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UPDATED: CRTC approves Rogers-Shaw broadcasting acquisition

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

The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc.'s broadcasting assets, meaning that the companies have now cleared the first of three regulatory hurdles on the way to cementing the merger. In a Thursday afternoon release after...

ISED opening up 6 GHz band for WiFi

telecom | 11/19/2020 5:01 pm EST

The federal government has launched a consultation on a proposal to open up the 6 GHz spectrum band for WiFi use, a move it says would triple the amount of licence-exempt spectrum available for WiFi.  The announcement, made by Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains at the...

Incumbents appeal CRTC wholesale rates at Supreme Court

telecom | 11/12/2020 4:56 pm EST

Both BCE Inc. and large cable companies have turned to the Supreme Court...

CRTC to have ‘roughly nine months’ to act on Broadcasting Act update

Media | 11/03/2020 11:11 am EST

The Liberal government’s long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act...

Federal Court dismisses incumbents’ wholesale rates appeal

telecom | 09/10/2020 10:55 am EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Thursday the large telecom...

Bell files for trademark injunction against SkyChoice’s WiFibe

telecom | 07/08/2020 5:54 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has asked Federal Court to order a small Ontario telecom to stop using the name “WiFIBE” for its wireless fibre internet service. Bell argued in a claim filed Monday that SkyChoice...

Rights holders, advocacy groups can intervene in site-blocking case

Media | 06/24/2020 9:25 pm EDT

In a closely-watched appeal of Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order, the Federal Court of Appeal will allow six different sets of intervenors to file three different...

Even as Bell removes its gear, Bell, Telus say Huawei still in play for 5G

telecom | 06/19/2020 11:42 am EDT

Both Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. still won’t rule out partnering with Huawei...

Privacy commissioner hasn’t approved new gov’t contact tracing app

telecom | 06/18/2020 3:48 pm EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that in developing the federal...

Gov’t to introduce web giant, CanCon, news legislation in fall: Guilbeault

Media | 06/16/2020 3:00 pm EDT

Legislation modernizing Canada’s Broadcasting Act is “pretty much...

CRTC rejects request to hold contact-tracing inquiry

telecom | 05/13/2020 4:09 pm EDT

The CRTC has rejected a Public Interest Advocacy Centre request that it look into the involvement of...

Premier League and Dazn support site blocking order

telecom | 05/12/2020 7:48 pm EDT

A consortium of rights holders — including the top tier of English soccer, the Premier League, sports streaming service Dazn and industry trade groups for book publishers — wants the Federal Court of Appeal to uphold...

Cogeco to bring back overage fees as of May 1

telecom | 04/30/2020 2:10 pm EDT

Cogeco  Inc. will again start charging overage fees to its home internet customers who exceed their data limits as of Friday, with the company instead focusing on other measures it considers to “be more essential” to its...