13 pm EDT

CRTC releases described video statistics

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has entered the battle to pass Bill C-11, the Online...

Bill C-11 Cancon

Telus’s application to reclassify small ILECs for NG911 service 5 years too late, harms public: ITPA

telecom | 05/10/2022 2:48 pm EDT

Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to critics

The Independent Telecommunications Providers...

CRTC Landline phones Telus

ISED unveils spectrum licensing and fee updates

telecom | 05/09/2022 4:57 pm EDT

ISED unveils spectrum licensing and fee updates

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) will replace radio licences with...

ISED Satellite

Comp. Bureau moves to block Rogers-Shaw merger; Quebecor “has apparently entered the process”: analyst

Media | 05/09/2022 4:32 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

The Competition Bureau has filed an application...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Telus sees strong quarterly results for subscribers, says smarter spectrum policies needed

telecom | 05/06/2022 5:16 pm EDT

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

According to Telus Corp. executive vice-president...

Spectrum Telus

CRTC approves Telus NG911 Local Government Service Agreement

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

CRTC approves Telus NG911 Local Government Service Agreement

The CRTC has approved Telus Corp.’s revisions to next-generation 911...

911 CRTC

Distributel’s claims for revised interim rates for disagg regime are unfounded: Rogers, Quebecor

telecom | 05/05/2022 5:35 pm EDT

Distributel’s claims for revised interim rates for disagg regime are unfounded: Rogers, Quebecor

Distributel Ltd.’s request to revise interim access rates for disaggregated wholesale high-speed access (HSA) services “is another piecemeal attempt by resellers to upend...

CRTC wholesale rates

CRTC issues accessibility reporting timetables

Media | 05/05/2022 4:57 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Thursday the CRTC released the schedule for broadcasters and telecommunications companies to report under...

CRTC

Rogers-Shaw merger benefiting wireless industry as a whole in 2022: Bell CEO

Media | 05/05/2022 4:35 pm EDT

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

When it comes to Canada's wireless market this year, there are a number of...

Bell Television Wireless

Integrity Commissioner refers TekSavvy’s Scott complaint to Ethics Commissioner

Media | 05/05/2022 3:20 pm EDT

TekSavvy seeks permission to appeal CRTC rates decision, CNOC asks for public support

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday...

Bell CRTC ian

Liberal, Conservative MPs call for 988 service

telecom | 05/04/2022 4:10 pm EDT

Liberal, Conservative MPs call for 988 service

The fight for a dedicated three-digit emergency number for suicide prevention continued to gather steam...

Smartphones

Bill S-7 would “weaponize the Customs Act”: Senator

telecom | 05/04/2022 4:06 pm EDT

Bill S-7 would "weaponize the Customs Act": Senator

A Government bill in the Senate that seeks to codify the legal threshold for the search of digital devices at border crossings would "weaponize the Customs Act in fresh and unintended ways," according to one Senator. In remarks to the Senate Tuesday, Senator Paula...

Privacy Smartphones

Therrien endorses Ethics report on data dive, makes further recommendations

telecom | 05/04/2022 3:58 pm EDT

OPC will ask court to force changes to Facebook privacy practices

Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has welcomed the report on collection...

Privacy Smartphones

TekSavvy calls for TPIA tariff changes to stop delayed access to new offerings

telecom | 05/03/2022 5:13 pm EDT

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency report

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the CRTC to speed up the regulatory...

CRTC Internet

Quebec union 911 committee request CRTC suspend NG911 funding consultation

telecom | 05/03/2022 5:05 pm EDT

Quebec union 911 committee request CRTC suspend NG911 funding consultation

The 911 committee for the Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique au...

CRTC Smartphones

Iristel petitions cabinet to overturn CRTC traffic simulation findings

telecom | 05/02/2022 4:47 pm EDT

CRTC calls out Iristel, but says no new regs in traffic stimulation case

Iristel Inc. filed a petition to the governor in council to vary a decision...

Data charges Telus

Privacy watchdogs call for legal framework governing facial recognition

telecom | 05/02/2022 4:24 pm EDT

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

Along with counterparts from the provinces, the federal privacy watchdog...

Privacy

Telus hasn’t completely lived up to its broadcast license obligations: CRTC

Media | 04/29/2022 4:19 pm EDT

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

The CRTC has admonished Telus Corp. for not entirely fulfilling its...

CRTC Telus

Senator calls for greater broadband access to First Nations

Media | 04/29/2022 3:29 pm EDT

Throne speech reiterates rural broadband, web giant promises

A Saskatchewan senator called on the government to do more to ensure...

Indigenous Rural broadband

Toronto Police Service, RCMP disagree with moratorium on facial recognition technology

telecom | 04/28/2022 8:00 pm EDT

Toronto Police Service, RCMP disagree with moratorium on facial recognition technology

The Toronto Police Service’s chief information officer said the department is not planning to put a moratorium on its use of facial recognition technology despite calls by...

Hydro Ottawa reenters telecom market with Hiboo Networks

telecom | 04/28/2022 6:11 pm EDT

Hydro Ottawa reenters telecom market with Hiboo Networks

Hydro Ottawa is returning to the telecom market with the launch of Hiboo Networks, a telecom that will offer service to businesses and eventually residents of the national capital.The company is expecting to roll out service as of next January. Hiboo will be controlled by...

Cable Internet Landline phones

Telus wants CRTC to reclassify small ILECs for NG911 service, asks for suspension of funding consult

telecom | 04/28/2022 5:16 pm EDT

Price most critical factor when choosing telecom services: report

Telus Corp. is asking the CRTC to reclassify small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs) as originating...

911 CRTC Telus

CanOps argues for broader standard adoption for NG911

telecom | 04/28/2022 5:07 pm EDT

Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to critics

As the CRTC is considering the funding structures for the planned rollout of so-called next generation...

CRTC Landline phones Smartphones

Singh calls for halt of Rogers-Shaw merger, PIAC appeals to cabinet

Media | 04/27/2022 4:38 pm EDT

Singh calls for halt of Rogers-Shaw merger, PIAC appeals to cabinet

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh called once again for the government to disallow...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

Doherty introduces private member’s bill on suicide helpline

telecom | 04/26/2022 4:47 pm EDT

Doherty introduces private member’s bill on suicide helpline

Conservative MP Todd Doherty carried on the fight for implementation of a...

CRTC

Bell, Amazon announce launch of mobile edge computing retail business

telecom | 04/26/2022 1:14 pm EDT

Bell, Amazon announce launch of mobile edge computing retail business

BCE Inc. announced the launch of its partnership with Amazon Inc. to deploy what it touts as Canada’s first public multi-access edge computing (MEC) with Amazon Web...

Bell

Doherty renews calls for 988 suicide helpline, Bennett say urban may be served first

telecom | 04/25/2022 3:46 pm EDT

Doherty renews calls for 988 suicide helpline, Bennett say urban may be served first

Conservative MP Todd Doherty issued a news release on Monday marking the...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

Government announces more internet connectivity projects funded in Ontario

telecom | 04/22/2022 5:14 pm EDT

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

Friday, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced which projects will...

Internet Rural broadband

Big 3 oppose Wireless Code CRTC intervention for cancellation fees, PIAC supports it

telecom | 04/22/2022 4:23 pm EDT

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

Incumbent telecoms are reacting strongly to a...

Bell CRTC Wireless

Rogers boss won’t confirm Xplornet ‘rumours’

Media | 04/20/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri declined to comment on what...

Internet Rogers Wireless

Beanfield wants CRTC to expand scope in Toronto MDU proceeding

telecom | 04/19/2022 4:41 pm EDT

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

In replies to one of a number of disputes before the CRTC about access to...

CRTC

Canada and Ontario governments pledge $56 million for broadband rollout

telecom | 04/19/2022 3:29 pm EDT

Canada and Ontario governments pledge $56 million for broadband rollout

The governments of Canada and Ontario are jointly investing $56 million for...

Funding Rural broadband

Cogeco still waiting on MVNO terms and conditions, reports increase in Q2 revenue and profits

Media | 04/14/2022 4:45 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Cogeco Inc. is preparing its entry into Canada’s mobile wireless market but has no definitive timeframe, as it is still contingent on the approval by the CRTC for the terms...

UPDATED: Cabinet upholds CRTC MVNO decision; petitioner calls it an “easter egg” for Big Three

Media | 04/14/2022 3:03 pm EDT

UPDATED: Cabinet upholds CRTC MVNO decision; petitioner calls it an "easter egg" for Big Three

The cabinet has declined to overturn or send back...

CRTC MVNO Unlock

OPC not consulted, privacy experts concerned on cell phone border search bill

telecom | 04/13/2022 5:44 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

A new Government-backed Senate bill now seeks to establish a new framework for the search of digital devices like phones and laptops by Canada's border agents, 1.5 years after...

Privacy Smartphones Unlock

SaskTel announces $337M investment in province

telecom | 04/13/2022 4:29 pm EDT

$1.7B broadband fund to launch in 2020, no formal consultation: ISED

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is investing approximately $337 million of capital in...

Internet Rural broadband

Shaw revenues dip in second quarter results

telecom | 04/13/2022 12:39 pm EDT

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

Shaw Communications Inc. announced a fall in revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2022, the...

Shaw

Little support for CRTC forbearance policy review following Part 1 application

telecom | 04/12/2022 3:53 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is the only...

Bell Cogeco CRTC

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

telecom | 04/12/2022 3:19 pm EDT

CCSA decries Shaw’s plan to cut satellite service

The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) is calling on the CRTC to reverse a planned service...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

CRTC wants info on Yorkville MDU

telecom | 04/11/2022 4:05 pm EDT

Rogers files another MDU access complaint

The CRTC is asking a number of internet service providers (ISPs) to confirm whether or not they are providing services in a Toronto multi-dwelling unit (MDU). In a Friday letter to its distribution list, the CRTC asked a number of different ISPs to confirm whether or not they are providing any copper wire and fibre-based services to residents at the building in the Yorkville area of Toronto; detail how many customers the ISPs have in the building and whether they are residential or business customers. The regulator also...

CRTC MDU Rogers

CRTC to hear Northwestel’s application for 10-digit dialing alongside 988 proceeding

telecom | 04/08/2022 11:44 am EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is ready to expedite a proceeding on...

CRTC

Mobile satellite service should remain available in 806-890 MHz band, Rogers tells ISED

telecom | 04/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. has told the...

Rogers Spectrum

Budget devotes new funding to CRTC and to journalism initiatives

Media | 04/07/2022 4:07 pm EDT

Budget devotes new funding to CRTC and to journalism initiatives

In a federal government that is mostly targeted towards new spending on...

CRTC

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

Bell Cogeco CRTC

Bell announces 3 Gbps service

telecom | 04/06/2022 5:47 pm EDT

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

BCE Inc. Wednesday announced the launch of a new three gigabit service. The service boasts both download...

Bell Internet

CRTC seeks to clarify Wireless Code after Quebecor files cancellation fee complaint against big 3

telecom | 04/05/2022 5:11 pm EDT

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

The CRTC issued a show cause proceeding and call...

CRTC Quebecor Wireless

Telecom complaints down by 26 per cent according to CCTS report

telecom | 04/05/2022 4:50 pm EDT

Telecom complaints down by 26 per cent according to CCTS report

Telecom complaints fell by 26 percent in six months while disclosure issues...

CRTC Landline phones Wireless

CRTC approves, with changes, Shaw’s 1500 wholesale service

telecom | 04/05/2022 4:47 pm EDT

CRTC approves, with changes, Shaw’s 1500 wholesale service

Tuesday the CRTC approved an application by Shaw Communications Inc. to...

CRTC Shaw

CRTC approves aggregated and disaggregated Giga service from Quebecor

telecom | 04/05/2022 4:42 pm EDT

CRTC approves aggregated and disaggregated Giga service from Quebecor

Tuesday Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron was granted approval by the CRTC for reintroduction of aggregated and disaggregated Giga service and introduction of aggregated and...

CRTC Internet

UPDATED: Gov. launches Online News Act, will mandate bargaining between outlets and web giants for compensation

Media | 04/05/2022 1:06 pm EDT

Photo via Pxhere showing laptop with fake news

New legislation from the Government of Canada will...

Cancon CRTC Internet

Facial recognition technology needs human intervention, hand coding, experts tell Ethics committee

Media | 04/04/2022 6:00 pm EDT

Shaw poised for boost from new iPhones

Facial recognition technology (FRT) needs human...

Artificial intelligence Privacy

Xplornet buys internet business of Full Throttle Networks

telecom | 04/04/2022 3:14 pm EDT

Xplornet turns on LTE in Newfoundland communities

Xplornet Communications Inc. purchased the high-speed internet business of...

fibre Internet xplornet

Feds rollout $20 a month internet for low-income families and seniors

telecom | 04/04/2022 1:22 pm EDT

ISED’s low-income internet program launches

The federal government is providing low-income families and seniors with...

Internet Rural broadband

NWT Gov. made party to three-digital mental health, suicide, crisis line proceeding

telecom | 04/01/2022 5:08 pm EDT

Western Quebec to get new area code overlay

The CRTC is allowing the Government of the Northwest Territories to file late interventions in its proceeding on the implementation of a three-digit number for mental health...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

Device search bill will safeguard traveller rights: Gov.

telecom | 03/31/2022 6:15 pm EDT

Telecoms added over 1.4 million new wireless subs in 2018

In what it says is an effort to safeguard travellers' rights when entering...

Privacy Smartphones

Panelists tell government to reform the CRTC

Media | 03/30/2022 7:14 pm EDT

50/10 Mbps standard just fine, CanWISP members say

GATINEAU, Que.--The CRTC came in for a drubbing at two panels Wednesday at the annual conference of the...

CRTC Internet Television

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

telecom | 03/30/2022 6:57 pm EDT

Distributel seeks revised interim rates for disagg regime

Distributel Ltd. is asking the CRTC to revise the interim rates for...

CRTC Internet

CRTC allocates $19m for broadband rollout in Alberta and B.C.

telecom | 03/29/2022 4:25 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC has issued $19.5 million from the regulator's Broadband Fund for...

CRTC Rural broadband

CBC license administratively renewed, full decision to come by late June

Media | 03/29/2022 3:56 pm EDT

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

The CRTC has issued an administrative renewal of CBC/Radio-Canada's...

Cbc CRTC Radio

50/10 Mbps standard just fine, CanWISP members say

telecom | 03/28/2022 6:31 pm EDT

50/10 Mbps standard just fine, CanWISP members say

GATINEAU, Que. – The federal government's stated objective to reach connectivity speeds of 50 Mbps for downloads and 10 Mbps for uploads is good enough and does need to be increased by much, according to members of the Canadian...

Rogers and Ericsson combine for standalone 5G network

telecom | 03/28/2022 5:02 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Monday Rogers Communications Inc. announced it was partnering with Ericsson AB on rolling out Canada’s first standalone 5G network. The Toronto-based telecom had earlier deployed the country’s first standalone 5G core and...

CRTC amends deadlines for NG911 comments

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:41 pm EDT

As CRTC rejects FairPlay, proposal could move to legislative reviews

The CRTC has pushed back deadlines for comments on next generation 911 (NG911) service following a...

CRTC Smartphones Wireless

CRTC to forbear from regulating IXPL services on 12 additional routes

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:32 pm EDT

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has added a dozen additional routes to its list of interexchange private line (IXPL) services that it is forbearing from regulation. In a decision released Friday,...

CRTC Fibre optics

CRTC won’t order Bragg to relocate its TPIA point of interconnection

telecom | 03/25/2022 4:17 pm EDT

Frontier-Eastlink tariff tiff could affect other ISPs, CNOC warns

The commission denied an application by City Wide Communications Inc....

CRTC Fibre optics Internet

UPDATED: CRTC approves Rogers-Shaw broadcasting acquisition

Media | 03/24/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers needs Shaw to sell CanCon alongside OTT services

The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw...

BREAKING CRTC Rogers

NDP still committed to telecom affordability, despite absence in confidence and supply agreement

telecom | 03/23/2022 6:37 pm EDT

NDP still committed to telecom affordability, despite absence in confidence and supply agreement

On the heels of its announcement this week of a...

CRTC Internet Wireless

CRTC acknowledges, shares CNOC concerns about delays

telecom | 03/23/2022 5:35 pm EDT

CNOC petitions gov on wholesale rates

The CRTC has acknowledged the concern of certain stakeholders about the regulator's delay in resolving a...

CRTC

TeraGo launches mmWave service in Ontario MDUs

telecom | 03/22/2022 5:02 pm EDT

TeraGo divestiture positive for company: Analyst

TeraGo Inc. announced Tuesday that it is launching 5G millimeter wave service in connected multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in the province of Ontario. "We are excited to partner with and empower companies to provide high-speed internet services to previously difficult to service buildings and residences," chief revenue officer Blake Wetzel said in a release. "With this positive step to leverage our advanced services in Ontario, we hope to continue to expand these...

Union files for mediation in talks with Cogeco

Media | 03/21/2022 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Cogeco Inc. has two different labour disputes brewing, according to the union representing two different...

Cogeco

Put national moratorium on facial recognition for law enforcement, lawyer tells HoC committee

Media | 03/21/2022 5:01 pm EDT

Shaw poised for boost from new iPhones

The Canadian government should place a national...

Privacy

CNOC makes appeal to CRTC chair personally

Media | 03/18/2022 3:36 pm EDT

Bell, Rogers defend sales practices to CRTC

The industry group Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has sent a letter personally addressed...

cnoc CRTC

MVNO terms will determine our participation in 3800 NHz auction: Cogeco’s Jetté

telecom | 03/17/2022 5:19 pm EDT

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

Cogeco Inc.'s ability to participate in the...

Cogeco Smartphones Wireless

Bell subsidiary given 5 months to implement local competition plan in Upton, Que.

telecom | 03/17/2022 5:08 pm EDT

CoopTel says Bell subsidiary doesn’t need 5 months to implement competition changes

The CRTC approved a BCE Inc. subsidiary’s request to implement its plan...

CRTC Internet

Quebecor cautions regulators on Globalive bid for Freedom

telecom | 03/16/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Quebecor cautions regulators on Globalive bid for Freedom

Asked if the odds of Quebecor Inc. purchasing Shaw Communications Inc.'s...

Quebecor Rogers Shaw

Feds announce $41M in funding for rural Alberta broadband

telecom | 03/15/2022 4:57 pm EDT

Feds announce $41M in funding for rural Alberta broadband

The federal government is investing $41 million to deliver high-speed...

Funding Rural broadband Universal Broadband Fund

CRTC issues notice of consultation on video relay service

telecom | 03/14/2022 3:11 pm EDT

CRTC issues notice of consultation on video relay service

The CRTC issued an updated notice of consultation on video relay service...

CRTC

ISED consults on requirements for spectrum licensees to submit technical info about sites

telecom | 03/11/2022 5:45 pm EST

ISED consults on requirements for spectrum licensees to submit technical info about sites

Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) initiated a consultation on proposed amendments to the requirements for spectrum licensees to upload associated technical...

Smartphones Spectrum Wireless

Consortium to run fibre network from Europe to Asia through Northwest Passage

telecom | 03/11/2022 4:51 pm EST

Consortium to run fibre network from Europe to Asia through Northwest Passage

An Alaskan company has unveiled a billion-dollar project to run fibre from...

Fibre optics Rural broadband

ISED approves spectrum licence transfer in Northern Ontario

telecom | 03/11/2022 4:17 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has approved a transfer...

Internet Spectrum Wireless

SaskTel rolling out 5G in Saskatoon, expanding in Regina

telecom | 03/10/2022 5:06 pm EST

SaskTel to boost Internet speeds in indigenous communities

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is rolling out 5G in the City...

5g Fibre optics Iot

Tory MP James Bezan seeks inquiry into data leak of Freedom Convoy

telecom | 03/10/2022 4:01 pm EST

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

Conservative MP James Bezan has written to Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien asking for a probe into the breach of data of those who participated in or financially supported the recent “Freedom...

Federal government matches provincial funds for Alberta broadband

telecom | 03/09/2022 2:14 pm EST

Federal government matches provincial funds for Alberta broadband

The federal government is earmarking $240 million in matching funds to deploy high-speed internet in Alberta, it was announced Wednesday. Last week Premier Jason Kenney...

Rural broadband

Rogers still expects Shaw deal to close in Q2

Media | 03/08/2022 5:44 pm EST

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri has said that last week's announcement from Innovation...

Rogers Shaw Wireless

Court rejects Iristel attempt to overturn CRTC decision in traffic stimulation case

telecom | 03/08/2022 4:06 pm EST

CRTC calls out Iristel, but says no new regs in traffic stimulation case

The Federal Court of Appeal rejected an application by Iristel Inc. to...

CRTC Landline phones Rogers

CRTC seeks comments on next-gen 911 deployment

telecom | 03/08/2022 3:32 pm EST

CRTC seeks comments on next-gen 911 deployment

The CRTC is seeking comments on funding for the rollout of next-generation 911 (NG911) service, according...

911 CRTC

Canadian, BC governments invest $830M in high-speed internet

telecom | 03/08/2022 12:01 pm EST

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

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

Internet Rural broadband

CRTC asks for comments on TSP failing to join Complaints for Telecom-television Services

telecom | 03/07/2022 3:42 pm EST

STB data measurement complex task, group says

The CRTC has issued a call for comments and a show...

CRTC

ISED releases consultations on licence-exempt spectrum in 95 GHz and 5.9 GHz bands

telecom | 03/04/2022 7:11 pm EST

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)...

Internet Spectrum Wireless

INDU ‘frustrated’ with CRTC’s wholesale rates; recommends revamped rate-setting process

telecom | 03/04/2022 6:52 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The Industry committee – from the last...

CRTC Internet Wireless

INDU says Rogers-Shaw should not proceed; expressed concern about CRTC regulatory decisions

telecom | 03/04/2022 5:22 pm EST

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

The House of Commons Industry committee has said...

CRTC Rogers Shaw

UPDATED: Champagne to deny ‘wholesale’ transfer of spectrum from Shaw to Rogers

telecom | 03/03/2022 5:10 pm EST

UPDATED: Champagne to deny 'wholesale' transfer of spectrum from Shaw to Rogers

Updated on March 3 at 5:46 p.m. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has indicated that his department will not allow the "wholesale transfer" of spectrum owned...

Rogers Shaw Spectrum