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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 2023-2027 late last month.
In its outlook, the department stated that it found that its planned spectrum releases, such as the 3,800 MHz auction planned late this year, will...
Incumbents don’t want IoT, machine-to-machine market segments included in MVNO regime
Internet and Governance | 05/19/2023 4:07 pm EDT
The commission should not regulate the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets in the same manner as retail mobile wireless services, Canada’s incumbent telecommunications...
CRTC grants Telus partial delay for MVNO-IoT proceeding
Internet and Governance | 04/03/2023 4:57 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has gotten an extension -- though not as long as the company...
CRTC seeks answers on whether or not to include IoT in MVNO framework
telecom | 03/01/2023 1:53 pm EST
The CRTC is asking Canadians and interested parties to weigh in on whether...
ISED launches Phase 2 of Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
telecom | 06/22/2022 3:52 pm EDT
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
SaskTel rolling out 5G in Saskatoon, expanding in Regina
telecom | 03/10/2022 5:06 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is rolling out 5G in the City...
Feds launch copyright framework consultation for AI and IoT
telecom | 07/16/2021 6:17 pm EDT
Canada wants to hear from stakeholders on how to modernize the Copyright Act to better include protections for new innovations and investments as new technologies develop. Friday, Heritage Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) launched its consultation to update the copyright framework for artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to ensure the act “remains responsive to modern realities and that Canada's copyright framework continues to be...
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...
Telus jumps into the agricultural tech sector
telecom | 11/12/2020 3:08 pm EST
Telus Corp. announced Thursday the launch of a new business focused on agricultural tech, after the company’s acquisition of eight companies in that sector. Telus Agriculture will bring together those companies’ various...
OPC publishes IoT device guidelines
telecom | 08/21/2020 5:17 pm EDT
The federal privacy watchdog published its guidance for manufacturers of so-called Internet of Things devices, in an effort to ensure their compliance with the federal privacy law, the Personal Information Protection and...
Rogers, University of Calgary create Internet of Things partnership
Media | 06/18/2020 5:04 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has signed a five year agreement with the University of Calgary to further Internet of Things research, the company announced in a Thursday media release. Steven Liang,...
Google’s Sidewalk Labs pulls out of Toronto smart city project
telecom | 05/07/2020 3:43 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will no longer participate in the Sidewalk Labs...
Rogers and UBC turn on 5G research campus
telecom | 11/05/2019 5:01 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and the University of British Columbia said they have powered the first fully-functional 5G “smart campus” to test applications for the next-generation network. The campus includes 5G towers and...
Cell data tracking company continues lobby push, despite tough reception
telecom | 11/05/2019 11:44 am EST
A company that says its privacy-focused software app can tell employers...
Internet Society lobbies on project to get ahead of IoT vulnerabilities
telecom | 10/17/2019 5:33 pm EDT
The Canadian chapter of the Internet Society (ISCC) is looking to embark on...
Telus purchase of Canadian ADT business a good move: analysts
telecom | 10/01/2019 2:32 pm EDT
Telus Corp.’s announcement that it is buying ADT Security Services Canada, the Canadian arm of the U.S. home security services company, for $700 million is a wise move that will position Telus for expansion in the area of home connectivity and the Internet of Things, according to analyst notes released Tuesday following the announcement. The company will also gain access to ADT’s 500,000 customers in Canada, and can be incorporated into Telus’s existing services, the analysts wrote. “Security and automation clearly represent areas that can be monetized as part of a bundle for...
Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban
Media | 09/10/2019 12:03 pm EDT
Even before the federal election campaign officially kicked off, telecom...
UoW, NRC establish research centre for AI, IoT, cybersecurity
telecom | 06/18/2019 5:27 pm EDT
The National Research Council of Canada and the University of Waterloo announced on Monday they will create a new “collaboration hub,” aimed at conducting research on a host of fields related to...
Gov’t needs interaction with tech specialists, conference hears
Media | 05/28/2019 4:43 pm EDT
OTTAWA — For the Canadian government to be more effective at legislating on issues including social media and internet of things (IoT) technology, it needs to communicate with technology specialists...
Odds of Huawei ban have increased in recent months: analyst
telecom | 02/05/2019 4:26 pm EST
The likelihood Canada will ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment from...
88% concerned about ‘smart city’ privacy: poll
telecom | 01/18/2019 2:11 pm EST
A new research paper on smart cities argues municipalities should proceed with caution on ‘smart’ projects and hyper-consult over the ways citizens’ data can be collected and used. “Municipalities should tread carefully and engage in as much public consultation as possible as they re-conceptualize and remodel infrastructures around digital platforms,” the report authors Sara Bannerman and Angela Orasch conclude. The report presented online polling data suggesting Canadians are leery about how smart city technologies and projects treat their data and affect their privacy....
ITAC pitching new ‘matchmaking’ innovation hub to gov’t
telecom | 01/09/2019 6:15 pm EST
Andre Leduc recalls introducing Microsoft Inc. Canada president Kevin...
BlackBerry plants foot in IoT security
telecom | 01/07/2019 3:30 pm EST
BlackBerry Ltd. is stepping in to fill a security gap widely complained about in an emerging space:...
Election 2019 still ripe for opinion-shaping, CSE says
Media | 12/06/2018 3:46 pm EST
OTTAWA — Efforts to stanch online misinformation campaigns will not eliminate the very real situation that may see Canadians fall victim to attempts to influence their political opinions, the...
ISED announces signing of first supercluster funding agreement
telecom | 11/13/2018 12:28 pm EST
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the federal government has signed a funding agreement with the group constituting its “advanced manufacturing” supercluster Tuesday, showing that Ottawa...
Rural 5G coverage could hamper impact of connected vehicles: Juniper
telecom | 11/12/2018 4:20 pm EST
If 5G is to disrupt the automotive industry with its ability to connect to infrastructure, the rollout of the next generation of networks will need to reach rural areas, according to a study by...
Telus and Rogers latest to upgrade LTE networks for IoT expansion
telecom | 10/26/2018 3:47 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is the latest telecom to upgrade its LTE network to support a broader array of internet of things (IoT) devices ahead of the anticipated deployment of 5G technology. The company...
LEO projects promise rural, remote broadband in just a few years
telecom | 07/27/2018 3:16 pm EDT
Three years after a number of big companies first announced they would...
Smart speaker adoption rate at 8% in Canada: MTM
telecom | 07/13/2018 2:12 pm EDT
Eight per cent of Canadians own a smart speaker, which is about in line with adoption of other early...
Feds put $500K toward privacy program for driverless cars
telecom | 06/25/2018 4:06 pm EDT
The federal government is infusing the University of Alberta with $500,000 for a pilot on enhanced privacy for connected and autonomous car communications. The government’s goal is to “help address technical, policy and regulatory issues related” to the technology, a Monday press release said. The funding is part of the government’s $2.9-million program called Advance Connectivity and Automation in the Transportation System, which looks to help jurisdictions across the country prepare for the next generation of transportation. That funding includes support for research,...
Balance needed for open data, privacy for smart cities: panelist
telecom | 06/15/2018 10:49 am EDT
TORONTO — Smart cities will require a proper framework that respects both...
Autonomous cars still many years away: conference panel
Media | 06/05/2018 7:35 pm EDT
TORONTO — The advent of fully autonomous cars on the road is still further away than some may think, according to an executive at a company that supplies small cells. “I would wager we’re...
Lack of cybersecurity framework mind-boggling: Telus exec
telecom | 06/04/2018 8:09 pm EDT
TORONTO — A security executive at Telus Corp. told an industry conference...
Privacy heads ask for data protection in smart cities challenge
Media | 04/27/2018 5:13 pm EDT
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) is asking the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to consider how privacy protocols were implemented when selecting smart cities challenge winners....
Blockchain tech could stop connected car cyber-threat: Carleton prof
telecom | 04/12/2018 5:27 pm EDT
OTTAWA — So-called Sybil attacks are a significant potential cybersecurity challenge to when it comes to autonomous and connected car technology, a demonstration at Carleton...
Internet Society establishes lobby footing in Canada
Media | 03/27/2018 6:32 pm EDT
A decades-old organization that is pushing for a multilateral approach to decision-making on the future...
Enough consultation, time for action on connected cars: experts
telecom | 03/27/2018 6:17 pm EDT
The government has spent years consulting on connected and autonomous cars...
No slow-down for increases in data usage: telecoms
telecom | 03/23/2018 5:18 pm EDT
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...
Default credentials factor in hospital software security breaches: McAfee
telecom | 03/21/2018 5:15 pm EDT
Default accounts on hospital systems using free software contributed to a significant increase in publicly-reported security incidents at medical centres around the world, a new report from computer...
Import standards on IoT devices a good idea, cyber experts say
telecom | 03/05/2018 5:21 pm EST
OTTAWA — Experts praised the idea of stricter standards for imported...
Telecoms point to growing WiFi, IoT spectrum demand in ISED consultation
telecom | 02/26/2018 7:46 pm EST
Canada’s telecoms are taking sides on how Innovation Canada should approach the release of more licence-exempt spectrum, including whether more should be allocated for WiFi use, as it prepares for...
NG911 operators should plan ahead for cyberattacks: CRTC
telecom | 02/23/2018 5:20 pm EST
The CRTC is encouraging emergency operators to harden next generation 911...
Security data overwhelming Canadian IT depts: Cisco
telecom | 02/23/2018 2:13 pm EST
Only 45 per cent of cybersecurity alerts are investigated in Canada, according to Cisco Systems Inc.’s 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report. That puts Canada in second-lowest place behind China in a list of 17 countries and...
Bell, Telus projects get go-ahead in superclusters announcement
telecom | 02/16/2018 2:24 pm EST
OTTAWA — Two “superclusters” involving BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. are among the five that will receive funding as part of the federal government’s $950 million initiative, according to an announcement Thursday at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa....
Bell teams up with Kingston on smart city project
telecom | 02/07/2018 1:51 pm EST
Kingston, Ont., is partnering with BCE Inc. to integrate the company’s Internet of Things (IoT)...
Privacy, cybersecurity, spectrum key for connected cars: senators
telecom | 01/30/2018 7:17 pm EST
Earmarked spectrum, cybersecurity improvements and increased privacy...
Can telecoms cut through the blockchain hype?
telecom | 01/19/2018 3:38 pm EST
The federal government said Friday it is “experimenting” with blockchain technology to create a...
CSIS document flags less-effective encryption as issue for IoT
telecom | 01/16/2018 5:31 pm EST
Canada’s security agency is aware of the push for stronger encryption by...
As Bell deal closes, Telus buys western Alarmforce assets
telecom | 01/05/2018 1:26 pm EST
In a press release on Friday, Telus Corp. announced its acquisition of AlarmForce Industries Inc.’s western operations in Canada, the same day as BCE Inc. closed its purchase of the home-security company.
The deal, in which Bell paid $166 million to buy the...
Huawei to join CENGN
telecom | 12/01/2017 12:11 pm EST
Kanata-based Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN) has announced that Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is the newest member of the research group, according to...
New wireless-extending tech a ‘paradigm shift’ for 5G: federal researchers
telecom | 11/30/2017 9:04 am EST
OTTAWA — A federal research lab on the outskirts of Canada’s capital...
IoT to impose ‘incredible’ legal responsibility on telecoms: panel
telecom | 11/15/2017 5:42 pm EST
OTTAWA — The proliferation of internet of things (IoT) devices will foist...
Amazon releases the Echo smart speaker line in Canada
telecom | 11/15/2017 3:46 pm EST
On Wednesday, Amazon.com Inc. made a move to introduce its intelligent personal assistant Alexa into this...
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom offer
telecom | 11/13/2017 12:33 pm EST
The board of directors of mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. has unanimously rejected an unsolicited proposal to be purchased by Broadcom Ltd. “It is the Board’s unanimous belief that Broadcom’s proposal significantly...
Bell launches first pilot project on LTE-M network
telecom | 11/10/2017 4:25 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s first pilot project to run on its recently-announced LTE-M network will power the internet...
Government needs to move quicker, do more on telecom issues: panel
Media | 11/08/2017 6:13 pm EST
TORONTO — The federal government and the CRTC must pick up the pace and...
Bell’s $166M AlarmForce acquisition small but strategic buy: analysts
telecom | 11/07/2017 11:42 am EST
BCE Inc. is making a bigger play for the home-security arena with the $166...
Future of health care is online, despite connectivity issues: senators
telecom | 10/31/2017 5:41 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Technologies that allow doctors to diagnose and treat patients remotely are among the innovations set to change our health care system, senators said at an event...
Gov’t asks for public safety ‘smart communities’ proposals
telecom | 10/30/2017 5:59 pm EDT
In a release on Monday, the federal government announced a call for proposals with a focus on enhancing defense and security, which includes $19 million to tackle public safety and security challenges...
Google building smart community in Toronto
telecom | 10/18/2017 8:46 pm EDT
Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs have won a City of Toronto request for proposals to create a development...
Ottawa opens autonomous car test track
telecom | 10/13/2017 5:16 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, is now home to the first Canadian autonomous vehicle demonstration...
ISED consulting on spectrum strategy for next five years
telecom | 10/06/2017 5:30 pm EDT
Innovation Canada is initiating a consultation on its approach to spectrum...
Telus offering connected car device
telecom | 10/02/2017 3:39 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has become the second Canadian telecom to launch a service that allows customers to track their car’s location and speed and monitor diagnostics.
The company first announced the launch of Telus Drive+ back in 2014, while Rogers Communications...
Privacy commish vows more ‘proactive enforcement’
telecom | 09/21/2017 6:00 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) will not wait for the government to give it...
Autonomous car drives politicians around the Hill
telecom | 09/20/2017 5:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Transport Minister Marc Garneau told reporters that the government is working on putting...
Gov’t can help reap benefits of smart city data, conference hears
telecom | 09/19/2017 5:27 pm EDT
The provincial governments should get cities together and collaborate on...
IoT growing in agriculture, despite rural broadband challenges
telecom | 08/24/2017 4:44 pm EDT
Internet of things (IoT) technology is transforming how many Canadian farms...
mmWave ‘new frontier’ as 5G arrives: report
telecom | 08/18/2017 4:39 pm EDT
Networks operating on 5G will require much more spectrum than current 4G wireless technology, and part of...
CSE watching proposed U.S. IoT security bill
telecom | 08/03/2017 4:39 pm EDT
Four United States senators are proposing a bill that would require minimum cybersecurity standards for Internet of Things (IoT) devices bought by federal agencies. The bipartisan Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity...
IoT connections to factor into roaming agreements: Juniper
telecom | 08/03/2017 1:03 pm EDT
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices means the technology will need to be included in roaming agreements in the future, according to a new report by Juniper Research. “Juniper...
Self-driving car crosses U.S.-Canada border
telecom | 07/31/2017 3:35 pm EDT
The first cross-border test in North America involving self-driving vehicles took place Monday with a...
Non-profit gives tech leg up to telecoms, smaller businesses
telecom | 07/28/2017 4:09 pm EDT
Canada’s big three wireless providers are now cooperating on a not-for-profit initiative that offers small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a networking test bed to experiment with new technologies, such as 5G communications.
BCE Inc. is the latest Canadian telecom...
Bell providing customers energy management through IoT
telecom | 07/25/2017 5:35 pm EDT
Business customers of BCE Inc.’s network will be able to use an energy...
Rogers intros connected car monitoring device
telecom | 07/19/2017 5:31 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has launched a device that allows users to monitor vehicle maintenance and...
Bains talks collaboration on autonomous cars in U.S.
telecom | 07/17/2017 5:19 pm EDT
Autonomous cars are one promising area for collaboration between Canada and the United States, Innovation...
New IoT network launched in Quebec
telecom | 06/22/2017 1:00 pm EDT
Quebec-based X-Telia has deployed a network dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) in Montreal, the company said in a press release Thursday. It said in the French-language release that it’s the first IoT-dedicated...
Videotron to open up 5G trial project to proposals
telecom | 06/21/2017 3:48 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron gave an update on the progress of a partnership focused on testing 5G-related technology Wednesday, and announced the project will start accepting submissions from businesses, researchers and the public in the fall.
“There are...
Eastlink expanding gigabit Internet service
telecom | 06/19/2017 5:13 pm EDT
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink is making 1 GB Internet speeds more widely available and will target the consumer market. "For years, we have been providing Gigabit speeds and higher to our larger business customers...
Bell’s wireless network to power Hyundai connected cars
telecom | 06/08/2017 5:07 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary have come to an agreement that will see Bell provide the wireless network for the Asian car maker's connected cars beginning this summer. The...
Canadian Internet traffic to nearly triple by 2021: Cisco
telecom | 06/08/2017 4:51 pm EDT
Average Internet traffic in Canada will grow 2.7-fold by 2021, while busy-hour Internet traffic, or traffic during the busiest 60-minute period in a day, will increase 3.8-fold, according to...
Analytics, applications opportunities in IoT: Telus’ Cihra
Media | 06/07/2017 5:42 pm EDT
TORONTO — The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) also presents a...
‘Primary contact point’ needed for connected car safety: BlackBerry
telecom | 06/06/2017 2:17 pm EDT
OTTAWA — If the government expects to make connected cars safe and...
Shaw selling fleet management branch
telecom | 06/02/2017 11:45 am EDT
Shaw Communications Inc. is selling its fleet management arm to an American company looking to increase its Canadian presence, it said in a Friday press release. The Dallas, Texas-based Omnitracs LLC will acquire Shaw Tracking...
Regulations could help IoT device security, privacy: experts
telecom | 06/01/2017 6:15 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — The advent of 5G networks and the accompanying rise in...
Bell launching mobile network for IoT in 2018
telecom | 06/01/2017 1:06 pm EDT
BCE Inc. said Thursday it will launch a new mobile network aimed at improving the use of the Internet of Things (IoT). The LTE-M network “improves the operating efficiency of IoT devices by enabling very low power consumption...
Bell MTS contributes to IoT agriculture research
telecom | 05/30/2017 3:50 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Manitoba operation is giving the University of Manitoba half a million dollars to support an agriculture program, the company said Tuesday. The Bell MTS Innovations in Agriculture Program is aimed at “providing students at one of Canada's leading post-secondary institutions with opportunities to develop Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for application in agriculture and food services,” Bell said in a press release. The release said the $500,000 contribution to the school’s Front and Centre campaign will “advance student, faculty and public understanding of the...
Connected car privacy code work detailed
telecom | 05/17/2017 3:27 pm EDT
The University of Toronto’s Institute of Technology will helm an initiative to develop a privacy code of practice for connected vehicles, according to the office of the federal privacy commissioner, as it announced this year’s...
Nitin Kawale leaves Rogers
telecom | 05/05/2017 3:15 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s Nitin Kawale is leaving his position as president of the company’s enterprise business division. “Nitin Kawale has decided to move on from Rogers and focus on his philanthropic and community activities,” Sarah Schmidt, Rogers’ director of...
Net neutrality issues will re-emerge with IoT: MEI
telecom | 05/03/2017 9:04 pm EDT
The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) will force a new perspective on net neutrality and zero-rating, a report from the Montreal Economic Institute argues. “The development of the Internet of Things will bring to the...
Privacy proponents point to problems with connected cars
telecom | 05/02/2017 7:19 pm EDT
Connected cars “raise significant privacy concerns,” Vincent Gogolek, executive director of the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, told a Senate committee Tuesday....
Use of AI will bring benefits to telecoms, but also risks
Media | 05/01/2017 5:22 pm EDT
Artificial intelligence is a tool telecoms will increasingly use to manage networks and enhance various products, but its susceptibility to hacking will also pose big security-related concerns, especially if used for critical infrastructure, according to experts. AI, which is software programmed to think and operate like humans, is a fast-growing technology that will help automate functions in the economy previously done by humans. It’s also a technology that’s been drawing government attention. The federal budget, which committed to growing “Canada’s advantage...
Cyber security costs to outpace spending by 2022: Juniper
telecom | 04/25/2017 5:04 pm EDT
Global cyber security spending is expected to reach almost $135 billion by 2022, but that will be dwarfed by losses due to security and data breaches, according to a new report by Juniper Research....
‘Unprecedented’ collaboration necessary for connected cars: lawyer
telecom | 04/11/2017 8:44 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Canada must develop a national policy and form a multi-party committee involving different levels of government to help inform decisions on autonomous and connected cars, a...
Open 5GHz to HPODs before 2019: telecoms
Media | 04/04/2017 9:03 pm EDT
Canada should allow high-power and outdoor devices (HPODs) in the 5GHz band before the World Radiocommunications Conference in 2019 (WRC-19), Canada's major telecom companies said in comments to the Ministry of Innovation,...
Connected cars ‘smartphones on wheels,’ Senate committee hears
Media | 04/04/2017 7:57 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The development of connected and autonomous vehicles might be the thing that makes the issue of cyber security tangible, a Canadian intelligence official told senators Tuesday....
Privacy commish funding work on rules for connected cars
Media | 03/28/2017 8:29 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner will be working with stakeholders to develop a “code of practice” to help address privacy concerns around connected and autonomous vehicles,...
Hydro One expands fibre network
telecom | 03/24/2017 6:50 pm EDT
Hydro One Telecom Inc. — a subsidiary of Ontario electricity provider Hydro One Networks Inc. — has expanded its fibre network to connect to 30 data centres in Ontario and Quebec. It said in a press...
Kepler and Iristel partner on IoT devices
telecom | 03/22/2017 8:20 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. is partnering with satellite company Kepler Communications Inc. to help Internet of Things (IoT) devices seamlessly connect between cellular networks on the ground and satellites in the sky. The...
Canada needs a flexible federal smart city strategy, committee hears
telecom | 02/16/2017 9:29 pm EST
Canada is years behind other jurisdictions when it comes to government attention on the development of smart cities, Bill Hutchison, president of the i-Canada Alliance, an organization focused on the...
Government help necessary for connected car rollout: ISED
telecom | 02/14/2017 11:15 pm EST
OTTAWA — In order to roll out the infrastructure and technology necessary to make connected cars available across Canada, government funding will be needed, and it could be modeled after the Connected Canadians program that’s currently in place to target rural broadband, a Senate committee heard Tuesday. “We see there’s a need today ... where the provincial and federal government in some cases supplement the business case for the private operators to enable the rollout of the technologies,” said Martin Proulx, director general of engineering, planning and...