Quebecor Inc. must agree to Telus Corp.’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access rates, the CRTC decided Monday. The two companies were in disagreement over the price-per-gigabyte that Quebecor should pay to access Telus’ network and entered final offer...
Grocery giant Loblaw Companies Ltd. is entering the mobile data market with the launch of its No Name Mobile product. Prepaid mobile SIM cards will be available at the company’s No Frills locations across the country. The cards will replace the PC Mobile SIM cards...
Canada’s four major wireless carriers experienced major upticks in usage during Monday’s solar...
Incoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...
The House of Commons’ Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and...
Canada’s Privacy Act needs to be updated, Privacy Commissioner Daniel...
Data being collected by private companies on behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was de-identified, aggregated and depersonalized, Health Minister Jean-Yves...
The data services company TeraGo Inc. announced Monday that it has appointed Andy Ramsey, the company's...
The data services company TeraGo Inc. has announced it is looking for a new chief financial officer as its current CFO David Charron is stepping down "to pursue other...
The Conservative Party is promising new rules for electronic data collection and technologies like the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence if it wins in this fall’s federal election....
Prices for communications services are on a downward trend, according to new data from the CRTC, but spending on those goods are also on the rise. Those services are made up of mobile wireless (with unlimited voice and SMS...
The launch of new plans from Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom will...
Rogers Communications Inc.’s decision to introduce "no overage" plans will likely negatively impact all wireless carriers, Scotiabank’s Jeff Fan said in a new report. “In this dynamically...
A new group made up of businesses and industry associations wants to help...
A consortium of data stewards launched an informal network last week that looks to promote the anonymization of personal information in Canada in the wake of data privacy concerns sweeping the...
OTTAWA — The Office of the Privacy Commissioner plans to file in Federal Court a lawsuit against Facebook Inc. before this year’s federal election, commissioner Daniel Therrien said Tuesday, following the completion of a year-long investigation that found the social...
Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications legislation should be...
While online misinformation needs to be taken seriously, that doesn’t...
The department of Foreign Affairs is looking for bidders to build a “phishing simulation initiative” to prepare its employees to better deal with such attempts. “Due to the increasingly...
Colin McKay, head of public policy and government relations for Alphabet...
Canada's federal, provincial and territorial privacy watchdogs collectively urged their own governments Monday to pass legislation placing political parties in Canada under...
Canada and its Five Eyes counterparts have issued a warning to communications and technology companies that if governments continue to face difficult hurdles to lawful access to data created by encryption without private sector...
Canadian operators drive the highest revenues per wireless gigabyte in the...
OTTAWA — As the House of Commons rose for summer break Wednesday...
OTTAWA — The federal government said Tuesday it will hold consultations to look at the issue of data...
Following nine public meetings that began in March, the House committee...
Facebook Inc.’s attempt to reach out to members of the Parliamentary...
The CRTC should ensure telecoms offer plans for consumers who only need wireless service on an occasional basis, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). The consumer group filed a...
The federal government has announced that mandatory breach notification rules found in the 2015 Digital Privacy Act will come into force Nov. 1 this year, according to an order-in-council dated March 26. As originally reported...
Over the last month, the number of people who hold an unfavourable public opinion of Facebook Inc. has increased, and almost three-quarters of respondents to an Angus Reid survey plan on making changes to their use of the platform, according to data released by the...
Executives from Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. don’t see demand for wireless data slowing down, they told an investors conference earlier this week. “We’re still seeing significant data growth in the wireless...
The privacy commissioner is calling for his office to be included in Bill...
The government should consider including frameworks for a right to erasure...
The Competition Bureau is inviting comments on a white paper on big data. “Recent global developments in technology have allowed firms to harness data in ways that drive innovation and quality improvements across a range of...
Global wireless data consumption through virtual reality (VR) content will grow ten-fold over the next four years, according to Juniper Research. The company said in a press release earlier this month that it expects consumption to grow from “nearly 2,800PB (Petabytes)...
Canada’s continued preservation of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
The United States is calling for its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners to limit restrictions and make it easier for its companies to compete in their telecommunications markets....