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Telus says CRTC strayed from accounting principles in spectrum revenue and contribution decision

telecom | 10/02/2023 6:20 pm EDT

Telus Corp. says the CRTC should review its decision to include revenues from the sale and subordination of spectrum in its contribution regime because it did not take into...

OPINION: Bulk MDU deals no longer a rare occurrence 

telecom | 09/29/2023 6:20 pm EDT

by Todd Hofley, vice-president, Policy and Communications,  Beanfield Like many industries, telecommunications has its share of good and bad behaviour. Good, from Beanfield’s perspective, means transparent, fair, reliable and always putting the customer first. Bad means...

Infrastructure investments could see cuts due to wholesale rates: Bibic, French

telecom | 09/28/2023 6:54 pm EDT

BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. reiterated their concerns around the CRTC’s...

Beanfield accuses Rogers of breaking MDU access rules with bulk agreements

telecom | 09/26/2023 7:11 pm EDT

Beanfield Technologies Inc. has called out Rogers Communications Inc. over...

TekSavvy wants access to MDU building in Chatham-Kent

telecom | 09/21/2023 5:41 pm EDT

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC requesting that a real estate...

BC government seeks higher standards for NG911 deployment

telecom | 09/21/2023 1:41 pm EDT

The province of British Columbia has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC over the rollout of next-generation 911 (NG911) service. Conceding that its jurisdiction is limited, the government stressed that emergency service must be of the highest quality and available at...

CRTC directs CBC to hold Indigenous consultation by March

Media | 09/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT

The CRTC denied an application by CBC/Radio-Canada to delay consultations...

CRTC to hold proceedings on Fox News carriage in Canada

Media | 09/20/2023 4:19 pm EDT

The CRTC will review the carriage of Fox News as a non-Canadian programming...

CRTC denies TekSavvy application alleging undue preference from Rogers-Quebecor OTAs

Media | 09/15/2023 5:20 pm EDT

The CRTC denied an application brought forward by TekSavvy Solutions Inc....

Newfoundland finally gets new area code after six years’ delay

telecom | 09/15/2023 4:49 pm EDT

Newfoundland and Labrador will finally be rolling out the 879 numbering...

CRTC orders Videotron to pay Bell 911 service fees despite protest over duplicative costs

telecom | 09/11/2023 4:50 pm EDT

The CRTC denied Quebecor Inc.’s request for...

TekSavvy resolves access problem in Chatham Ont.

telecom | 09/11/2023 3:26 pm EDT

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has settled a dispute over access to a building in Chatham Ont. The company filed...

Squamish BC gets new FM station to compete with Rogers

Media | 09/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT

The CRTC Friday granted an FM licence to Four Senses Entertainment Inc. to...

CRTC approves more funding for infrastructure projects

telecom | 09/08/2023 5:35 pm EDT

The CRTC announced Friday it will be granting additional funds to ATG Arrow Technology Group Ltd. Partnership for three of its internet infrastructure projects in northern Alberta.  It also approved, in a separate announcement, a statement of work from BCE Inc. for a...

Bell sends letter to appeal court backing Rogers; PKP not surprised

telecom | 09/07/2023 5:09 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is backing Rogers Communications Inc. in its appeal over a CRTC...

No financial justification to increase skinny basic rate from $25 to $28: CRTC

Media | 09/05/2023 3:40 pm EDT

The CRTC denied an application by BCE Inc., Bragg Communication Inc.’s...

CRTC changes ad rules for discretionary services

Media | 09/05/2023 3:34 pm EDT

The CRTC said Tuesday that it was altering the rules for commercials on discretionary services. The...

Former CRTC chair von Finckenstein interim ethics commissioner

Media | 09/01/2023 12:59 pm EDT

The government has named Konrad von Finckenstein as the interim...

ICA Microsystems back in CCTS fold

telecom | 08/31/2023 4:18 pm EDT

ICA Microsystems Inc. is once again a participant in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Service (CCTS) after being suspended last April. The internet service provider had not supplied a customer with a refund as demanded by the CRTC agency. It later...

TerreStar challenges CRTC decision that spectrum sale is part of telecom service

telecom | 08/30/2023 5:38 pm EDT

TerreStar Solutions Inc. is challenging a CRTC decision which denied the...

Another FM station gets short-term renewal for non-compliance

Media | 08/29/2023 4:50 pm EDT

The CRTC issued another short-term broadcasting licence renewal after it...

CRTC renews Cogeco On Demand’s licence, announces upcoming described video proceedings

Media | 08/25/2023 4:31 pm EDT

The broadcasting licence for Cogeco Inc.’s...

CRTC releases Online News Act plan, mandatory bargaining may begin by end of 2024

Internet and Governance | 08/24/2023 5:26 pm EDT

The CRTC announced its action plan to implement the Online News Act which...

CRTC defers radio filings for two years to focus on Online Streaming Act

Media | 08/22/2023 4:39 pm EDT

The CRTC will defer new applications and complaints relating to radio as it...

Montreal radio station gets short term renewal over non-compliance

Media | 08/15/2023 4:42 pm EDT

Once again the CRTC has decided to issue a short term renewal licence to a broadcaster over non-compliance with commission rules. In this case, the culprit is Radio...

Two BC radio stations have hands slapped by CRTC over non-compliance

Media | 08/14/2023 5:32 pm EDT

Two radio stations in British Columbia have been granted short-term...

CRTC denies request from Rogers-owned radio station to lower CanCon requirement

telecom | 08/10/2023 4:32 pm EDT

The CRTC has denied a request from Rogers Communications Inc. to delete the...

WildBrain says Bell is giving one up to its competitor Corus 

Media | 08/09/2023 5:33 pm EDT

WildBrain Ltd. is accusing BCE Inc. of breaching its regulatory obligations...

ICA Microsystems terminated by CCTS for non-compliance

Media | 07/27/2023 4:55 pm EDT

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Service (CCTS) was forced to suspend one participating service provider (PSP) for non-compliance with its directives, it noted in its 2022 annual report Thursday. ICA Microsystems Inc. refused to issue a customer a...

Rogers reviewing CRTC decision to choose Quebecor MVNO rates

telecom | 07/26/2023 6:30 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. will be reviewing the impact of the CRTC’s...

CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates comes as no surprise: Analysts

telecom | 07/25/2023 4:51 pm EDT

Industry analysts said it is no surprise that the CRTC selected Quebecor...

Privacy commission, CRTC among best PS workplaces, survey finds

Media | 07/25/2023 4:42 pm EDT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is the third best workplace in the...

CRTC urged to put a moratorium on broadband fund contributions

telecom | 07/24/2023 5:37 pm EDT

Telecoms and other stakeholders have had their say on proposed changes to...

Broadband interventions begin to flow into CRTC

Internet and Governance | 07/21/2023 3:48 pm EDT

The CRTC has published some of the interventions for its proceeding into the Broadband Fund. Most of the...

Rogers’s proposal to expand PNI categories requires larger public consultation: CMPA

Media | 07/20/2023 4:36 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposal to change...

Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC

telecom | 07/14/2023 5:00 pm EDT

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that Canada’s incumbents are proposing “unconscionable” rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access (HSA) service over fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that “are inflated above the just and reasonable...

Telus says Rogers using pole access request to divert attention from TTC dispute

telecom | 07/14/2023 4:56 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. have been hurling verbal bombs...

Bell says Rogers is the unresponsive one in pole negotiations

telecom | 07/13/2023 3:28 pm EDT

BCE Inc. told the CRTC that it is prepared to allow Rogers Communications...

Rogers request CRTC expeditiously order Bell and Telus to give it access to poles

telecom | 07/12/2023 5:22 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. is asking the CRTC to mandate Telus Corp., BCE...

CRTC entertaining idea of consolidating multiple broadcasting COL requests

Media | 07/10/2023 4:15 pm EDT

The CRTC is seeking comments on whether it should consolidate several broadcasters’ requests to alter its conditions of licence (COLs) into one proceeding.  Earlier this...

CRTC keeps Phase II wholesale rates approach with enhancements

telecom | 07/07/2023 6:11 pm EDT

The CRTC has opted to keep its cost-based rate setting approach for...

APTN to increase Indigenous-language programming with new ‘Languages’ channel

Media | 07/04/2023 2:35 pm EDT

APTN has applied to the CRTC to consolidate its four channels into two, one...

OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair

Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT

Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...

Bell asks CRTC to eliminate local news requirements and reduce CPE, PNI expenditures

Internet and Governance | 06/23/2023 6:26 pm EDT

BCE Inc. says in order for it to be competitive the CRTC must amend its...

UPDATED: Several stakeholders tell CRTC about MLTS systems for 911/988

telecom | 06/23/2023 6:19 pm EDT

The CRTC received a raft of responses on its notice of consultation on 911...

CIK Telecom files series of new MDU access applications

telecom | 06/22/2023 6:41 pm EDT

CIK Telecom Inc. has filed five new Part 1 applications with the CRTC alleging that Strata Corp. has denied it access to multiple dwelling unit (MDU) buildings in British Columbia. These are the latest in a series of Part 1 filings by the competitive carrier. All of the...

TVA changes mind about cutting weekend newscasts

Media | 06/21/2023 8:54 am EDT

Quebecor Inc. has reversed itself and will not be suspending TVA’s newscasts in Quebec City on weekends...

SiriusXM latest broadcaster denied relief from the CRTC

Media | 06/20/2023 5:37 pm EDT

The CRTC denied SiriusXM Canada Inc.’s request for relief from its...

Rogers says Bell access to Toronto subway network not an urgent public safety concern

telecom | 06/20/2023 1:28 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. says giving BCE Inc....

Quebecor and CRTC clash over “regulatory straitjacket”

Media | 06/19/2023 5:36 pm EDT

Quebecor Media Inc. is asking the CRTC to remove some of the conditions of licence (COL) and reporting requirements for its subsidiary Groupe TVA Inc., calling the current...

CNOC disputes ILECs’ claims over high speed access proceeding

Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:21 pm EDT

The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is fighting with two...

CRTC encourages radio stakeholders to participate in contribution consults

Internet and Governance | 06/12/2023 2:35 pm EDT

CRTC Commissioner Nirmala Naidoo urged members of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) to participate in consultations...

Deadline extended for Indigenous and CanCon framework

Internet and Governance | 06/09/2023 2:21 pm EDT

Friday the CRTC extended the deadlines for interventions on its consultation on a modernized framework...

Court of Appeal directs CRTC to reconsider Radio-Canada N-word decision

Media | 06/09/2023 1:47 pm EDT

In a Thursday ruling, the Federal Court of Appeal sided with Société Radio-Canada (SRC) and ordered the CRTC to reconsider a decision chastising the public broadcaster for...

Canadian Digital Regulators Forum established to address digital policy

Internet and Governance | 06/09/2023 12:25 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau, CRTC, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner...

Incumbents oppose CRTC’s expedited review of FTTP access

telecom | 06/09/2023 9:55 am EDT

Incumbent carriers are opposed to the expedited review of the CRTC’s...

Spam complaints to CRTC on the increase from six months ago

telecom | 06/05/2023 3:18 pm EDT

The CRTC released its biannual report on Canada’s anti-spam legislation...

CRTC seeks info on international roaming rates

telecom | 06/05/2023 2:30 pm EDT

The CRTC has issued a request for information on the rates Canadian wireless carriers charge as roaming fees for international coverage. In a June 1 letter the commission set out four questions it wants answered by the various players in the market. First up it wants a...

Facebook blocking threat “unacceptable”, Rodriguez states

Internet and Governance | 06/02/2023 2:17 pm EDT

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is not impressed by Meta...

Telecoms file interventions on thousand block pooling

telecom | 05/31/2023 6:04 pm EDT

Wednesday was the deadline for interested intervenors to file their comments on the CRTC’s...

Call for broadcast participation fund cash injection gets support at CRTC 

Internet and Governance | 05/31/2023 3:06 pm EDT

A group of consumer advocacy organizations have received some support for...

Newspaper men call for C-18 amendments; advocate passage of the bill

Internet and Governance | 05/30/2023 1:49 pm EDT

The editors and executives of Canada's largest newspapers were on...

Federal Court dings hotel rebroadcasters for copyright infringement against Quebecor

Media | 05/30/2023 7:38 am EDT

Quebecor Inc. has won a copyright infringement case against a trio of...

ATG Arrow Technology Group gets more money from Broadband Fund

telecom | 05/29/2023 2:22 pm EDT

Monday the CRTC approved a request by ATG Arrow Technology Group Ltd....

Vandalism causes Cogeco outage in southwestern Ontario

telecom | 05/26/2023 4:29 pm EDT

Vandals attacked the network of Cogeco Communications Inc. in the...

Corus wants in on local news fund post Rogers-Shaw

Media | 05/26/2023 3:58 pm EDT

Corus Entertainment Inc. has written to the CRTC asking whether or not that the company will be allowed to avail of the Independent Local News Fund in the wake of Rogers Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Shaw Communications.  Corus was founded as Shaw Radio in the...

CRTC seeking comment on C-11 consult deadline extension request

Internet and Governance | 05/25/2023 1:30 pm EDT

The CRTC has given parties until Monday, May 29 to respond to a request from 12 groups to lengthen the timeline for the regulator's consultation...

Wholesale model upside down: Jetté

Internet and Governance | 05/24/2023 6:18 pm EDT

According to the CEO of one of Canada's largest regional internet service providers, the recent state of...

CBC gets support on consult delay request 

Media | 05/24/2023 5:33 pm EDT

CBC/Radio-Canada has received several letters of support in its attempt to delay a mandated consultation...

CRTC opens proceeding into 911 and 988 calls from MLTS

Internet and Governance | 05/23/2023 3:00 pm EDT

Tuesday the CRTC announced it was beginning a proceeding into emergency...

CBC asked to prove claim of Indigenous ‘consultation fatigue’ by May 29

Media | 05/23/2023 12:23 pm EDT

In a back-and-forth between CBC/Radio-Canada on when the broadcaster should have to launch a consultative process with Indigenous peoples as part of the CBC’s conditions of...

Ontario telecom files Part 1 over delayed access to Toronto condos

telecom | 05/23/2023 11:37 am EDT

An Ontario-based carrier has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC after...

Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime

Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT

The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M)  markets in the same...

Cybersecurity is national security, panelists tell IIC

Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 11:54 am EDT

OTTAWA–The government’s cybersecurity legislation, Bill C-26, is...

CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides

Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT

OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its...

CRTC unveils consultations following passage of Streaming Act

Media | 05/12/2023 12:32 pm EDT

Now that the Online Streaming Act has become law, the CRTC is launching a...

CRTC approves new area codes for Toronto and British Columbia

Media | 05/10/2023 4:45 pm EDT

Wednesday the CRTC announced it had allowed new area code overlays for...

Online News Act should be defeated, Alberta publisher maintains

Internet and Governance | 05/09/2023 5:01 pm EDT

The Senate Committee on Transport and Communication continued its study of...

CRTC sets out MVNO timelines, negotiations to be concluded by Aug. 7

telecom | 05/09/2023 2:49 pm EDT

The CRTC has announced that it expects incumbents to have their mobile...

CRTC lays out Online Streaming Act timeline, PKP calls for flexibility

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:54 pm EDT

On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that will shape how the regulator will implement the newly passed Online Streaming Act, Quebecor Inc....