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Bell increasing use of AI for customer service and business clients
Internet and Governance | 07/19/2024 5:21 pm EDT
BCE Inc. has signed a multi-year deal with AI platform ServiceNow.
Bell first worked with California-based ServiceNow, billed as an “AI platform for business...
Watchdogs find deceptive privacy practices across majority of websites, apps studied
Internet and Governance | 07/10/2024 4:49 pm EDT
Deceptive design practices – meant to influence the privacy decisions of users online – are rampant across many websites and mobile apps, particularly those meant for...
Meta considers blocking Facebook news in Australia
Internet and Governance | 07/04/2024 2:02 pm EDT
Meta Platforms, Inc. is threatening to apply the same rules on news content in Australia as it uses in...
Rizwan Jamal leaves Xplore to become CEO of Beanfield
telecom | 07/02/2024 1:44 pm EDT
Rizwan Jamal is the new CEO of Beanfield Technologies Inc. effective immediately, the company announced...
Internet service quality bill becomes law
Internet and Governance | 06/20/2024 12:47 pm EDT
A private member’s bill on internet service quality has passed through Parliament and received royal...
Connectivity is a human right, says Irekvist
Internet and Governance | 06/18/2024 6:10 pm EDT
TORONTO – Connectivity is not only a tool for good, it is a human right, the president of Ericsson...
CTS discusses road map to growth in telecom market despite challenges
telecom | 06/18/2024 5:52 pm EDT
TORONTO – It is a tough picture for companies looking to grow in the Canadian telecom market but there are hopeful signs, a trio of experts told the Canadian Telecom Summit...
Telecom contributes $80 billion to economy, says CTA study
telecom | 06/17/2024 12:11 pm EDT
TORONTO – A new survey done for the Canadian Telecommunications...
House of Commons considering VoIP telephony for MP riding offices
telecom | 06/13/2024 1:20 pm EDT
The House of Commons is experimenting with a new Voice over Internet...
Indigenous communities to buy Northwestel for up to $1B
telecom | 06/12/2024 12:24 pm EDT
A group of Indigenous communities from the Yukon, Northwest Territories,...
Videotron and Ericsson extend collaboration for five years
telecom | 06/10/2024 2:41 pm EDT
Ericsson AB and Quebecor Inc. subsidiary Videotron have renewed their...
Ashton says Bell provides poor service to Manitoba communities
telecom | 06/05/2024 6:21 pm EDT
A New Democratic Party MP attacked BCE Inc. for not knowing its customers...
CRTC asks Rogers to maintain service for TekSavvy in decommissioning dispute
telecom | 06/03/2024 12:29 pm EDT
The CRTC has requested Rogers Communications Inc. maintain service for TekSavvy Solutions Inc. in two Toronto buildings until it can make a...
Privacy commissioner flags excessive site blocking, privacy risks in age verification bill
Internet and Governance | 05/29/2024 6:38 pm EDT
A Senate bill aimed at protecting children from...
Telus investing $24B in Ontario network upgrades
telecom | 05/21/2024 6:03 pm EDT
Telus Corp.’s spending spree continued on Tuesday as the company announced that it will be investing...
Telus announces $33B spend across B.C., Alberta for network upgrades
telecom | 05/13/2024 11:37 am EDT
Telus Corp. announced Monday that it is investing more than $16 billion and $17 billion to “significantly expand and improve” its network infrastructure and operations...
Entwistle to take salary in shares as Telus releases Q1 results
telecom | 05/09/2024 8:34 pm EDT
Telus Corp. president and CEO Darren Entwistle said Thursday that he will...
Northwestel ordered to abandon DSL surcharge after eight years
telecom | 05/09/2024 11:48 am EDT
BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel has been told by the CRTC to stop charging...
Senate committee passes internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications hastily adopted a private member’s bill on...
Staffieri touts Rogers accomplishments in Toronto speech
telecom | 05/01/2024 3:49 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri gave a rosy picture of life...
Canadian telecom prices fall, remain high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 05/01/2024 1:30 pm EDT
Canadian wireless and broadband internet prices declined in 2023, however the country’s prices remain some of the highest compared to its G7 peers, particularly when it...
Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of...
Sunco launches expansion with purchase of Zayo PBX business
telecom | 03/28/2024 9:17 pm EDT
Alberta IT system integrator Sunco Communication and Installation Ltd. is...
Xplore expands broadband footprint in Prince Edward Island
telecom | 03/27/2024 4:31 pm EDT
Xplore Inc. announced Wednesday that it is rolling out high-speed internet...
ISED auctioning off 225 leftover spectrum licences
telecom | 03/25/2024 5:49 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is auctioning off 225 spectrum...
Falling wireless and internet prices battle inflation, StatsCan says
Internet and Governance | 03/19/2024 5:52 pm EDT
A day after the leaders of Canada’s biggest three telecoms told...
Canadian government spends $7.5 million on Manitoba connectivity
telecom | 03/07/2024 2:44 pm EST
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour...
Feds and Alberta spend $112 million on broadband deployment
telecom | 03/06/2024 11:18 am EST
The governments of Canada and Alberta announced Tuesday that they are...
Canada and British Columbia fund high-speed internet rollout in province
telecom | 03/05/2024 9:47 am EST
Monday the federal government and the government of British Columbia joined...
Feds invest $2.3M to bring high-speed internet and mobile coverage in Northwest Territories
telecom | 03/01/2024 4:10 pm EST
The Government of Canada announced Friday that it is investing $2.3 million from its Universal Broadband Fund to bolster connectivity in remote and underserved regions in the...
Aggregated access to FTTP needed for independent ISPs, CRTC told
telecom | 02/20/2024 10:24 am EST
The crisis in competition when it comes to internet connectivity is...
Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing
telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST
To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...
Cogeco announces acquisition of municipally-owned telecom provider
telecom | 02/05/2024 1:22 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. announced Monday that Cogeco Connexion is acquiring an...
Ericsson and Telus extend 5G network nationally
telecom | 01/22/2024 12:42 pm EST
Ericsson AB and Telus Corp. have linked up to roll out a 5G standalone network, it was announced Monday....
PIAC says administrative monetary penalties appropriate in City Wide dispute over Eastlink service outage response
telecom | 12/18/2023 3:11 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) are contending that Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink's conduct after...
Rogers sells all Cogeco shares to CDPQ to reduce Shaw debt
telecom | 12/12/2023 1:10 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has divested itself of all of its shares in...
Social media companies must be compelled to address safety concerns, research chair tells ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 11/28/2023 6:07 pm EST
The government needs to set clear standards of...
INDU hears Canada must not surpass European or Quebec privacy laws
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 5:06 pm EST
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Regulation of AI necessary, HUMA committee told
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 12:50 pm EST
Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...
BQ says media is in crisis and needs immediate action
Media | 11/23/2023 8:40 am EST
Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...
Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
FCC to boost internet connection speeds, CRTC non-committal
telecom | 11/20/2023 3:37 pm EST
As the Federal Communications Commission in the United States announced it...
Eastlink competitors seeking compensation for “negligence” during outage, ask for investigation similar to Rogers outage
Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:39 pm EST
City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...
St-Onge releases Streaming Act direction to CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/14/2023 5:09 pm EST
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that will implement the Online Streaming Act. The bill was passed last spring and the commission has been holding consultations on the policy directions this summer. Over 500...
AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee
Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons...
Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups
Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
CRTC addresses internet installation dispute between eastern Ontario township and small ISP
Internet and Governance | 10/26/2023 11:38 am EDT
The CRTC has denied an application brought forward...
CRTC greenlights Northwestel Connecting Families packages
Internet and Governance | 10/24/2023 2:54 pm EDT
The CRTC has given the green light to BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel Inc....
Eastlink announces purchase of Northern Ontario ISP
telecom | 10/05/2023 11:18 am EDT
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced the purchase of a Northern Ontario telecom service provider NeoTech in a Thursday press release.
"We are delighted to welcome NeoTech customers to the Eastlink family," said Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham. "This purchase is a...
Court orders minister to unblock Rebel Media publisher from X
Internet and Governance | 09/12/2023 5:25 pm EDT
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must unblock Rebel News founder Ezra...
ISED releases spectrum outlook until 2027
Internet and Governance | 09/01/2023 5:44 pm EDT
The Department of Industry Science and Economic Development (ISED) released its Spectrum Outlook...
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...
OPINION: Freedom may never be a fourth national player, and consumers need more data
telecom | 07/28/2023 6:19 pm EDT
By John Lawford, executive eirector and general counsel of the Public...
ICA Microsystems terminated by CCTS for non-compliance
telecom | 07/27/2023 4:55 pm EDT
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Service (CCTS) was...
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 and TVA secure site-blocking order against illegal baseball live streams
telecom | 07/19/2023 4:26 pm EDT
The Federal Court has issued a site-blocking order against several alleged...
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...
Bell MTS defends service in Manitoba after CCPA study
telecom | 07/12/2023 5:20 pm EDT
BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell MTS has responded to a report criticizing how the telecom has operated since it was privatized in 1996. The initial study came from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Bell bought the independent MTS six years ago.
“Since 2017, Bell MTS...
Feds respond to tech giants’ concerns through proposed regulations
Internet and Governance | 07/11/2023 5:14 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that...
Canadian, Alberta governments invest $96M in high-speed internet
telecom | 07/11/2023 3:28 pm EDT
The federal and Alberta governments announced a $96 million plan to roll...
Canada and Ontario invest $4 million towards Internet rollout
telecom | 06/27/2023 4:32 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced another shared...
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...
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...
Condo managers says Ontario carrier is being denied MDU access due to space constraints
Internet and Governance | 06/20/2023 5:26 pm EDT
A Toronto condominium manager is arguing to the...
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...
Government explicitly exempts content creators in Online Streaming Act policy direction
Internet and Governance | 06/08/2023 4:24 pm EDT
The federal government is directing the CRTC to...
Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation
Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...
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...
Wholesale model upside down: Jetté
telecom | 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...
Broadband use lowers harmful emissions, think tank finds
Internet and Governance | 05/18/2023 4:24 pm EDT
The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption...
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 necessary and timely, a panel told a conference Monday. The International Institute of Communications Canadian Chapter featured a session entitled “Bill C-26 and cybersecurity”.
Moderator Ian Scott,...
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...
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...
Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules
Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT
OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...
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...
Government announces new licencing policy for 5G
Internet and Governance | 05/03/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the government is adopting a new licencing policy for 5G spectrum that should provide easier local access for internet service providers and small communities.
“Whether...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout
telecom | 03/16/2023 2:09 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will...
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...
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...
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 Vicky Eatrides' January promise to reassess the wholesale broadband market, and launched a notice of consultation that will...
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...
MP plans legislation to protect workers from ‘bossware’
Internet and Governance | 03/07/2023 1:32 pm EST
A Toronto MP is looking to introduce legislation that will cover the use of...
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...
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...
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 Part 1 application with the CRTC demanding access to multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in Richmond BC. The...
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...
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...
Cogeco announces acquisition of Oxio
telecom | 02/21/2023 5:05 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. announced it is acquiring independent internet service provider (ISP) Oxio.
In a Tuesday...
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...
SaskTel CEO retiring
Internet and Governance | 02/13/2023 5:47 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. announced the retirement of its president and CEO Doug Burnett.
Burnett will be leaving at the end of May to early June,...
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...
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,...
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 Media Producers Association with tweaks to the way content is produced. The Prime Time conference held a...