TAGGED AS NET NEUTRALITY
Net neutrality prevents CRTC from ordering ISPs verify age online: CRTC to Senate
Media | 03/03/2022 9:10 am EST
The CRTC cannot direct internet service providers (ISPs) to implement age verification techniques on pornographic websites in Canada, because the regulator must adhere to the...
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...
BTLR’s Yale encouraged by Australian news compensation model; too reliant on big tech, says OpenMedia
Media | 07/06/2021 6:18 pm EDT
An initiative explored this past month in a Senate...
Online watchdog organizes day of action against site blocking proposal
Media | 05/27/2021 6:22 pm EDT
An organization with the aim of keeping an open and affordable internet is...
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...
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...
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 should allow internet service providers to unilaterally block certain websites from users in order to protect copyright holders.
In a Wednesday release, Heritage...
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...
CRTC’s botnet-blocking proposal draws telecom opposition
Media | 03/17/2021 4:37 pm EDT
Telecommunications companies big and small have expressed opposition to a...
Internet Society expresses concern over CRTC botnet blocking plan
Media | 03/16/2021 4:02 pm EDT
The Internet Society (ISOC) has highlighted what it says are “significant risks” in the CRTC’s proposal for Canadian ISPs to be required to block malicious botnet traffic on their networks....
Rogers still too vague about its use of ITMPs: TekSavvy
telecom | 10/02/2020 4:02 pm EDT
In an ongoing dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and some of its third party internet access (TPIA) wholesale customers over COVID-19-related internet traffic management practices (ITMPs),...
Site-blocking further expanded in GoldTV case
Media | 03/13/2020 4:28 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc.'s Groupe TVA, and Rogers Communications Inc. — the trio of companies behind Canada's first ever website-blocking order — have submitted a draft order adding new domains to the Federal Court. In a...
CIPPIC, CIRA to challenge court authority in site-blocking case
telecom | 02/07/2020 3:54 pm EST
Both the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and the Canadian...
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...
Court orders Canadian ISPs to block pirate website for the first time
Media | 11/15/2019 6:35 pm EST
In a precedent-setting decision, a Federal Court judge has ordered internet...
Distributel asks court for ability to challenge future site-blocking
Media | 09/19/2019 7:22 pm EDT
In the event Federal Court allows a site-blocking application brought by three of the country’s largest broadcasters, Distributel Communications Ltd. wants to ensure...
Telecoms say speed throttling doesn’t violate net neutrality
telecom | 08/06/2019 2:37 pm EDT
The big three telecoms are telling the CRTC that their practice of slowing...
CRTC asks wireless providers to justify post-data cap throttling
telecom | 07/04/2019 4:52 pm EDT
The CRTC has asked several telecoms to explain how their throttling of wireless speeds once customers exceed their data allotments doesn’t violate the commission’s regulatory policy on internet...
Groups diverge on handling of net neutrality in comms laws
Media | 01/18/2019 5:25 pm EST
Canada’s current laws implicitly protecting net neutrality are sufficient...
CRTC asks Ottawa for single regulator on passive infrastructure
Media | 01/10/2019 6:28 pm EST
The CRTC is formally asking the federal government to make one regulatory...
Yale responds to criticism about review panel consumer reps
Media | 11/01/2018 2:29 pm EDT
OTTAWA – Conservative senators doubled-down on a previously-raised concern with the makeup of the Liberal government's expert panel reviewing Canada's communications laws, telling panel members testifying before the Senate's transport and communications committee Wednesday...
CRTC reviewing ISPs’ differential pricing practices
telecom | 10/03/2018 1:39 pm EDT
The CRTC is reviewing Canadian ISPs’ traffic management and differential pricing practices for compliance with its net neutrality framework, according to a letter sent out by the commission requesting specific information from...
Senators asked to champion net neutrality in comms laws review
Media | 09/18/2018 6:38 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- Lawmakers need to make net neutrality a major priority and...
Gov’t cites NAFTA over U.S. net neutrality rollback concerns
Media | 06/22/2018 1:33 pm EDT
The federal government is affirming its commitment to enforcing the...
Making net neutrality law redundant: telecom execs
Media | 06/05/2018 9:37 pm EDT
TORONTO — If there was a single point of agreement among panelists representing both small and big...
Motion seeking to enshrine net neutrality into law passes
Media | 05/24/2018 12:56 pm EDT
A motion asking the government to consider enshrining the concept of net...
FCC net neutrality repeal to be effective June 11
telecom | 05/10/2018 7:04 pm EDT
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s repeal of its 2015 net neutrality rules will take effect...
Gov’t shouldn’t allow FairPlay regime: House committee
telecom | 05/09/2018 6:12 pm EDT
The House ethics committee said that if the CRTC rules in favour of a...
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...
Telecoms defend FairPlay to MPs, call for 5G net neutrality flexibility
Media | 02/13/2018 2:01 pm EST
OTTAWA — Representatives from Canada’s biggest telecoms argued that flexibility in Canada’s net neutrality framework will be necessary with the advent of 5G, as they...
Liberals signal interest in enshrining net neutrality in law
Media | 02/06/2018 7:24 pm EST
OTTAWA — The idea of of explicitly making net neutrality part of...
Cross-industry coalition calls for website-blocking
Media | 01/29/2018 6:21 pm EST
A broad coalition made up of Canada’s largest telecoms and broadcasters, as well as groups representing...
Scheer says he supports net neutrality
telecom | 01/03/2018 5:28 pm EST
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer has said he supports net neutrality, despite statements by his Innovation...
Canadian gov’t reiterates net neutrality support as FCC kills 2015 rules
telecom | 12/14/2017 5:00 pm EST
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2...
Scheer mum on net neutrality as CPC MPs take opposing sides
Media | 12/13/2017 4:39 pm EST
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer isn’t going public with his position on the issue of net neutrality, even as two members of his caucus — both former Industry ministers — are publicly disagreeing on the question.
On Saturday, Innovation critic Maxime Bernier tweeted...
FCC sets Dec. 14 date for net neutrality roll back
telecom | 11/21/2017 4:49 pm EST
In a release on Tuesday, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai announced his plan to end net neutrality rules established during Barack Obama’s presidency. Pai’s goals, outlined in a statement, include...
Pai confirmed for second FCC term
telecom | 10/03/2017 12:27 pm EDT
The United States Senate confirmed Monday current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit...
Joly’s cultural policy continues drawing mixed reaction
Media | 09/29/2017 5:20 pm EDT
Various groups praised the promised investment in production and promotion...
New CRTC vice-chair not afraid of tough issues: ISED PS
Media | 07/19/2017 12:22 pm EDT
The CRTC’s incoming vice-chairwoman of broadcasting, Caroline Simard, has...
FCC’s net neutrality changes could affect Canada, some experts say
telecom | 07/12/2017 4:37 pm EDT
On Wednesday, major internet and tech companies teamed up to rally against...
‘Battle for the Net’ coming Wednesday
Media | 07/10/2017 2:23 pm EDT
Major internet-based companies and organizations are preparing to participate in a Wednesday campaign...
Uphold net neutrality for free expression: UN report
telecom | 06/06/2017 4:40 pm EDT
Net neutrality is a digital pillar in citizens’ right to free expression, according to a report by the United Nations special rapporteur, or independent expert, on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion...
Big three take aim at Videotron customers
telecom | 05/29/2017 4:27 pm EDT
BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are trying to lure customers of Quebecor...
Videotron asks for extension on Unlimited Music finale
Media | 05/25/2017 2:13 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is asking the CRTC for more time to comply with the decision killing its Unlimited Music service last month, when it was found to be out of step with the concurrent decision on differential pricing practices that essentially banned zero-rating....
FCC consulting on proposal to reverse net neutrality rules
telecom | 05/19/2017 5:14 pm EDT
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on its...
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...
U.S. court declines to rehear net neutrality appeal
telecom | 05/01/2017 8:11 pm EDT
A U.S. appeal court said Monday it won’t reconsider an appeal of the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules. In July 2016, CTIA-The Wireless Association asked the court to...
FCC head outlines plans for Open Internet rejig
telecom | 04/26/2017 7:58 pm EDT
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will introduce a proposal next month for a new plan to replace the existing Open Internet order, also referred to as Title II, Chairman Ajit Pai said Wednesday. Speaking at an...
Telecoms to compete on service after zero-rating decision: analysts
Media | 04/21/2017 4:11 pm EDT
The CRTC’s decision Thursday to ban most forms of zero-rating means telecoms will have to rely on service in order to stand out from the competition, analysts said. The new rules that prohibit differentiated pricing practices (DPPs) that aren’t data-agnostic and aren’t offered to all customers, among other stipulations, mean Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron won’t be able to keep operating its Unlimited Music service. “In our view, this is a...
CRTC effectively bans most zero-rating in differential pricing decision
Media | 04/20/2017 8:04 pm EDT
As the CRTC banned most forms of differential pricing practices Thursday — including declaring that telecoms can’t pick and chose Internet content to zero-rate and...
Sandvine warns about zero-rating ‘fraud’
telecom | 04/19/2017 5:33 pm EDT
A new report from broadband equipment maker Sandvine Corp. says that some Internet users are avoiding data charges by disguising Internet traffic to look like zero-rated content. “Enticed by the potential of receiving...
Telecoms shouldn’t be gatekeepers, Blais says ahead of differential pricing decision
Media | 04/18/2017 8:30 pm EDT
The CRTC may very well complete the record on net neutrality policy in Canada when it releases its decision Thursday afternoon on differential pricing practices,...
Facebook beefs up lobbying squad
Media | 03/21/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is increasing its government relations presence in Ottawa, with three new registrations filed with the lobbying commissioner’s office last month. According to the federal lobbyists’...
CPC leadership contenders outline views on media, telecom issues
Media | 03/09/2017 9:51 pm EST
On May 27, members of the Conservative Party of Canada will select who will succeed former prime minister Stephen Harper as permanent leader of the party, relieving interim Opposition leader Rona...
Wireless Code review poses regulatory risk: Desjardins
telecom | 02/13/2017 8:41 pm EST
The CRTC’s review of the Wireless Code “generates regulatory risk across the industry,” with the biggest potential threat being mandating the separation of device costs from...
FCC won’t take action against zero-rating: Pai
Media | 02/03/2017 10:19 pm EST
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday it won’t “focus on denying Americans free data” going forward, as it ended its investigation into zero-rated offerings. New chairman Ajit Pai said in...
Ajit Pai nominated as new FCC chairman
Media | 01/23/2017 10:33 pm EST
Ajit Pai has been picked by the new U.S. president to lead the United States' telecom regulator, Pai announced on Twitter Monday. In a statement, Pai said he looks “forward to working with the new Administration,...
Zero-rated programs from vertically integrated providers may cause harm: FCC report
Media | 01/12/2017 10:00 pm EST
A branch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it had concerns with the differential pricing practices used by Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. as it wrapped up a review of sponsored data and zero-rating. A report published Wednesday by the United States regulator’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said that “in particular, sponsored data offerings by vertically integrated mobile providers may harm consumers and competition...
Amazon little threat to Netflix, Crave for now: analyst
Media | 01/05/2017 9:44 pm EST
A tepid launch of Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime video streaming service in Canada doesn’t seem likely to pose a challenge to existing players in the Canadian streaming market — for...
Tom Wheeler leaving FCC in January
Media | 12/15/2016 5:53 pm EST
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Tom Wheeler is leaving his post as head of the United States regulator on Jan. 20, 2017. Wheeler said in a written statement Thursday that serving as chairman...
CRTC suspends PIAC website blocking application
telecom | 12/09/2016 8:57 pm EST
The CRTC has suspended a Part 1 application by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) asking the commission to declare as unconstitutional a Quebec law that would force providers to block certain online gambling...
FCC dep’t engaging in ‘wild goose chase’ over zero-rating: commissioner
Media | 12/05/2016 10:08 pm EST
A branch of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is engaging in a “wild goose chase” by investigating a pair of companies’ zero-rating offers, according to one commissioner....
Eisenach named to Trump “landing team”
Media | 11/21/2016 10:55 pm EST
Jeffrey Eisenach has been named to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s “landing team,” with responsibility for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a Monday press release. Mark Jamison, director of the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida, was also named to the team and will focus on the FCC. The landing team will play a part in the transition from the current U.S. administration. Eisenach, who has consulted with Canadian telecom companies, has been rumored to be a top candidate to replace current FCC chairman Tom...
CRTC chair OK with being ‘disruptive showman’
Media | 11/16/2016 11:21 pm EST
OTTAWA — With more than six months left in his term as CRTC chairman, Jean-Pierre Blais isn’t ready to start using the word “legacy” in relation to his term as head of the Canadian regulator, but in a...
Internet companies reach out to new U.S. leadership
Media | 11/14/2016 10:37 pm EST
An organization representing four-dozen major online-based companies has reached out to president-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his victory while proposing digital policy planks for his administration to consider....
Videotron goes on defence as differential pricing hearing wraps
Media | 11/04/2016 11:49 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — Those who innovate shouldn’t be penalized because their competitors can’t keep up, the CRTC heard Friday from representatives of the telecom company...
CRTC should be flexible with zero-rating: Rogers
Media | 11/03/2016 12:08 am EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — While Rogers Communications Inc. said it generally does not support differential pricing practices (DPP), it suggested Wednesday that the regulator should stay flexible in its approach given...
No proven harm from differential pricing: Bell
Media | 11/01/2016 9:41 pm EDT
GATINEAU — The CRTC shouldn’t take the non-participation in this week’s hearing by content providers who might eventually benefit from zero-rating and other differential pricing practices as non-interest, a...
Zero-rating regime should be similar to ITMP framework: CNOC
Media | 11/01/2016 12:50 am EDT
GATINEAU — On the first day of the CRTC’s hearing on differential pricing practices, a consortium representing small telecoms asked the CRTC to allow but regulate the practice of zero-rating,...
Reddit reaction to differential pricing overwhelmingly critical
Media | 09/30/2016 8:07 pm EDT
Users of Reddit Inc.’s website have largely railed against differential pricing in a discussion initated by the CRTC, with an overwhelming number of comments on the social platform expressing...
Differing opinions on how to guide differential pricing, interventions show
telecom | 09/23/2016 8:09 pm EDT
Even among those who support differential pricing practices such as zero rating and sponsoring data, there isn’t a consensus as to how they should be regulated by CRTC, according to additional...
CRTC taking to Reddit to ask about differential pricing
Media | 09/19/2016 8:22 pm EDT
The CRTC will host a public discussion on differential pricing practices for Internet data plans on Reddit Inc.’s website, the regulator said Monday. The commission said in a notice it will host the discussion forum on the /r/Canada subreddit “to encourage individuals who might not otherwise participate in this proceeding to share their points of view.” The topic will run from 9 a.m. EST on Sept. 26 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 30. A public hearing will be held on Oct. 31 in Gatineau. The commission said it will try to...
Advocacy groups, telecoms agree with CRTC on website blocking
telecom | 09/19/2016 6:54 pm EDT
Reponses filed with the CRTC last week by consumer, advocacy and industry groups indicate that all parties support the CRTC’s preliminary view on Quebec’s Bill 74, which would block access...
ITMP complaints steady: CRTC
telecom | 09/09/2016 5:48 pm EDT
The CRTC received nine Internet traffic management practices (ITMP) complaints in the three months ended June 30, bringing the yearly total (since July 1, 2015) to 33. The quarterly number of complaints was the same as the...
Trump lacks broadband, telecom policy: report
telecom | 09/07/2016 4:46 pm EDT
Much of the divide between the two leading candidates for the U.S. presidency is that one has articulated policies on technology and innovation while the other has not, according to a new report by Information Technology and...
CRTC weighs in on legality of Quebec online gambling law
telecom | 09/01/2016 9:43 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for input on a preliminary view it’s taken regarding the legality of blocking of Internet content, as it considers how to deal with a complaint about a Quebec law mandating...
E.U. issues final guidelines on net neutrality rule implementation
telecom | 08/30/2016 9:38 pm EDT
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) has put out guidelines that clarify its rules on net neutrality, including zero-rating. The guidelines will serve as guidance to regulatory authorities in the implementation of the E.U.’s net neutrality rules, approved last year, BEREC said in a press release. “Specifically, this includes the obligations to closely monitor and ensure compliance with the rules to safeguard equal and...
Net neutrality, rural broadband raised during Bains chat
telecom | 07/29/2016 8:10 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains took questions from Twitter Inc.’s Toronto office Friday afternoon, in a question-and-answer session during...
Telecom groups launch new opposition to FCC net neutrality rules
telecom | 07/29/2016 4:01 pm EDT
An American association representing wireless service providers is asking for the United States federal court to rehear and re-evaluate June’s decision upholding the Federal Communication...
Second challenge to Bill 74 begins as CWTA goes to court
telecom | 07/27/2016 9:11 pm EDT
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has filed a court challenge to a Quebec law that would force telecoms to block some illegal gambling websites, telling the court...
Quebec online gambling law unconstitutional: PIAC
telecom | 07/11/2016 6:41 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is asking the CRTC to deem as unconstitutional a Quebec law compelling Internet service providers (ISPs) to block certain online gambling websites. In a new Part 1 application...
Bell mobile-TV appeal dismissed
Media | 06/20/2016 11:43 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the CRTC’s ban on BCE Inc.’s zero-rated mobile-TV plans, a year and a half after the commission ruled the company couldn’t exempt the service from data caps. In a...
U.S. court upholds FCC net neutrality rules
telecom | 06/14/2016 4:28 pm EDT
A U.S. appeals court has denied an industry appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules. The court issued a decision Tuesday in favour of a framework the FCC imposed last year,...
Zero-rating hearing generational chance to end data caps: OpenMedia
telecom | 06/09/2016 5:21 pm EDT
Advocacy group OpenMedia is calling on the CRTC to end data caps, which it says are a result of a “broken telecom market,” ahead of a commission hearing on zero-rating. In a Tuesday press...
Industry execs blast Quebec Internet-blocking, call for CRTC involvement
Media | 06/08/2016 12:29 am EDT
TORONTO — Executives from Canada’s telecom companies took aim at a new bill by the Quebec government that would force Internet service providers (ISPs) to block some gambling websites...
Zero rating review deadline extended
telecom | 06/03/2016 5:40 pm EDT
The CRTC has extended the deadline for comments in its review of “differential pricing practices.” An original deadline of June 17 for the filing of interventions regarding zero rating and sponsored data has been rescheduled to July 4, following a request from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). According to a CRTC notice published Friday, PIAC “submitted that parties have less than a month to prepare their interventions, while a significant number of other Commission proceedings that they need to prepare for are also ongoing.”...
Quebec online gambling law would have ‘huge’ costs for ISPs: CWTA
telecom | 05/26/2016 9:57 pm EDT
New Quebec legislation forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block certain online gambling websites from being accessed in the province could put smaller ISPs out of business, industry reps...
Zero rating good economics, in the public interest: report
telecom | 05/24/2016 5:50 pm EDT
Zero-rated services are in the public interest and “unlikely” to stand in the way of an open Internet, according to a new report from an American think tank, which recommends that U.S....
Shoan launches second challenge to Blais’ power to name panels
telecom | 05/24/2016 5:04 pm EDT
CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan has filed another court challenge regarding the ability of CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais to assign commissioners to panels that make decisions on issues before the...
CRTC launches review of zero-rating, sponsored data
Media | 05/18/2016 9:32 pm EDT
Net neutrality advocates welcomed the CRTC’s launch of a new consultation on “differential pricing practices” for both wireline and wireless data plans Wednesday, a process that will see a public hearing kick off...
Modify zero-rated plans to hit net neutrality goals: Sandvine
Media | 05/16/2016 9:24 pm EDT
If communications providers stick to principles of transparency and openness, zero-rated and sponsored data services can stay out of regulatory and consumer trouble, according to a report released Monday by Sandvine Inc. “There is no single definition of Network Neutrality globally and one is unlikely to emerge in the near future. Operating within that limitation, sponsored data and application zero-rating can be tailored to meet the needs of Network Neutrality, however it is defined (or not) in a region,” Waterloo, Ont.-based Sandvine, which helps companies establish...
Effect of zero-rating on competition under debate
Media | 05/06/2016 8:21 pm EDT
OTTAWA — A panel discussion on net neutrality Friday dug into whether zero-rating can help or harm market competition, with Ted Woodhead, senior vice-president of regulatory affairs at Telus Corp. taking issue with the...
T-Mobile adds more providers to Binge On service
Media | 03/17/2016 9:22 pm EDT
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. announced Thursday it has added more video providers to its unlimited mobile video streaming service, Binge On, including Google Inc.’s Youtube, Google Play Movies and Discovery GO. It said in a press...
Court hears mobile-TV case
Media | 01/20/2016 8:27 pm EST
BCE Inc.'s appeal against a CRTC decision banning the provision of mobile-TV services that are not subject to regular data charges was heard by the Federal Court of Appeal in Toronto on Tuesday, and the court is expected to render a decision some time in the coming months. Almost a year ago,...
Verizon allows companies to cover data costs for consumer access
Media | 01/19/2016 7:44 pm EST
Verizon Communication Inc. announced Tuesday it is introducing a new sponsored data service, called FreeBee Data, to help businesses drive better consumer engagement without cutting into...
CRTC asks Videotron why zero-rate and not increase data caps
Media | 12/02/2015 4:37 pm EST
The CRTC is asking Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron to answer 16 questions regarding its Unlimited Music service, including why it chose to launch a zero-rating service rather than increase data caps....
FCC chairman praises zero-rating service
telecom | 11/19/2015 10:01 pm EST
Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), told reporters Tuesday a service that exempts some video from wireless data caps is “highly innovative and highly competitive,” Bloomberg...
Facebook expands Free Basics
telecom | 11/16/2015 5:23 pm EST
Facebook Inc. said in a press release Monday that “more than 60 new services are available” on its Free Basics app in the 29 countries where citizens can access it. “Free Basics is now available to more than one...
European Commission sets net neutrality rules
Media | 10/27/2015 8:11 pm EDT
The European Commission voted Tuesday to set net neutrality rules for the first time in the European Union law. The new law, which was detailed in a fact sheet on the commission’s website, will include no blocking or...
Rogers, Telus on opposing sides of zero-rated music case
Media | 10/15/2015 8:39 pm EDT
An undue-preference complaint against a music streaming service offered by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron has Rogers Communications Inc. arguing that zero-rating the service is a net-neutrality violation, while Telus Corp. is supporting Videotron and saying the service does not harm consumers. Rogers argued the pricing structure of the service amounts to an undue preference under the Telecommunications Act, and is contrary to the CRTC’s net-neutrality rules and regulations on overage charges in the commission’s wireless code. “The decision to favour certain types of audio...