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Canada’s fibre coverage, speeds, growing marginally compared to other countries: Study
telecom | 01/20/2022 5:34 pm EST
Canada has seen “reasonable fibre coverage” but growth in coverage has been slow over the last year, according to a new fibre development study.
Thursday, Omdia, a...
Commission approves POI removal, declines to mandate aggregated regime for Quebec-based Bell subsidiary
telecom | 01/12/2022 5:21 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday approved a request from BCE Inc. subsidiary Câblevision du nord de Québec to remove a point of interconnection (POI) in the city of Témiscaming,...
Shaw reports $33M increase in profit for Q1 2022
Media | 01/12/2022 4:41 pm EST
Shaw Communications Inc. saw a 20.2 per cent increase in its net earnings this quarter, jumping from $163...
B.C. Appeal Court rules provincial court has jurisdiction over defamation suit against Twitter
Media | 12/21/2021 2:56 pm EST
The Court of Appeal for British Columbia upheld a...
OpenMedia criticizes Libs for abandoning promise to lower connectivity bills
telecom | 12/17/2021 3:10 pm EST
Lobby group OpenMedia chastised Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday for...
Rodriguez told to introduce news compensation by early 2022, Champagne to focus on spectrum “use it or lose it”
Media | 12/16/2021 4:45 pm EST
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez is...
Lightbound takes over chair of Industry committee
telecom | 12/14/2021 6:28 pm EST
The House of Commons Industry committee selected Joël Lightbound as its chair by a unanimous vote Tuesday. It is the first chairmanship for the Liberal MP for Quebec’s Louis-Hébert riding.
Conservative Michael Kram and the Bloc’s Sébastien Lemire were elected as...
Northwestel wants price floor test lifted, citing Starlink competition
telecom | 12/13/2021 5:58 pm EST
Faced with what it says is increasing competition from Space Exploration...
MPs appointed to House Industry and Heritage committees
Media | 12/10/2021 12:17 pm EST
Parliament has established its committees for the new session, with the...
Opposition hammers Government on 988, broadband rollout
telecom | 12/08/2021 10:24 am EST
The government was taken to task Tuesday over rollout of a dedicated number...
PIAC says CRTC’s Internet Code has “no real protections,” CCTS research shows uptick in complaints
telecom | 12/06/2021 5:12 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) said...
Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries
Media | 12/03/2021 4:32 pm EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of parliamentary secretaries Friday with Chris...
Samsung opens Regina office to work with SaskTel
telecom | 12/01/2021 3:11 pm EST
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has opened a regional office in Regina to facilitate its work with...
Competition Bureau takes part in global summit on digital marketing
telecom | 11/29/2021 4:19 pm EST
Canada’s Competition Bureau is joining with 10 other nations for a Monday...
Redline expands its services in Middle East
telecom | 11/25/2021 11:01 am EST
The Markham, Ont.-based manufacturer of wireless network technology for mining, oil-and-gas, and utility...
Panelists call on government to rethink C-11
Media | 11/17/2021 4:59 pm EST
The Canadian government should broaden its consultation over its online harms bill, a Wednesday Canadian Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) panel hosted a 90-minute discussion on the topic of Regulating Online Harms in Canada.
One year ago the Trudeau government introduced...
Quebecor sells its westward expansion
telecom | 11/16/2021 2:30 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA - On the second day of the Canadian Telecom Summit, Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau...
Business case needs to be made for 5G end-to-end networks: Telus CTO
telecom | 11/15/2021 3:52 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s chief technology officer said that the...
Cogeco expects to enter mobile rate negotiations by spring, summer 2022 earliest
telecom | 11/12/2021 5:02 pm EST
Cogeco Inc.’s CEO said it is a multi-step process it has to follow before...
TekSavvy files wholesale rates appeal
telecom | 11/09/2021 4:44 pm EST
Just under two months after it was granted leave by the Federal Court of Appeal, TekSavvy Solutions Inc....
UPDATED: Rayes replaced by John Nater as Heritage shadow minister
Media | 11/09/2021 3:24 pm EST
A Conservative MP who was outspoken on the revised Broadcasting Act, Bill C-10, will be replaced as Shadow Minister for Canadian Heritage after party leader Erin O’Toole...
Internet Society releases Indigenous connectivity recommendations
telecom | 11/09/2021 10:34 am EST
Indigenous stakeholders in Canadian telecoms are renewing their calls for...
RCMP seeks to develop encrypted data solutions for investigation purposes
telecom | 11/04/2021 5:03 pm EDT
The RCMP is looking for an artificial intelligence decryption system that...
Masse moves from TekSavvy to CNOC on regulatory file
telecom | 11/01/2021 5:49 pm EDT
Bryson Masse is the new Regulatory and Communications Advisor at Competitive Network Operators of...
Rural, Indigenous, connectivity won’t improve by 2030 if Gov. keeps current goals in place : Report
telecom | 10/29/2021 5:48 pm EDT
Canada’s targets of reaching connectivity speeds...
UPDATED – Rodriguez back as Heritage minister, Champagne remains in Innovation
Media | 10/26/2021 12:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- MP Pablo Rodriguez is back in familiar territory as he is once...
Bell, Rogers, Quebecor apply for extended site-blocking in GoldTV
Media | 10/26/2021 9:30 am EDT
A trio of Canada's biggest broadcasters has asked the Federal Court for a...
Court orders Google to turn over documents to Competition Bureau
Media | 10/22/2021 6:06 pm EDT
The Federal Court has ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to turn over a number...
CoopTel says Bell subsidiary doesn’t need 5 months to implement competition changes
telecom | 10/21/2021 5:36 pm EDT
Quebec-based telecom company CoopTel wants the...
Maskatel submits local competition plan to CRTC
telecom | 10/19/2021 7:13 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s subsidiary Maskatel Monday filed a plan for establishing local competition in Upton district, Que., with the CRTC after CoopTel notified the company it intends to compete in the area.
According to a 2006 CRTC decision, small incumbent local exchange...
Competition Bureau asks Court to compel Google records disclosure in inquiry into YouTube ad sales
Media | 10/18/2021 6:47 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau has asked a Federal Court...
CRTC tweaks Quality of Service regime rules
telecom | 10/15/2021 5:38 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved a number of adjustments to the upcoming Quality of Service (QoS) regime that will...
Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders
telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
Deadline extended for ISED consultation on new regime for licensing unused spectrum
telecom | 10/12/2021 5:35 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is extending the...
Primus expanding in Quebec
telecom | 10/07/2021 5:32 pm EDT
Distributel Communications Ltd.'s Primus Communications is expanding its offering in Quebec, and is now covering an additional 71 per cent of the region, according to a Thursday release.
Primus, which was acquired by Distributel back in January, said in the release that the "enhancements will make it easier for consumers to take advantage of Primus' competitive product offerings in more places throughout Canada, while enjoying the benefits of world-class high-speed connectivity."
"We always aim to do what's right...
Xplornet connects Haldimand County to fibre-to-the-home broadband
telecom | 10/07/2021 5:31 pm EDT
Xplornet Communications Inc.’s newly acquired fibre-based service...
Update to National Cyber Security Plan needed to combat ransomware attacks: CIRA
Media | 10/04/2021 5:49 pm EDT
The not-for-profit organization that manages Canada’s .CA domains says...
Indigenous economic reconciliation needs path toward spectrum sovereignty: experts
Media | 09/30/2021 5:03 pm EDT
While the Canadian government is busy collecting $8.9 billion dollars from...
Disaggregated wholesale regime not ‘doom and gloom’: CNOC chair
telecom | 09/29/2021 5:33 pm EDT
With a shift to a disaggregated access model anticipated by the Competitive...
CRTC wants more info from Bell on certain retroactive wholesale payments
telecom | 09/27/2021 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC wants BCE Inc. to clarify why the company wants to make payments...
Telus expands networks in five B.C. communities
telecom | 09/27/2021 1:52 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is expanding its 5G network in four British Columbia communities as part of its $13 billion...
CCSA elects new board members, announces new chair
telecom | 09/24/2021 5:03 pm EDT
The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA) Friday announced four new members have been elected to its board of directors. Hearst Connect general manager Tania Cossette, Novus Entertainment Inc. co-president and chief...
Rogers extends modem migration deadline
telecom | 09/21/2021 4:20 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has told the CRTC the pandemic has slowed work down after it was asked by the...
OneWeb partnering with Galaxy Broadband
telecom | 09/16/2021 4:04 pm EDT
A London, England-based low-earth-orbit satellite communications company is partnering with Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. to provide high-speed, low-latency communications services through Canada and the wider Arctic Region.
OneWeb announced Thursday, in a...
Appeal of CRTC reversal of wholesale rates to go ahead in federal court
telecom | 09/15/2021 9:46 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal will take up TekSavvy Solutions Inc.'s...
Singh says he would use laws to meet telecom affordability goals
telecom | 09/14/2021 1:28 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said his party could use laws to direct the...
NDP’s platform includes millions for rural broadband
Media | 09/13/2021 6:05 pm EDT
The New Democratic Party released its costed platform for next week’s...
Singh says he’ll oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 09/10/2021 2:46 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Appeal court revives reverse class-action suit by Voltage Pictures LLC
Media | 09/09/2021 6:16 pm EDT
A federal appeal court judge has revived a proposed reverse class-action suit by movie studio Voltage Pictures LLC looking to sue thousands of alleged Canadian copyright...
Telecom regulation more ‘benign’: analyst
telecom | 09/09/2021 6:00 pm EDT
Telecoms shares have continued to track higher thanks to a regulatory backdrop which “has turned much more benign,” according to an industry analyst. Thursday National Bank of Canada analyst Adam Shine issued a note that...
Lower your prices or else, Trudeau tells big telecom at debate
telecom | 09/09/2021 11:22 am EDT
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada’s...
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...
CRTC approves Cochrane Telecom application for forbearance
telecom | 09/02/2021 5:21 pm EDT
The CRTC has approved an application from the Cochrane Telecom Services for the CRTC to refrain from regulating its residential services in Cochrane, Ont. In a Thursday decision, the regulator...
Rogers picking up Nova Scotian ISP
telecom | 08/23/2021 5:35 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has made a deal to acquire Seaside Communications, a long-time local internet...
Overturning CRTC decisions key if parties are serious about telecom affordability: CNOC
telecom | 08/20/2021 5:54 pm EDT
The association representing Canada’s...
Telesat reports rising expenses and drops in revenue, profit for Q2
telecom | 08/13/2021 3:28 pm EDT
Telesat Corporation, a newly-public satellite company with plans to connect...
CRTC orders some incumbent disclosure to CNOC in disaggregated regime consultation
Media | 08/13/2021 11:13 am EDT
In a dispute between a trade organization representing wholesale-based...
Rural B.C. receives $17.3m from UBF, provincial fund, for high-speed internet projects
telecom | 08/06/2021 4:57 pm EDT
The government has announced more than $17.3 million of funding for four high-speed internet projects in rural British Columbia in an effort to close the digital divide in remote communities. The federal and provincial government announced Friday they are “taking immediate action,” through the Universal Broadband Fund’s (UBF) Rapid Response Stream and the Connecting British Columbia program, to get more than 2,000 households in Cariboo regional district and in Indigenous communities...
Heritage launches consultation on digital platform revenue sharing for news sector
Media | 08/03/2021 6:03 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage is seeking input on how best to compensate the news...
Iristel fight against CRA’s wage subsidiary denial survives appeal
telecom | 08/03/2021 5:28 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. will continue to challenge the Canada Revenue Authority’s...
Eyes on Quebecor following 3500 MHz auction
telecom | 07/30/2021 6:25 pm EDT
As the dust settles on the results of the 3,500 MHz auction announced Thursday, much of the initial...
CRTC seeks more info on how companies comply with Internet Code for people with disabilities
telecom | 07/22/2021 5:25 pm EDT
The CRTC is seeking further information from...
Cogeco reports rise in Q3 revenue as it eyes a ‘landmark year’ in 2022
telecom | 07/15/2021 5:58 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. saw a rise in revenue and profit this spring and though CEO Philippe Jetté did not discuss the company’s potential wireless plans with analysts during a call...
Shaw reports rise in profits for third quarter
telecom | 07/02/2021 12:53 pm EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. reported a large spike in profit for its third quarter of the year on...
Cogeco expands U.S. business with Ohio acquisition
telecom | 06/30/2021 4:24 pm EDT
Cogeco Communications Inc. is expanding south of the border after it announced its American subsidiary...
Guilbeault setting guidelines for diverse content online
Media | 06/30/2021 4:17 pm EDT
In order to encourage more diverse content online, Heritage Minister Steven...
Senate begins C-10 analysis with broad debate
Media | 06/24/2021 10:41 am EDT
Senators are looking beyond the free speech issues raised by critics of the revised Broadcasting Act and...
C-10 headed to HoC; Bloc adds 5 year review of act
Media | 06/11/2021 6:10 pm EDT
A debate which Canadian Heritage Committee chair Scott Simms has jokingly said was “so exciting we...
News advocacy group calls for action on content compensation legislation
Media | 06/09/2021 5:33 pm EDT
A group representing news outlets in Canada has put out a call to Premier...
New G7 tax agreement not good enough: tax lobby group
Media | 06/08/2021 6:40 pm EDT
A Canadian tax lobby group is criticizing the global tax deal announced this weekend by G7 Finance...
Cogeco getting millions more in high-speed funding
telecom | 06/08/2021 5:53 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. is getting more than $40 million in funding for high-speed internet projects in Quebec. ...
NDP says Libs are to blame for C-10 delays as HoC passes ‘gag order’
Media | 06/07/2021 6:26 pm EDT
The Liberals and the Bloc Québécois cooperated to pass a motion in the House of Commons Monday to limit the Heritage Committee to five hours to complete its work on Bill...
Conservative MP introduces bill compelling ISPs to publicize service quality metrics
Media | 06/03/2021 5:37 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier has introduced a private member’s bill that...
Wholesale rates decision signals shift at CRTC: wholesale ISPs, analysts
Media | 05/28/2021 6:11 pm EDT
As reaction continues to pour in following the CRTC's Thursday decision to...
On C-10, Conservatives attacking Canadian, Quebec culture: Trudeau
Media | 05/26/2021 6:51 pm EDT
“Conservatives just don’t get it” when it comes to Bill C-10,...
Cochrane Telecom requests CRTC forbearance
telecom | 05/07/2021 5:44 pm EDT
Cochrane Telecom Services has submitted an application to the CRTC requesting that the commission refrain from regulating its residential services in Cochrane, Ontario. The company filed a Part 1 with the CRTC Tuesday,...
Cogeco, Xplornet get $81.36 million in connectivity funding
Media | 05/04/2021 5:41 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. and Xplornet Inc. are getting a combined $81.36 million to connect more than 18,000 households to high-speed internet in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The funding announcement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Tuesday followed another from the day before, which indicated Telus Corp. and Sogetel Inc. are getting $38 million for similar projects. The funding announced Tuesday covers more than two-thirds of the costs of the two companies’ projects, which totals $112.09 million, stated the release from ISED. Xplornet is getting $57.5...
Telus and Sogetel getting $38 million for high-speed connectivity projects
telecom | 05/03/2021 5:58 pm EDT
Telus Corp. and Sogetel Inc. are each getting millions to connect 2,850 houses in Quebec to high-speed internet by September 2022 for a total cost of $38 million, Innovation, Science and Economic...
Verizon Media to be sold to Apollo Funds
Media | 05/03/2021 3:12 pm EDT
Investment management firm Apollo Global Management Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Verizon Media for $5 billion. Under the terms of the agreement announced Monday, Verizon Communications Inc. will receive $4.25...
Regulator needed to deal with tech-facilitated gender violence: report
Media | 04/30/2021 12:03 pm EDT
Canada should establish a centralized expert regulator for...
LinkedIn disputes privacy breach claims
Media | 04/29/2021 5:19 pm EDT
Professional networking platform LinkedIn will have its applications for a summary trial heard in the...
BH Telecom objects to SaskTel’s request for stay in funding
telecom | 04/27/2021 3:33 pm EDT
BH Telecom Corp. claims that it is local residents who will lose if Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. gets the stay it wants on millions in funding awarded to the company to connect more...
Conservatives oppose C-10; watchdog Friends says criticism of exemption removal ‘overblown’
telecom | 04/27/2021 2:56 pm EDT
The Conservatives “continue to oppose” Bill...
Supreme Court to hear making available right dispute
Media | 04/26/2021 5:55 pm EDT
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided it will hear an appeal from Music Canada and the Society of...
Heritage Committee strikes social media exemption from C-10; moves away from 7 year licence terms
Media | 04/23/2021 8:56 pm EDT
The House of Commons Heritage committee has moved...
Canada’s economic security lies in growing its ‘intangible economy’: Balsillie
Media | 04/20/2021 5:32 pm EDT
“Canada is first world in its input and third world in its output”, according to the chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators Jim Balsillie told the House of Commons Industry committee Tuesday, as he called for the government to “rebuild the Economic Council of Canada to create in-house capacity for the analysis of the contemporary economy”. Balsillie, testified before the House of Commons’ Industry Committee regarding competitiveness in what he called the "intangibles...
Don’t push sexual content onto the “dark web”: advocates to ETHI committee
Media | 04/19/2021 5:56 pm EDT
As the House of Commons Ethics committee considers the protection and privacy of individuals online, advocates criticized its lack of consideration for sex workers Monday and...
CRTC seeks to penalize Bell for support structure access delays
telecom | 04/16/2021 3:43 pm EDT
The CRTC has floated the idea of penalizing BCE Inc. after Quebecor Inc....
Feds considering site-blocking proposal
Media | 04/14/2021 6:20 pm EDT
The federal government has launched a consultation document to solicit feedback on whether or not it...
Cogeco revenue up, profit dips
Media | 04/14/2021 5:36 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. announced another increase in revenue with its second-quarter results Tuesday as it awaits...
Internet equity gap grows for rural areas during pandemic: CIRA
Media | 04/14/2021 12:21 pm EDT
Internet speeds for rural Canadians continue to remain “well below” the recommended CRTC speeds, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people “are counting more than ever on reliable broadband service” according to a report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA). A report released by the CIRA on Tuesday revealed that during the year of the pandemic, the gap in rural versus urban internet performance has grown with urban speeds reaching a median speed of 51.09 Mbps compared to 9.74 Mbps for rural areas. In 2016, the CRTC established a Universal Service...
Botnet-blocking provides security for Canadians: CSE
telecom | 04/13/2021 5:57 pm EDT
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) has argued that the average Canadian’s cybersecurity...
SaskTel objects to CRTC funding for BH Telecom, says project is duplicative
telecom | 04/12/2021 6:06 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has asked the CRTC to overturn its decision to award $9.5 million in funding to BH Telecom Corp. for a project in Saskatchewan that would connect some 26...
International cooperation needed in dealing with online exploitation: Lametti
Media | 04/12/2021 5:59 pm EDT
In order for the federal government to best deal with sexual exploitation...
Novus wants CRTC to pause access complaint
telecom | 04/08/2021 5:13 pm EDT
Novus Entertainment Inc., which is fighting for access to a multi-dwelling unit in Coquitlam, British Columbia, has asked the CRTC to pause its application against the developer while they exchange information and negotiate....
GoldTV site-blocking order runs “roughshod” over parliament’s authority: TekSavvy
Media | 03/25/2021 7:57 pm EDT
Is a Nov. 2019 court order mandating a number of...
Rogers, feds announce eastern Ontario wireless expansion project
telecom | 03/19/2021 4:13 pm EDT
The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), the Province of Ontario, the federal government, and Rogers Communications Inc. Friday announced a $300 million project with the goal of connecting 99 per...
CRTC awards $57 million for transport projects in Que., Ont., and B.C.
telecom | 03/19/2021 3:51 pm EDT
The CRTC is handing out $57.7 million through its Broadband Fund for the construction of thousands of kilometres of network transport infrastructure. The commission announced Friday that seven...
Telus gets $5.4 million for high-speed internet in rural Alberta
telecom | 03/17/2021 4:50 pm EDT
Telus Corp. will receive more than $5 million in funding through the Rapid Response Stream of the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund for projects bringing high-speed Internet to rural...
Focus on competition at ‘day of action’ following Rogers-Shaw deal
Media | 03/16/2021 6:10 pm EDT
As news of Roger’s Communications Inc.’s deal to acquire Shaw Communications Inc. sparks discussions on what it may mean for the wireless market in Canada, advocates say competition and other considerations will be important for the public’s best interests in the future. During an “Affordable Internet Day of Action” panel discussions hosted by multiple groups Tuesday, the day’s conversations centred around affordable Internet access for all and the state of the national market,...