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Bell tells CRTC to dismiss Quebecor complaint due to lack of legal grounds and unjustified demands

telecom | 01/23/2024 5:32 pm EST

Quebecor Inc.'s Part 1 application to the CRTC for retroactive roaming rates on BCE Inc.’s network has been met with staunch opposition from Bell, as the telecommunications...

Freedom launches new roaming plan covering 73 destinations

telecom | 11/21/2023 5:27 pm EST

Quebecor Inc.’s Freedom Mobile announced its new roaming plan, Roam Beyond, Tuesday, which offers 60 GB of data for $65 per month after digital discount. Freedom customers will be able to connect with 73 destinations around the world with data, unlimited texting,...

Bell blames Videotron for shuttering of Vrak channel

Media | 08/18/2023 4:14 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has announced it is closing its Vrak Channel and is laying the blame squarely at the feet of...

Rogers reviewing CRTC decision to choose Quebecor MVNO rates

telecom | 07/26/2023 6:30 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. will be reviewing the impact of the CRTC’s...

CRTC’s choice of Quebecor MVNO rates comes as no surprise: Analysts

telecom | 07/25/2023 4:51 pm EDT

Industry analysts said it is no surprise that the CRTC selected Quebecor...

TVA changes mind about cutting weekend newscasts

Media | 06/21/2023 8:54 am EDT

Quebecor Inc. has reversed itself and will not be suspending TVA’s newscasts in Quebec City on weekends...

Quebecor launches Freedom’s first nationwide plan

telecom | 05/25/2023 4:05 pm EDT

In its first major promotion since acquiring Freedom Mobile from Shaw Communications, Quebecor Inc. has announced a nationwide mobile plan.  The $50 plan includes unlimited calls and text messages and 40 GB of data anywhere in Canada or the United States. The company...

CRTC must implement a reasonable test for FTTP rates: Péladeau

telecom | 05/11/2023 5:44 pm EDT

The CRTC “must implement a reasonable test” for fibre-to-the-premise...

CRTC lays out Online Streaming Act timeline, PKP calls for flexibility

Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:54 pm EDT

On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that...

Rogers-Shaw, Freedom-Quebecor deals finally closed

telecom | 04/03/2023 3:56 pm EDT

After a two-year struggle, Rogers Communications Inc. has successfully completed its takeover of Shaw...

Quebec court will hear Quebecor’s case for damages in pole access fight with Bell

telecom | 03/31/2023 4:54 pm EDT

The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a request...

UPDATED: Champagne blesses Rogers-Shaw wedding; critics bemoan ‘dark day’

telecom | 03/31/2023 9:11 am EDT

OTTAWA–Innovation, Science and Industry Minister...

Shaw defends off-tariff agreements, Telus calls for review in TekSavvy complaint 

telecom | 02/23/2023 12:11 pm EST

Shaw Communications Inc. has argued that the type of off-tariff-agreement...

CRTC denies Videotron application for arbitration with Bell

telecom | 02/21/2023 2:16 pm EST

The CRTC has denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron unit seeking final offer arbitration (FOA) with BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility over mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access service rates. In a Friday letter to both parties, the regulator questioned the...

Deadline for Shaw-Videotron deal extended, yet again

telecom | 02/17/2023 1:27 pm EST

For the fourth time, the deadline for the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Rogers, Shaw, and Quebecor extend their deadline once again

telecom | 01/30/2023 4:02 pm EST

The three companies at the center of one of the biggest mergers in Canadian...

Telecoms file arguments in Competition Bureau appeal of Rogers-Shaw merger

telecom | 01/18/2023 7:31 pm EST

All eyes in the telecom world will be focused on the Federal Court of...

Quebec hotel company keeps exempt BDU status, despite protests of Quebecor and Bell

Media | 01/04/2023 4:47 pm EST

The CRTC has denied Quebecor Inc.’s request to sanction Coopérative de câblodistribution Hill Valley, and to remove it from the list of exempted broadcasting distribution...

Quebec court orders Videotron reconnections

telecom | 12/22/2022 3:42 pm EST

The Superior Court of Quebec has ordered Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to connect a number of different...

Rogers presents experts as Tribunal hearings edge toward end

telecom | 12/02/2022 2:54 pm EST

A retired Queen's University economics professor believes that the CRTC has...

Bell accuses Videotron of not paying 911 fees

telecom | 12/01/2022 4:55 pm EST

BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell Canada is accusing Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron division of reneging on its...

Videotron takeover of Freedom “dream scenario”, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/22/2022 7:46 am EST

The takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom Mobile unit by...

Freedom stronger under Shaw than Videotron, Tribunal hears

telecom | 11/16/2022 1:26 pm EST

Freedom Mobile is less likely to be a strong national player under Quebecor...

Rogers-Shaw merger will create competition for Telus in the west: Rogers, Shaw lawyers

telecom | 11/07/2022 6:07 pm EST

While on opposite sides of the Competition Tribunal hearing that will decide the fate of the $26 billion plan for Rogers Communications Inc. to buy Shaw Communications Inc.,...

CRTC seeking comment about removal of advertising limits

Media | 10/06/2022 2:14 pm EDT

The CRTC is seeking comments on whether or not it should allow Quebecor Inc.'s TVA Group to show more advertising on its discretionary services, as well as the possibility of removing the 12 minute-per-hour limit on other discretionary services as well.  In a notice of...

BREAKING: Bell to acquire Distributel

telecom | 09/02/2022 4:00 pm EDT

In the latest in a series of acquisitions in the ISP sector this year, BCE Inc. is seeking to acquire one...

Rogers buys itself one-year extension with bondholders to close Shaw deal

telecom | 09/01/2022 5:12 pm EDT

Rogers Communications Inc. has more time to close its acquisition deal with...

Bell tries again to stop Videotron’s ‘permanent roaming’

telecom | 08/30/2022 4:56 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has filed a review and vary application seeking to overturn a May...

Quebecor inks agreement to buy Shaw’s Freedom Mobile

telecom | 08/12/2022 4:33 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., and Shaw Communications Inc....

VMedia purchase will sweeten Freedom deal for regulators: Quebecor’s PKP

Media | 08/04/2022 5:37 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO has said the company’s recent...

Quebecor’s acquisition of VMedia exciting for competition says co-founder, CNOC

Media | 07/28/2022 5:38 pm EDT

VMedia Inc. can expand its national footprint with resources from Quebecor Inc., as part of the Quebec-based company's national expansion, according to VMedia co-founder...

Quebec hotel company asks CRTC to mandate negotiations with Bell

Media | 07/11/2022 5:43 pm EDT

A Quebec-based hotel accused of copyright infringement is asking the CRTC...

Quebecor wants to make its case for Freedom divestiture to Competition Tribunal

telecom | 07/08/2022 2:15 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. is asking the Competition Tribunal for permission to...

Court finds Videotron did not violate Rovi patents

Media | 06/27/2022 4:26 pm EDT

The Federal Court dismissed a digital entertainment company’s lawsuit alleging that Quebecor Inc.’s...

Lack of network sharing arrangement “notable” in Quebecor Freedom deal: analyst

telecom | 06/20/2022 5:34 pm EDT

The biggest piece of Friday night's blockbuster announcement of a deal that would see Quebecor Inc. emerge victorious as the buyer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s Freedom Mobile...

Quebecor to buy Freedom Mobile for $2.85b

telecom | 06/18/2022 9:35 am EDT

In a development that may pave the way for the merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Punish hotel broadcaster who infringed on copyright: Bell tells CRTC

Media | 06/07/2022 3:31 pm EDT

BCE Inc. is supporting a Quebecor Inc. application for the CRTC to revoke...

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

telecom | 06/01/2022 4:06 pm EDT

OTTAWA–Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron service is still eager to buy Freedom...

CRTC dismisses Bell complaint that Videotron Vrai HVOD service violates regulations

Media | 05/30/2022 4:53 pm EDT

The CRTC has found that Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron did not contravene its...

CRTC denies Bell application on Videotron roaming

telecom | 05/27/2022 3:52 pm EDT

BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility Inc. has lost an application before the CRTC about Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...

On Rogers-Shaw, focus shifts to network sharing agreements

Media | 05/25/2022 6:12 pm EDT

As the Competition Bureau takes Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...

Péladeau says Quebecor will stick to facilities-based model long-term

telecom | 05/13/2022 2:46 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said “there's no reason at this...

Comp. Bureau moves to block Rogers-Shaw merger; Quebecor “has apparently entered the process”: analyst

Media | 05/09/2022 4:32 pm EDT

The Competition Bureau has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking a "full block" of the proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc. by Rogers...

Quebecor asks CRTC to punish hotel broadcasters

Media | 05/06/2022 2:53 pm EDT

In the wake of a Federal Court ruling that determined a trio of companies that had established a private...

Little support for CRTC forbearance policy review following Part 1 application

telecom | 04/12/2022 3:53 pm EDT

The Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) is the only...

CRTC sides with regional wireless carriers in roaming decision

telecom | 04/06/2022 6:24 pm EDT

The CRTC mostly accepted the arguments of small wireless carriers against...

Quebecor cautions regulators on Globalive bid for Freedom

telecom | 03/16/2022 4:55 pm EDT

Asked if the odds of Quebecor Inc. purchasing Shaw Communications Inc.'s wireless assets have become lower in the wake of Globalive Capital Inc.'s reported offer of $3.75 billion should should Shaw have to sell as part of its acquisition by Rogers Communications Inc.,...

Quebecor targeting both MVNOs and Shaw assets for wireless roll out 

Media | 02/24/2022 6:04 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said that while his company is...

Quebecor provides no justification or rationale in Vrai pricing dispute: Bell

Media | 02/24/2022 2:58 pm EST

BCE Inc. is arguing to the CRTC that Quebecor Inc. provided no...

Quebecor calls Bell’s Vrai complaint “desperate” and “devoid of any merit”

Media | 02/11/2022 6:10 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. wants BCE Inc.’s request to mandate that Videotron...

PIAC, Quebecor, music sector, all oppose Stingray financial relief proposal

Media | 02/01/2022 5:08 pm EST

Quebecor Inc., organizations supporting Canada music and radio sector, as...

Quebecor’s Vrai VOD service violates CRTC regs: Bell

Media | 02/01/2022 5:04 pm EST

The CRTC has opened a proceeding in response to a BCE Inc. November...

Class-action will not shrink despite Videotron arbitration clause, court rules

telecom | 01/31/2022 6:20 pm EST

The Superior Court of Quebec denied an application by Quebecor Inc.’s...

Quebec Ag. Commission to reconsider decision to reject Quebecor build

telecom | 01/21/2022 6:15 pm EST

The Commission for the Protection of Quebec’s Agricultural Territory will reconsider its July 2021 move to reject an application made by Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron to build...

Revenues dropped in 2020, EBITDA margins increased in 2020: CRTC CMR report

telecom | 12/15/2021 6:00 pm EST

Overall, telecommunications companies pulled in some $53.4 billion in 2020,...

Rogers, Quebecor, Cogeco lag behind in pandemic pick up: analyst

telecom | 12/02/2021 5:48 pm EST

Of Canada’s big three telecom companies, Rogers Communications Inc. is...

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...

Quebecor to rollout wireless despite challenges

telecom | 11/04/2021 4:40 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. will move ahead with its rollout of wireless service in western Canada despite challenges...

Quebecor’s spectrum winnings an ‘unfair cost advantage,’ Telus tells Federal Court

Media | 10/19/2021 7:16 pm EDT

A Federal Court injunction stopping the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) from issuing licenses for set-aside spectrum won by Quebecor Inc. in...

Man fined $40,000 for selling set-top boxes

Media | 09/30/2021 4:49 pm EDT

A federal court judge has fined a pre-loaded set top box seller $40,000 for being in contempt of an...

Telecom unions want govt. action on jobs outsourcing

telecom | 09/03/2021 4:33 pm EDT

Two telecommunication workers’ unions, Unifor and the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE), have partnered up to demand the federal government step in to minimize the outsourcing of Canadian jobs overseas in the telecom...

TekSavvy takes GoldTV site-blocking fight to Supreme Court

Media | 08/26/2021 6:11 pm EDT

After Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order survived an appeal from...

Videotron waives long-distance fees to Haiti, Afghanistan in response to international crises

telecom | 08/18/2021 4:01 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron is suspending its long-distance charges for all calls from Canada to Haiti, where a recent earthquake has left many residents homeless, and to...

Federal Court orders content pirates to pay millions to Bell, Rogers, Videotron

Media | 08/11/2021 5:14 pm EDT

A Federal Court judge ordered three pirate TV services to pay more than $29...

Quebecor calls for swift news media compensation legislation

Media | 08/05/2021 6:14 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.’s president and CEO is renewing calls for the federal...

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...

Court of appeal dismisses Quebecor challenge in TVA Sports fight with Bell

telecom | 07/30/2021 10:49 am EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by Quebecor Inc. to...

Federal Court of Appeal dismisses BDUs’ appeal of distant signal tariffs

telecom | 07/23/2021 6:34 pm EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal ruled Friday partially in favour of a group that challenged a tariff increase by the Copyright Board of Canada for over-the-air distant signal...

PIAC says no to permanent roaming test, Telus wants new definition

telecom | 07/05/2021 5:37 pm EDT

Telus Corp. wants the CRTC to set an industry-wide definition of...

GoldTV blocking order survives TekSavvy appeal

Media | 05/26/2021 6:41 pm EDT

The Federal Court of Appeal has allowed Canada's first-ever site-blocking court order to stand,...

Quebecor “pleased” with CRTC MVNO decision

telecom | 05/13/2021 6:10 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau added his voice to a chorus of...

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....

CRTC rejects incumbent request to expand Internet Code

telecom | 04/08/2021 5:05 pm EDT

The CRTC has rejected a request from a number of large facilities-based internet service providers for the regulator to extend the Internet Code to smaller ISPs and resellers.  In a decision released Thursday, the CRTC wrote that, in its determination, the large ISPs had...

Videotron buys Cablovision Warwick

telecom | 04/01/2021 3:04 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc.'s Videtron has acquired wireless, TV, home phone, and cellular company Cablovision Warwick Inc., which has been operating in the Centre-du-Quebec region for almost 50 years.  Videotron CEO Jean-François Pruneau...

Quebecor would buy Freedom, but only with spectrum: PKP

telecom | 03/31/2021 6:21 pm EDT

Quebecor Inc. has indicated that, should the Competition Bureau force...

Bell not sweating over Rogers-Shaw deal: CFO

telecom | 03/24/2021 5:41 pm EDT

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the potential impacts of Rogers Communications Inc. acquiring Shaw...

Helped by Fizz, Quebecor reports strong Q4 earnings

Media | 02/25/2021 5:42 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. has continued to grow its revenues in spite of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, according to...

Court certifies TVA Sports class action

Media | 01/14/2021 5:54 pm EST

Quebec’s Superior Court has certified a class action lawsuit on behalf of BCE Inc. TV subscribers who lost access to Quebecor Inc.’s TVA Sports after Quebecor cut the signal in the spring of 2019.  La Presse reported...

Quebec ISPs say Bell approach to pole access still ‘anti-competitive’

telecom | 11/25/2020 3:22 pm EST

A trio of Quebec internet service providers released a statement Wednesday claiming that BCE Inc. continues to impede their access to its poles.  Quebecor Inc., Cogeco Inc., and non-profit...

Quebecor Q3 revenues tick upwards, driven by wireless

Media | 11/05/2020 5:20 pm EST

Quebecor Inc. posted its third-quarter earnings on Thursday morning, with revenues slightly up, boosted...

Don’t force release of disaggregated configurations, incumbents tell CRTC

telecom | 10/26/2020 6:22 pm EDT

Incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to deny a request from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada to require the large telecoms to release more detailed information about the structures of...

Quebecor turns to Competition Bureau, court over Bell structure access

telecom | 09/30/2020 5:38 pm EDT

An ongoing dispute between BCE Inc. and Quebecor Inc. has escalated as the latter has turned to the Competition Bureau and the courts to investigate what Quebecor said in a...