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Public Safety looking at changing emergency alert funding: gov’t docs
telecom | 12/16/2020 3:26 pm EST
Public Safety Canada is considering implementing a “more sustainable funding approach” for Canada’s emergency alert system, according to documents obtained through the...
Federal gov’t looking to expand emergency alerts to online platforms, devices
telecom | 11/25/2020 10:42 am EST
As Canadian emergency management authorities hold their regular test of the public emergency alerting system Wednesday, the federal government is exploring how to extend those...
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...
Private sector interest in Infrastructure Bank broadband funds ‘limited,’ PCO told
telecom | 10/16/2020 2:39 pm EDT
The federal government was told telecom companies...
Liberals’ wireless price drop unlikely to achieve promised savings: gov’t docs
telecom | 10/15/2020 2:50 pm EDT
The Liberals' election commitment to drop wireless prices 25 per cent will...
CBC putting branded content initiative on ‘pause’
Media | 10/07/2020 11:08 am EDT
The branded content initiative launched by CBC/Radio-Canada last month has been put on hiatus while the...
Bell applies for indefinite extension of AI call blocking scheme
telecom | 09/04/2020 4:37 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has applied to the CRTC for an interim extension of its “very encouraging” trial of Canada’s first artificial intelligence-based call blocking system, which has been the subject of concerns around transparency and privacy, until the regulator rules on a yet to...
$263M in deferred spectrum fees due Tuesday: ISED
Media | 08/31/2020 3:00 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada won’t give any more extensions on the payment of spectrum fees, which are due Sept. 1, the department said. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ISED deferred the payment of...
Broadcasters asked CRTC for emergency COVID-19 relief in July
Media | 08/21/2020 4:31 pm EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters asked the CRTC not to enforce...
ISED says department has ‘done well’ with working from home
telecom | 08/10/2020 5:52 pm EDT
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development says it is moving toward establishing a hybrid work-from-home model that will see increasing numbers of employees return to office work in a series of...
Half of spectrum licencees opted to use ISED’s COVID flexibility
telecom | 07/29/2020 5:21 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada allowed companies to...
UBF should focus on both backbone, last mile, ISPs told ISED
telecom | 07/28/2020 2:22 pm EDT
At a discussion about Ottawa’s now-delayed Universal Broadband Fund with...
Pandemic has increased need for privacy rights, OPC told Guilbealt
Media | 06/30/2020 5:08 pm EDT
COVID-19 has made privacy rights even more important, the federal privacy commissioner’s office told Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault in May. A presentation prepared by the Office of the...
Either disclose or withdraw MVNO layoff threat, CRTC tells Telus
telecom | 06/22/2020 6:10 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking Telus Corp. to publicly release a resolution from the...
Videotron accuses Bell of undue preference over access to support structures
telecom | 06/22/2020 5:09 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC over access to BCE Inc. support structures. The June 16 French-language application, which is not yet available on the CRTC website, says...
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 Technologies Co. Ltd. for their 5G networks if the government grants permission to do so, despite...
‘Public outreach’ needed for ‘progress’ on encryption backdoors: gov’t doc
telecom | 05/26/2020 11:42 am EDT
In order to make “progress” on the issue of access to encrypted...
5G monitoring same as for all wireless tech: Health Canada
telecom | 05/06/2020 3:16 pm EDT
Health Canada has responded to an MPs’ query about what steps it is...
Federal government to accelerate rural broadband funds: Monsef
telecom | 04/29/2020 3:49 pm EDT
The federal government will speed up its rural broadband funding in...
Quebecor hits out at Bell’s ‘unfounded’ IBW extension request
telecom | 04/20/2020 4:36 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has urged the CRTC to deny a BCE Inc. request to indefinitely...
Bell calls for new in-building wire tariff to be put on ice
telecom | 04/16/2020 5:47 pm EDT
A process to create a tariff for access to in-building wire in multi-dwelling units should be put on hold until after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, or until BCE Inc. has been given sufficient time to check every existing connection, Bell has argued in a Part 1 application...
OPC reprimanded Bell over repeated delays in 2018: doc
telecom | 04/15/2020 2:30 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s delays and incomplete responses to multiple information access...
Canadian authorities in talks about COVID-19 tracking apps
telecom | 03/31/2020 5:54 pm EDT
Several of Canada’s cities and provinces, as well as the federal...
ISED pushing Bell to show progress on CTI rollout: docs
telecom | 03/27/2020 4:35 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) will be...
CRTC chair, commish toured Rogers’ ‘piracy lab’
Media | 03/02/2020 1:23 pm EST
As part of their ongoing effort to fight content piracy, two of Canada’s largest media and telecom...
Potential spring launch for Universal Broadband Fund: ISED doc
telecom | 02/14/2020 12:31 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada could launch its $1.7-billion rural broadband fund as early as this spring, according to a briefing note obtained through Access to Information....
CRTC launches tests, reporting rules after emergency alert glitches
telecom | 01/16/2020 4:41 pm EST
Complaints about the national emergency alert system have prompted the CRTC...
‘Clock ticking’ on new content rules for web giants, Guilbeault says
Media | 01/13/2020 2:30 pm EST
The Liberal government's minority mandate means it will have to move fast...
Court docs detail expansion of Canadian website-blocking order
Media | 01/08/2020 4:58 pm EST
Fresh documents are shedding light on how Canada’s first piracy case...
$1.7B broadband fund to launch in 2020, no formal consultation: ISED
telecom | 01/07/2020 6:33 pm EST
The federal government won’t hold a formal consultation on the development of its $1.7-billion Universal Broadband Fund for rural connectivity, as it aims to wrap up the...
Telus wants Competition Bureau methodology in MVNO review
telecom | 12/11/2019 5:29 pm EST
After a November Competition Bureau report endorsed a limited version of...
BTLR chair twice as busy as expected
Media | 12/05/2019 4:18 pm EST
The work of the chairwoman heading the review of the broadcasting and telecom acts turned out to be more time-consuming and complicated than the government initially planned for, according to a memo obtained through Access to...
PKP accused gov’t of ‘flagrantly’ favouring Bell over G7 contracts
telecom | 11/01/2019 1:59 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau wrote a letter taking the Liberal...
With telecom affordability, political parties wade into fierce debate
telecom | 10/04/2019 11:42 am EDT
As politicians take aim at telecom affordability in this fall’s election...
NDP price caps would apply to all wireless plans, be set by the CRTC
telecom | 09/13/2019 4:35 pm EDT
The NDP’s promised telecom service price caps would apply to all wireless plans and the CRTC would be the body charged with setting up the regime, an NDP source confirmed...
Telus warned gov’t of Huawei ban’s ‘far-reaching impacts’: secret docs
telecom | 08/27/2019 3:18 pm EDT
Telus Corp. told the federal government that prohibiting Huawei...
Heritage working groups examining regulation of online content
Media | 07/30/2019 3:17 pm EDT
Heritage Canada has commissioned seven working groups that are looking at...
CRTC to lead future telecom cybersecurity rules: gov’t document
telecom | 07/22/2019 1:23 pm EDT
The Liberal government plans to have the CRTC be the body in charge of developing and then enforcing telecom regulation related to future cybersecurity laws, according to a memo for Heritage Minister...
Rogers’ financing plans ‘might be seen as a problem’: CCTS
telecom | 07/10/2019 6:23 pm EDT
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) said...
ISED missed internal CTI deadline despite ‘considerable pressure’: docs
telecom | 06/24/2019 5:40 pm EDT
The federal government failed to meet an internal goal by which it aimed to...
32% of Indigenous households at below 5 Mbps: gov’t projections
telecom | 06/17/2019 6:35 pm EDT
The federal government expected contributions from its broadband programs,...
No Super Bowl simsub reversal without USMCA: gov’t to Bell
Media | 06/07/2019 5:00 pm EDT
The federal government isn’t interested in helping ensure BCE Inc. sees a...
Corus asked BTLR to immediately change foreign ownership rules
Media | 05/30/2019 4:19 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc., the only major Canadian broadcaster refusing to...
60% of Connect to Innovate applicants still haven’t heard back
telecom | 05/09/2019 12:32 pm EDT
More than two years after the deadline to apply for funding through the federal government’s Connect to Innovate rural broadband program, the majority of those who submitted applications have yet to find out whether they were successful.
The government received 892...
BTLR commissioned research on passive infrastructure, video games
Media | 04/05/2019 2:06 pm EDT
The panel in charge of reviewing Canada’s communications laws has hired...
NDP MP says gov’t must clarify if Netflix deal had any French-language funds
telecom | 04/03/2019 3:48 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP François Choquette has filed a judicial review...
Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows
telecom | 03/08/2019 4:13 pm EST
The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received...
Samsung readying 5G PR blitz in Canada: internal comms
telecom | 02/21/2019 5:23 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is embarking this year on a massive...
‘Milestone’ digital content meeting to take place next week: Heritage
Media | 02/01/2019 5:39 pm EST
The federal government is organizing a working meeting next week in Ottawa involving a broad swath of stakeholders to devise strategies for promoting diversity of digital...
Bell’s panel submission calls for CMF to get 20% of foreign OTT revenues
Media | 01/29/2019 3:25 pm EST
BCE Inc. wants to inject the Canada Media Fund (CMF) with a potentially...
Gaming companies bristle after review panel suggests they’re broadcasters
Media | 01/28/2019 4:05 pm EST
A meeting with individuals leading the federal government’s review of...
Bell asked gov’t to ban some VPNs: documents
Media | 01/23/2019 4:40 pm EST
BCE Inc. urged the federal government to make virtual private networks (VPNs) used to circumvent...
Platforms could pull out of Canadian market if regulated: Google
Media | 01/16/2019 2:17 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google already contributes to the Canadian creative...
ARIN CEO rejects legislative ask for IP address record rules
telecom | 01/08/2019 11:25 am EST
A regional internet registry is going to walk-back a controversial request...