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Novus cutting contracts and freezing prices
telecom | 09/08/2021 4:40 pm EDT
Vancouver-based Novus Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it will refrain from raising internet prices for three years as it allows customers to sign up for its residential internet service without locking themselves into time-committed contracts. Novus, an independent provider that’s been operating since 1996, said in a release that it owns and builds its own fibre network, allowing it to keep prices lower, and that its “no contract offering aligns with Novus' mission to bring the community flexible, reliable, and quality internet service at an affordable price point.” "We've...
Distributel waives long-distance calling charges to Haiti, Afghanistan
telecom | 08/20/2021 4:49 pm EDT
On the heels of Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron announcement Wednesday, Distributel Communications Ltd. said Friday that -- along with its recently acquired Primus subsidiary -- it would be suspending long-distance phone charges for calls to both Haiti and Afghanistan. In Haiti, an Aug. 14 earthquake has left as many as 2,100 dead and more homeless in the country, while in Afghanistan the Taliban has swept back into power 20 years after an American invasion. "The news of what is happening in...
Videotron waives long-distance fees to Haiti, Afghanistan in response to international crises
telecom | 08/18/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is suspending its long-distance charges for all calls from Canada to Haiti, where a recent earthquake has left many residents homeless, and to...
Wireless Code, home Internet, helping with data overage fees: Research
telecom | 06/23/2021 5:06 pm EDT
Fewer Canadians are paying for data overage fees and fewer are complaining...
Iristel to launch low-cost portability service
telecom | 06/14/2021 5:09 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is launching a service that will allow Canadian phone numbers to be paired with less expensive plans offered by U.S. telecom companies. On Monday the company announced its $6 per month "Mobifi" service, which it...
Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings
Media | 02/25/2021 5:42 pm EST
Quebecor Inc. has continued to grow its revenues in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to...
Comp. Bureau signs consent agreement with WESCO over pole line hardware merger
telecom | 08/07/2020 12:48 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has reached a consent agreement with electronics distribution and services company WESCO International Inc., which will see the company divest its utility and datacom businesses in Canada in order to assuage the bureau’s concerns about its acquisition of Anixter International Inc. In a Thursday release, the bureau said the merger of Canada’s two largest distributors of pole line hardware and data communication, which concluded in June, would “likely have...
Canadians complaining about wireless less, experiencing fewer unexpected charges: research
telecom | 08/05/2020 3:31 pm EDT
Canadians are complaining less about their wireless service and fewer consumers are receiving unexpected charges in their monthly wireless bill, according to wireless code...
Telecoms end overage fees suspension
telecom | 07/02/2020 4:52 pm EDT
Major Canadian telecoms have ended one of their major relief measures for Canadians who suddenly shifted...
CRTC approves Northwestel’s waiving of overage fees
telecom | 03/24/2020 2:44 pm EDT
The CRTC has given interim approval to BCE Inc.’s Northwestel application for urgent relief that will allow to it waive data overage charges for its cable and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) internet...
COVID-19 prompts multiple ISPs to suspend data caps
telecom | 03/13/2020 5:46 pm EDT
Multiple Canadian internet providers have suspended caps on data usage as they prepare for a huge...
Wireless prices down in Canada in 2019, but still high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 03/05/2020 4:45 pm EST
Mobile wireless prices are lower or have stayed the same across all service "baskets" compared to last year, but the higher data plan prices remain stubbornly higher than most other countries, a new...
Bell offering cheaper unlimited plans in Quebec, Prairies
telecom | 08/14/2019 2:54 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has quietly dropped prices for its new “unlimited” data plans across the country, with residents of Quebec and, to a lesser extent, Saskatchewan and Manitoba seeing even lower prices. ...
Three-year financing, if approved, should extend to subsidy model: Péladeau
telecom | 08/08/2019 6:27 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said he’s “happy” that...
Telecoms say speed throttling doesn’t violate net neutrality
telecom | 08/06/2019 2:37 pm EDT
The big three telecoms are telling the CRTC that their practice of slowing...
‘Unlimited’ plans leading to 50% more data use, Rogers says
telecom | 07/23/2019 5:26 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s CEO Joe Natale said there has been a 50 per cent increase in data use among the 365,000 customers who’ve adopted its “unlimited” data plans in the six weeks they have been in the market.
“Very healthy data usage growth, which was...
Rogers’ no-overage plan about data use, churn, 5G: analyst
telecom | 06/21/2019 4:32 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s reasons for launching a no-overage-fee...
Ever larger wireless data buckets belying consumption, Rogers says
Media | 01/24/2019 2:07 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. is pointing to higher data availability...
Wireless subs ‘on-track’ after Black Friday, but no winner: Barclays
telecom | 12/03/2018 2:19 pm EST
There doesn't appear to be a clear winner among Canadian telecoms after the intense sales period around Black Friday, according to Barclays Capital analyst Phillip Huang. “Deals for this year's...
Freedom’s new ad campaign focuses on sharing, data overages
telecom | 08/01/2018 2:10 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile will highlight its lack of...
CRTC asks carriers for lower-priced data-only plan proposals
telecom | 07/25/2018 5:29 pm EDT
The CRTC wants the Big Three to submit options for lower-priced data plans than those they suggested themselves, and is asking for opinions about changing its policy on wireless retail rate regulation.
In March, the CRTC ordered Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and...
Bell MTS increasing wireless rates, axing unlimited data for new customers
telecom | 07/12/2018 5:08 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Bell MTS in Manitoba is dropping its province-wide wireless unlimited data plan option and increasing prices for upgrading or new customers, it announced Tuesday. New customers will...
Don’t opt for alternative low-cost plans, carriers warn CRTC
telecom | 06/29/2018 4:40 pm EDT
The big three wireless providers doubled down on their proposed low-cost,...
Internet satisfaction high, but 27% don’t know their data caps: CIRA
Media | 06/20/2018 6:20 pm EDT
Just over a quarter of Canadians surveyed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) said they don’t know how much broadband data they have, a concern a CIRA spokeswoman said could be...
Low-cost data plans need higher caps, lower prices, CRTC hears
telecom | 06/14/2018 4:45 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is among those who are telling the CRTC that mandated low-cost, data-only plans should have more data on offer, in a move that raises the stakes of the regulator’s proceeding...
‘Technical issue’ hurt Rogers churn during Dec. wireless promos: CEO
telecom | 01/25/2018 4:54 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc.’s systems had a technical glitch that...
Big Three launch $60, 10 GB plans in Freedom territory
telecom | 12/15/2017 5:18 pm EST
Following the launch of a 10 GB wireless plan for $50 by Shaw...
Basic wireless plans cheaper, bigger data buckets more expensive: report
telecom | 12/12/2017 6:38 pm EST
While Canadians saw prices for basic mobile phone subscriptions fall, data released by Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada on Tuesday indicated that high-end mobile phone plan...
Telus joins Rogers in Wireless Code extension ask
telecom | 11/20/2017 6:12 pm EST
Several telecoms are backing Rogers Communications Inc.’s request for an extension to implement certain...
Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes
telecom | 11/08/2017 1:44 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. is asking for more time to implement updates to its bill management systems in order to fulfill requirements in the Wireless Code.
“Since the Decision was released, Rogers has had a team working full-time to implement the many changes. Through...
Freedom Mobile launches 10 GB for $50 ‘intro offer’
telecom | 10/18/2017 8:22 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile has announced a new set of...
Rogers expands wireless data controls
Media | 09/26/2017 6:26 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. said it will begin allowing the manager of shared wireless plans to control the quality of video streamed by members of the share plan. “With the new feature, the data manager (mom or dad, for...
Bell Apple Watch advantage unknown: experts
telecom | 09/15/2017 4:06 pm EDT
Wearable use in Canada and around the world is trending up, but the numbers for smartwatches are still...
TBayTel asks for 1-year extension for Wireless Code changes
telecom | 08/22/2017 12:56 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking comment on whether it should grant regional...
Roaming revenues to fall 11% after EU ban: Juniper
telecom | 07/18/2017 4:49 pm EDT
The European Union’s elimination of roaming charges has pushed global mobile roaming revenue numbers down, according to a new report by Juniper Research. The EU recently said it was eliminating roaming charges after it came to an agreement on wholesale prices. Roaming revenues are now expected to decline 11 per cent globally in 2017, the Tuesday Juniper report noted, adding revenue decline is also largely due to the introduction of “roam-like-at-home” packages in markets including Europe, North America and Asia, it said. “This decline in global revenues is due to a 33%...
Five free data hours for Fido customers
telecom | 07/12/2017 11:32 am EDT
Customers of Rogers Communications Inc.’s flanker brand, Fido, are being offered free wireless data...
Rogers increases data overage fees
telecom | 07/06/2017 5:44 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has increased its mobile data overage rates to a cost per gigabyte of $70 for new plans. The changes, instituted Wednesday, include a two-cent increase per megabyte — to seven cents from five —...
Videotron offering extra data to Unlimited Music subscribers
Media | 07/04/2017 3:37 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is increasing the data limits of wireless...
Extension request for Unlimited Music shutdown denied
Media | 06/16/2017 11:58 am EDT
The CRTC said Thursday it won’t give Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron extra time to shut down its...
CRTC eliminates locked phones in Canada by December
telecom | 06/15/2017 11:00 am EDT
As part of a decision on its review of the Wireless Code, the CRTC has eliminated unlocking fees for smartphones and mandated that all newly purchased devices must be provided unlocked as of Dec. 1, 2017. “Based on the...
Videotron ‘author’ of own misfortune: consumer advocates
Media | 06/05/2017 5:01 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron made its bed and now it has to lie in it, according to consumer and digital rights advocates who opposed the company’s request for a delay in complying with the CRTC’s...
Netflix to have Ont. ‘download zones’ for cottage season: CP
Media | 05/19/2017 4:43 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. is setting up “download zones” in certain areas in Ontario to help the data starved pre-load movies and TV shows onto their devices, according to a Canadian Press report. WiFi...
Telecoms to compete on service after zero-rating decision: analysts
Media | 04/21/2017 4:11 pm EDT
The CRTC’s decision Thursday to ban most forms of zero-rating means telecoms will have to rely on service in order to stand out from the competition, analysts said. The...
Toronto city council adopts motion on unlimited data
telecom | 04/04/2017 8:21 pm EDT
Toronto city council voted last week to ask the CRTC to force wireless providers to offer unlimited data plans. The motion, brought forward by councillor Michelle Holland, directs the city manager to convey a request to the CRTC “that major telecommunications providers across Canada be required, as part of their licensing arrangements, to provide consumers with options for reasonably priced unlimited data packages that would be part of the cellular packages they offer.” The motion said that in the United States, major providers now offer “affordable” unlimited...
Ice Wireless offering unlimited data, roaming plans
telecom | 03/29/2017 5:35 pm EDT
Iristel Inc.’s Ice Wireless is now selling plans with unlimited data and roaming in the United States and Mexico, the company said in a press release Wednesday. The plans “include unlimited calls, texts and...
85% say account holder should approve wireless overages: survey
telecom | 02/27/2017 8:37 pm EST
Nearly 85 per cent of Canadians believe approval for additional costs in family phone plans should be made by those who pay the bills, not those who use the phone, according to a survey commissioned...
Highlight data as ‘key contract term’ in Wireless Code: CCTS
telecom | 02/09/2017 10:21 pm EST
The Wireless Code should be amended so that it codifies data as a “key contract term” in wireless contracts, the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services (CCTS) argued...
EU on verge of eliminating roaming charges
telecom | 02/01/2017 5:07 pm EST
The European Union is set to eliminate mobile roaming charges within its 28-member bloc by this summer, as EU negotiators came to an agreement Wednesday on wholesale prices that would eliminate the charges by June...
Rogers expands availability of Roam Like Home
telecom | 12/19/2016 7:52 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has made its Roam Like Home plan available to “most customers on a consumer plan,” the company said Monday. The service allows customers to use the data bucket and voice and text allotment in their regular plans while travelling, for $5 per day in the United States and for $10 per day in more than 100 other countries. The move means the option will now be available to “almost 800,000 additional postpaid wireless consumers,” Rogers said in the press release. The expansion doesn’t include customers of Rogers’...
Shoan drops second case on Blais’ power to name panels
telecom | 11/30/2016 8:29 pm EST
Former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan won’t pursue a second challenge regarding the ability of the CRTC chairman to name panels, after a judge dismissed a similar application last month....
CRTC hears opposite takes on social benefits of zero-rating
Media | 11/03/2016 10:29 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — The question of whether differential pricing practices (DPPs) can be used for socially beneficial purposes came up on the fourth day of the CRTC’s hearing on DPPs...
No proven harm from differential pricing: Bell
Media | 11/01/2016 9:41 pm EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC shouldn’t take the non-participation in this week’s hearing by content providers who might eventually benefit from zero-rating and other differential pricing practices as non-interest, a...
T-Mobile dinged $48M for ‘unlimited’ data claims
telecom | 10/19/2016 5:02 pm EDT
T-Mobile US Inc. has been ordered to pay a $48-million settlement following an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) into its advertised “unlimited” data plans. In press...
Analysts optimistic about Natale at Rogers after Laurence’s surprise exit
Media | 10/17/2016 9:37 pm EDT
In an unexpected move, Rogers Communications Inc. has announced Guy Laurence is no longer CEO of the company and will be replaced by former Telus Corp. CEO Joe Natale, a choice...
Indie ISPs have less restrictive data caps: OpenMedia report
telecom | 10/13/2016 7:05 pm EDT
A new report from OpenMedia says that when it comes to residential wireline Internet service, small Internet Service Providers (ISPs) “have less restrictive data caps and more regions with...
Rogers intros wireless data controls ahead of Wireless Code review
telecom | 10/06/2016 10:38 pm EDT
TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Guy Laurence said Thursday the company will eliminate an “irritant” among its customers by giving them the ability to manage...
Reddit reaction to differential pricing overwhelmingly critical
Media | 09/30/2016 8:07 pm EDT
Users of Reddit Inc.’s website have largely railed against differential pricing in a discussion initated by the CRTC, with an overwhelming number of comments on the social platform expressing...
Quebecor in ‘no rush’ to get rid of 700MHz spectrum: Pruneau
telecom | 09/22/2016 10:26 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s chief financial officer Jean-François Pruneau said Thursday the company is content to wait to sell the 700 MHz spectrum it picked up in 2014 and never deployed, given its value continues to grow with time. He said he’s been in “discussions with all the parties,” both incumbents and new entrants, about the seven licences in Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia on which the company spent $233.3 million in 2014. It has since declined to expand into those areas. “My job is to create as deep a...
Wireline data caps have no legitimate purpose, Netflix tells FCC
Media | 09/12/2016 7:00 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. argued that data caps are an “unnecessary constraint on advanced telecommunications capability” in a filing with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)....
Extra data promos to drive upgrades: Barclays
telecom | 09/07/2016 4:48 pm EDT
Promotions offering customers extra data as part of back-to-school promotions by Canada’s largest three wireless carriers will help drive upgrades by customers, according to a research note by Barclays Capital analyst...
TV still golden in multi-platform Olympic coverage: experts
Media | 08/15/2016 9:27 pm EDT
While digital and mobile options for watching the Summer Olympics are gaining in popularity and engagement, television continues to own the podium for the Canadian outlet broadcasting the two-week...
Canada outranks peers in wireless prices: report
telecom | 08/11/2016 9:02 pm EDT
Canadians continue to pay among the highest prices internationally for wireless and broadband Internet services, according to a new report comparing telecom service prices released Thursday by the CRTC. The ninth annual...
Pokémon Go not augmenting wireless data reality
Media | 07/18/2016 9:11 pm EDT
Though the success of Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s Pokémon Go mobile game could be the tip of the iceberg for augmented-reality applications, experts said they don’t expect wireless companies to make any major shifts in the way they offer data. “In terms of the wireless data, it’s still video that’s driving most of the growth and consumption,” Desmond Lau, an analyst with Veritas, said in a phone interview. Troy Crandall, an analyst with 3Macs, agreed and said that the game itself — which was released in Canada over the weekend (though Canadians have...
Complaints, bill shock fell after Wireless Code: study
telecom | 07/14/2016 3:22 pm EDT
The Wireless Code has proved effective in the two years since its implementation, suggest the results of a CRTC-commissioned study, which reported a decline in wireless complaints as well as...
Facebook, AT&T defend differential pricing in CRTC review
Media | 06/30/2016 8:23 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. and AT&T Inc. have waded into the CRTC’s review of differential pricing practices, arguing that the commission should allow carriers to offer zero-rated services...
E.U. regulator releases zero-rating guidelines
Media | 06/06/2016 8:21 pm EDT
The body that regulates the telecommunications market in the European Union released draft guidelines Monday to ensure providers steer clear of zero-rating policies unless justified, a move that comes ahead of a CRTC...
5G key to future wireless profitability, Ericsson’s CTO says
telecom | 06/06/2016 6:03 pm EDT
TORONTO — With customers’ usage of data increasing exponentially, and carriers limited in how much they can charge for that data, telecoms will have to turn to 5G networks, Ericsson...
Canadian publishers adopt new Google platform
Media | 06/02/2016 9:57 pm EDT
Three Canadian media outlets will be able to display their pages faster on smartphones while using less data after adopting a new platform developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google, according news articles by Corus...
Shoan launches second challenge to Blais’ power to name panels
telecom | 05/24/2016 5:04 pm EDT
CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan has filed another court challenge regarding the ability of CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais to assign commissioners to panels that make decisions on issues before the...
CRTC launches review of zero-rating, sponsored data
Media | 05/18/2016 9:32 pm EDT
Net neutrality advocates welcomed the CRTC’s launch of a new consultation on “differential pricing practices” for both wireline and wireless data plans Wednesday, a process that will see a public hearing kick off...
Effect of zero-rating on competition under debate
Media | 05/06/2016 8:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A panel discussion on net neutrality Friday dug into whether zero-rating can help or harm market competition, with Ted Woodhead, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs at Telus Corp. taking issue with the...
Netflix introduces wireless data controls
telecom | 05/06/2016 8:02 pm EDT
Netflix Inc. subscribers can now regulate how much wireless data they use in the newest version of the company’s Android and iOS application. As of May 5, the mobile app users could take advantage of “added controls to help you manage streaming data usage on cellular networks,” said the Netflix app update’s release notes. The application’s settings menu now lets users turn off cellular data, limiting playback to WiFi connections, or allows for the shifting of video quality to adjust how many hours of video can be streamed per gigabyte of data —...
Shaw to keep Wind’s current strategy in place: exec
telecom | 02/09/2016 9:51 pm EST
As it takes ownership of Wind Mobile, Shaw Communications Inc. will continue positioning Wind as a cheaper option compared to the big three national wireless carriers, according to the company’s chief operating officer....
Verizon allows companies to cover data costs for consumer access
Media | 01/19/2016 7:44 pm EST
Verizon Communication Inc. announced Tuesday it is introducing a new sponsored data service, called FreeBee Data, to help businesses drive better consumer engagement without cutting into...
Mobile prices on the rise
telecom | 01/19/2016 3:55 pm EST
All major mobile carriers in Canada are raising their prices, according to analysts. Drew McReynolds, an analyst with RBC Dominion Security, detailed in a research note last week how BCE Inc. had recently raised its prices on share plans for premium smartphones by $5 to $65 a month, its plans for...
CRTC consults on off-tariff roaming agreements
telecom | 12/16/2015 6:26 pm EST
The CRTC on Wednesday started a consultation that asks whether it should refrain from regulating some arrangements between incumbent wireless carriers and smaller operators regarding domestic roaming where the terms or conditions...
Netflix says new process will waste less bandwidth
Media | 12/15/2015 5:44 pm EST
Netflix Inc. is re-encoding its entire library of content in order to provide customers with a better experience for watching content while using less bandwidth to process it. The company said in a blog Monday that the process is called per-title encoding, in which an analysis of every title that is available was conducted in order to determine the quality and the amount of bandwidth required for it to be streamed. Netflix said that "a one-size-fits-all scheme obviously cannot provide the best video quality for a given title and members’ allowable bandwidth. It can also...
Bell adds Netflix link to IPTV services
Media | 12/14/2015 3:19 pm EST
BCE Inc. announced Monday that subscribers of Bell’s Fibe TV and Bell Alliant’s FibreOP TV will have access to their Netflix Inc. account directly from their TV receivers. It said in the release that all Fibe TV...
Relevance trumps affordability in reasons to forgo Internet: Ipsos
telecom | 12/11/2015 8:54 pm EST
Newly released survey results show that almost 10 per cent of Canadians still do not have Internet access at home, and more people cite its relevance to their personal lives than affordability as a...
Wind to launch LTE by end of 2016 with new financing
telecom | 12/10/2015 10:46 pm EST
Wind Mobile is looking to make LTE service available to at least some of its customers by the end of next year, after announcing it has borrowed $425 million to help it do so. On Thursday, Wind issued a press release that...
Bell ranked highest in mobile network performance
telecom | 12/09/2015 8:38 pm EST
BCE Inc. was tops in RootMetric’s 2015 Canadian mobile network performance review that was released Wednesday, with Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. not far behind. The U.S.-based mobile analytics company said in...
Old domestic roaming charges still being worked out
telecom | 12/09/2015 5:04 pm EST
The CRTC has asked Canadian wireless carriers that provided roaming access to other domestic carriers — when legislation was in effect that capped domestic roaming prices to retail rates — to file new information,...
Otono to launch prepaid wireless service for parents in U.S.
Media | 12/09/2015 2:54 pm EST
Otono Networks Inc. announced Wednesday it is launching next year in the U.S. a new prepaid wireless mobile service specifically for parents that will include two free lines for their kids. It said...
Roam Mobility offers SIM cards for vistors to Canada
telecom | 12/04/2015 5:22 pm EST
Otono Networks Inc.’s Roam Mobility, a provider of SIM cards for out-of-Canada mobile usage, announced Friday it is launching a new SIM card for visitors to Canada. The Vancouver-based company said in a press release that...
Final domestic-roaming tariffs approved, for now
telecom | 12/03/2015 8:36 pm EST
The CRTC has accepted, for the time being, tariffs proposed by the wireless incumbents for what smaller carriers in Canada have to pay to have their customers roam on the bigger companies' networks. The commission said in a...
Major mobile providers offer extra gigabyte
telecom | 11/27/2015 7:44 pm EST
The three incumbent mobile-service providers and their flanker brands were all offering Black Friday specials, lasting until the Sunday, Nov. 30, that included an extra gigabyte per month on select plans. BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp and their discount arms — Virgin Mobile, Fido and Koodo, respectively — all said on their websites Friday certain wireless plans would feature this bonus for new customers and those upgrading before the end of the weekend....
Incumbents seek little change in domestic data roaming tariffs
telecom | 11/25/2015 11:06 pm EST
The domestic roaming rates for voice and text services BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. have asked the CRTC to implement are significantly lower than what they currently...
SaskTel reduces roaming rates
Media | 11/24/2015 5:08 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Tuesday it is introducing new roaming rates and five new roaming add-on plans for customers traveling outside of Canada. It said in a press release that the new rates, part...
Rogers launches Fido Internet service
telecom | 11/18/2015 9:54 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. announced on Thursday a new Internet service for Ontario under its Fido brand. Information provided by the company by email said customers of its discount mobile service Fido have been asking for...
Wind adds 3rd domestic roaming partner
telecom | 11/17/2015 3:28 pm EST
Wind Mobile said Tuesday it has added "a third major roaming partner" in Canada. It did not disclose which company is the new partner, though given that Wind's operating territory is Ontario, Alberta and British...
Cellular data to grow 10 times by 2021: Ericsson
telecom | 11/16/2015 7:10 pm EST
The amount of data flowing through cellular networks, both in North America and around the world, will increase almost 10 times over the next six years as growth in smartphone adoption continues and video consumption becomes more popular, according to reports released by Ericsson AB on Tuesday. Ericsson said global mobile data this year is expected to average 5.3 exabytes a month and rise to 51 EB by 2021, as it increases by an average of 45 per cent a year over that time. (One exabyte is equal to about one billion gigabytes.) The networking technology company said total traffic in Canada...
T-Mobile gives users unlimited video from select services
Media | 11/11/2015 3:29 pm EST
T-Mobile US Inc. announced Tuesday it will be launching a new service for its Simple Choice mobile plan customers that allows free video streaming from several services without it cutting into their...
MTS revenue, profits down in Q3
telecom | 11/04/2015 9:58 pm EST
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. on Wednesday reported lower revenue and profits compared to a year earlier. It said in a press release that revenue was down one per cent to $398.4 million for the three months ended Sept. 30. Net...
Telecom-revenue growth trails consumer-spending increase: CRTC
telecom | 10/27/2015 8:33 pm EDT
Revenue from telecommunications services in Canada grew 2.4 per cent in 2014, the CRTC said Tuesday, falling short of the six per cent hike in average spending on communications services that year....
Rogers, Telus on opposing sides of zero-rated music case
Media | 10/15/2015 8:39 pm EDT
An undue-preference complaint against a music streaming service offered by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has Rogers Communications Inc. arguing that zero-rating the service is a net-neutrality...
Countdown on for global Internet governance transition
telecom | 10/07/2015 8:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA — When people think about the Internet, they often associate it with applications, social networks, streamed video, megabits per second or data caps, without realizing that the structure...
iPhone users more likely to stream: MTM
Media | 10/01/2015 6:12 pm EDT
Apple Inc.’s iPhone owners stream audio and video content more than any other device owners, according to a new report released by Media Technology Monitor (MTM), a project of CBC/Radio-Canada. The report said that among...
Rogers, Bell start supporting WiFi calling
Media | 09/29/2015 8:43 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Roger Communications Inc. have begun supporting calls and texts over WiFi networks with the latest iPhone. "You can call and text wherever you have a Wi-Fi connection in places like basements, condos and tall...
CRTC merges complaints against Videotron music service
Media | 09/28/2015 7:36 pm EDT
The CRTC has merged two complaints against a service by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron that exempts some music streaming services from counting against mobile customers’ data caps. Videotron...
Axia to build fibre Internet in rural Alberta
telecom | 09/28/2015 2:16 pm EDT
Axia NetMedia Corp. announced last week it is building fibre-optic Internet connections in additional rural communities in Alberta, which will be operational next year. It said in a press release Thursday that construction is underway in "several rural communities in southern Alberta," naming Nanton and Nobleford as examples. It said it is "looking to identify the next forward-thinking communities to invest in." Axia said it differentiates itself from major service providers by focusing its fibre infrastructure in rural areas rather than major cities. "You cannot...