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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 Monday. It found complaints had jumped from the numbers featured in last fall’s update.
Between October 2022 and March 2023, there were over 176,706 filings with the commission’s spam reporting...
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...
CRTC missed opportunity to hold NorthwesTel accountable to consumer concerns in Far North: PIAC
telecom | 06/01/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The CRTC presented its public opinion research...
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 Parliament Hill Tuesday to convince Senators of the necessity of Bill C-18, and to call for some amendments...
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...
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 series of consultations with stakeholders to see how to apply the first major revision of the Broadcasting Act in more than 30 years.
First the commission is asking what contributions online...
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...
Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT
Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...
CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout
telecom | 05/05/2023 1:40 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC issued approvals for several claims under the Broadband Fund. Three companies will receive money to roll out infrastructure across the country.
ATG Arrow...
Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted
Internet and Governance | 05/04/2023 11:23 am EDT
With Bill C-18, the Government's plan to have news...
CRTC opens Part 1 into the removal of Fox News from Canadian distribution at request of LGBTQ rights group
Media | 05/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT
A Part 1 application has officially been opened...
C-18 different task than C-11: CRTC officials
Internet and Governance | 05/02/2023 4:28 pm EDT
The chair of the Senate's Transport and Communications committee Tuesday expressed annoyance that as the Senate continued its review of Bill C-18, new CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides was not on hand to answer for the regulator at the committee's meeting.
"I do have to express...
‘Expedited’ FTTP proceeding delayed as incumbents file last-minute extension requests; strike keeps proceeding behind closed doors
Internet and Governance | 05/01/2023 12:21 pm EDT
Less than two months after the launch of an...
Mazier’s telecom bill passes unanimously through the House of Commons
telecom | 04/27/2023 2:59 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill that requires...
CBC asks for more time for Indigenous consultation
Media | 04/20/2023 2:25 pm EDT
CBC/Radio-Canada is asking the CRTC to give it more time before holding a required consultation with...
CRTC further extends deadline for block pooling comments
telecom | 04/18/2023 5:08 pm EDT
The CRTC has again extended its deadline for comments and replies on a...
Public interest groups call for shored up Broadcasting Participation Fund
Media | 04/17/2023 5:08 pm EDT
A group of six consumer and public advocacy organizations is asking the CRTC to step in to restructure a Rogers Communications Inc. payment to shore up a fund meant to bankroll public interest...
Public safety authorities want lower thresholds for network outage reporting requirements
telecom | 04/14/2023 5:15 pm EDT
Provincial public safety agencies are requesting...
Court rejects Telus challenge to CRTC’s wholesale roaming, municipal infrastructure decisions
telecom | 04/14/2023 4:55 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected a Telus...
Wholesale-based ISPs back Quebecor’s fibre complaint against Bell
Internet and Governance | 04/05/2023 3:48 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions...
CCTS complaints up for Rogers and Telus, down for Bell
telecom | 04/04/2023 1:48 pm EDT
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) found...
CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding
Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...
Globalive calls for CRTC investigation into Rogers-Quebecor Freedom roaming rates deal
telecom | 03/31/2023 5:00 pm EDT
On the same day the Innovation Minister...
Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell
telecom | 03/31/2023 4:54 pm EDT
The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...
Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT
The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from...
INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics
Internet and Governance | 03/29/2023 6:00 pm EDT
Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband services may soon be required to make service quality metrics during peak periods and typical download and upload speeds during...
CRTC rejects incumbent delay requests for FTTP and HSA proceedings
telecom | 03/28/2023 5:10 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from a number of incumbents, chief among them...
Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 3:40 pm EDT
Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC...
CRTC denies final arbitration request in hotel broadcaster’s dispute with Quebecor
Media | 03/27/2023 4:03 pm EDT
The CRTC won’t force Quebecor Inc. into final...
CRTC grants CanCon producers flexibility on stock footage costs
Media | 03/24/2023 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has adjusted how it considers the use of stock footage for the...
CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding stream in policy review
telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund, as well as feedback on a proposal to open a separate funding stream for Indigenous communities....
CRTC to review roaming charges after Champagne request
telecom | 03/23/2023 5:58 pm EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it was going to look into recently-announced hikes...
CRTC to look at limiting number pools to 1000
telecom | 03/23/2023 5:52 pm EDT
The CRTC is worried about telephone number depletion and is suggesting that number pools be reduced to...
CRTC finds Rogers in the wrong in OneSoccer carriage dispute
telecom | 03/23/2023 5:27 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has given an undue preference to itself by...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...
TBayTel granted delay in rollout of 10-digit dialing
telecom | 03/22/2023 3:41 pm EDT
The CRTC Wednesday approved a proposal by TBayTel Inc. that it be permitted to delay the implementation...
All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee
telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service...
SSi Micro given extension on filing for broadband funding
telecom | 03/13/2023 3:41 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC granted SSi Micro Ltd. an extension of the deadline for...
CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers
telecom | 03/13/2023 1:03 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of...
Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 5:11 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links on Mar. 16, company executives told the House of Commons Canadian Heritage Committee Friday. Two...
Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 4:20 pm EST
Days before the CRTC announced that it would open...
CRTC grants Indigenous station radio license
Media | 03/09/2023 3:01 pm EST
The CRTC Thursday approved a radio broadcasting license for Piikani Resource Development Ltd. on behalf...
UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 4:24 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Rodriguez rejects Senate C-11 amendment limiting CRTC power over social media
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 8:38 am EST
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment...
Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics
Internet and Governance | 03/06/2023 5:25 pm EST
A Conservative MP told the Industry Committee that the CRTCs' new policy direction does not go far enough when it comes to transparency regarding the typical upload and...
Télébec restructuring its residential customer service charges
telecom | 03/06/2023 2:54 pm EST
BCE Inc. subsidiary Télébec is asking the CRTC for permission to...
CRTC releases pair of broadcasting reports that paint dire picture
Media | 03/03/2023 6:04 pm EST
The CRTC released two commissioned reports on the changing nature of the...
Execulink files second Part 1 to get MDU access in Tillsonburg
telecom | 03/03/2023 3:46 pm EST
For the second time this week, Execulink Telecom Inc. has filed an...
Roaming rate charge increase ‘unacceptable’: Champagne
telecom | 03/02/2023 3:09 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...
BDUs raising TV rates for customers not covered by small basic rate is irrelevant: Bell
Media | 03/01/2023 6:12 pm EST
BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that it is...
B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs
telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
CRTC wants Optitel to join CCTS process
telecom | 03/01/2023 5:46 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday issued a notice of consultation about a telecom service provider (TSP) it says has not...
CRTC seeks answers on whether or not to include IoT in MVNO framework
telecom | 03/01/2023 1:53 pm EST
The CRTC is asking Canadians and interested parties to weigh in on whether...
Execulink seeks access to MDUs in western Ontario
telecom | 02/28/2023 4:52 pm EST
Yet another competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) is filing a Part 1 application with the CRTC to gain access to multi-dwelling units (MDUs). This time the CLEC is Execulink Telecom Inc., a company operating in Ontario.
The firm alleges that JLC Homes Ltd. of...
Masse calls for CRTC review of cross-border advertising
Media | 02/27/2023 3:08 pm EST
A New Democrat representing a border city wants the CRTC to review...
CIK continues to file Part 1s seeking access to Richmond, B.C. buildings
telecom | 02/27/2023 11:19 am EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again filed a...
CIK files another Part 1 application on timely access to MDUs
telecom | 02/24/2023 3:15 pm EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again appealed...
Northwestel granted ‘disaster waiver’ for Northern services
telecom | 02/23/2023 5:11 pm EST
The CRTC has granted BCE Inc.'s Northwestel a "disaster waiver" that would allow the company to suspend services, waive charges, provide services at a reduced rate or free of charge, or "provide other...
Bell and Telus being “difficult” in MVNO negotiation: PKP
Media | 02/23/2023 4:58 pm EST
Quebecor Inc.’s efforts to reach all wholesale and MVNO access agreements with BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. has proved to be difficult according to the company’s president and CEO.
Pierre Karl Péladeau made the comment Thursday on a fourth quarter conference call with...
CRTC wants telecoms to address Canadians with disabilities wireless services
telecom | 02/23/2023 3:29 pm EST
Thursday the CRTC issued a decision directing wireless service providers...
Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint
telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...
CRTC issues consultation on network resiliency in response to increased service outages
telecom | 02/22/2023 4:59 pm EST
The CRTC is inviting telecom stakeholders and Canadians to participate in a consultation for the development of a...
CRTC reopens basic television price hike proceeding
Media | 02/21/2023 5:25 pm EST
The CRTC is reopening its proceeding into whether or not BCE Inc., Cogeco Inc., Bragg Communications...
CRTC denies Videotron application for arbitration with Bell
telecom | 02/21/2023 2:16 pm EST
The CRTC has denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit...
Wholesale access in the North is essential for service improvement, Indigenous economic development: stakeholders tell CRTC
telecom | 02/17/2023 5:26 pm EST
There is a consensus forming that the CRTC should...
Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society
Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...
CRTC to release broadcaster revenue data, aggregated by industry segment
Media | 02/16/2023 4:43 pm EST
The CRTC announced that it will publish the data collected in its Annual...
CRTC appoints competition expert as executive director of telecommunications
Internet and Governance | 02/15/2023 6:07 pm EST
CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides announced in a Wednesday press release that the commission appointed competition expert Leila Wright to the position of executive director of...
CRTC sets timeline for pole access and directs ILECs to pay some costs
telecom | 02/15/2023 6:02 pm EST
The CRTC set expedited timelines for large telephone companies to provide...
CRTC won’t grant Yellowknife FM station, two commissioners dissent
Media | 02/15/2023 5:01 pm EST
After years of consideration, the CRTC determined that Yellowknife, NWT...
Ethics commissioner finds MP Fergus violated rules with letter to CRTC
Media | 02/14/2023 2:20 pm EST
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found that...
UPDATED: Government finalizes new directions for CRTC
Media | 02/13/2023 4:00 pm EST
Monday the federal government outlined new policy directions for the CRTC, with an emphasis on...
Telus, Cogeco back Bell on pausing contributions; PIAC comes up with idea for unawarded money
telecom | 02/10/2023 4:33 pm EST
Telus Corp. and Cogeco Inc. are rowing in behind Bell's request for the CRTC to stop collecting money for its National Contribution Fund until the regulator can spend the...
CRTC modifies Telus tariffs on digital network access
telecom | 02/10/2023 3:51 pm EST
In a Friday decision, the CRTC approved with modifications three tariff notifications submitted by Telus...
While more involved, Rodriguez’s CRTC letter doesn’t go far enough: consumer advocates
Internet and Governance | 02/08/2023 4:02 pm EST
While the letter from Heritage Minister Pablo...
Senators continue fight over Streaming Act and CBC’s future
Media | 02/08/2023 1:22 pm EST
The battle over the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11,...
OpenMedia backs TekSavvy’s complaint over off-tariff agreements
telecom | 02/07/2023 3:50 pm EST
Lobby group OpenMedia is in the corner of TekSavvy Solutions Inc. over...
Unscripted series the wave of the future for streamers, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/06/2023 1:31 pm EST
OTTAWA–Streaming is the way of the future, a panel told the Canadian...
CRTC rejects CNOC in-building wire review and vary
telecom | 02/03/2023 5:16 pm EST
The CRTC Friday rejected a review and vary appeal from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada, which...
CBC’s Tait says IP ownership has to remain front and centre of CanCon rules; Amazon disagrees
Media | 02/03/2023 5:14 pm EST
OTTAWA– An Amazon Inc. Prime Video executive has...
CRTC dismisses Bell undue preference complaint against Quebecor; orders the companies to play nice
Media | 02/03/2023 4:56 pm EST
In its first notable broadcasting decision under...
UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week
Media | 02/02/2023 7:17 pm EST
OTTAWA – The Senate officially adopted the Online Streaming Act, a year to the day since it was first introduced in the House of Commons.
The vote passed Thursday...