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Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences
Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT
A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) brought in $5.61 million in revenue, as 56 licences out of the...
Satellite networks vital next step for Canada to reach connectivity goals: Terrestar
telecom | 06/24/2024 6:02 pm EDT
Recent advancements in the satellite communications ecosystem have made mobile connectivity via satellite a much more economical way to bridge Canada’s digital divide,...
CTS panelists criticize asymmetrical fibre access regime, urge national approach
telecom | 06/20/2024 11:40 am EDT
Industry experts on the Canadian Telecom Summit’s “regulatory...
ISED launches consultation on expanding mobile coverage with satellites
telecom | 06/17/2024 7:58 pm EDT
TORONTO – The Government is developing a new framework to enable telecom...
Telus suggests connectivity options in three BC areas
telecom | 05/10/2024 5:43 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has filed a Part 1 application which it hopes will resolve connectivity issues in three parts...
ISED auctioning off 225 leftover spectrum licences
telecom | 03/25/2024 5:49 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is auctioning off 225 spectrum...
High spectrum costs are the villain in cellular prices, Big 3 tell INDU
telecom | 03/18/2024 3:52 pm EDT
The presidents of the Big Three telecoms told the House of Commons Industry Committee that it is the government which is one of the biggest offenders in wireless prices....
CRTC denies TerreStar’s bid for stay of contribution decision
telecom | 02/07/2024 3:41 pm EST
The CRTC has denied an application by TerreStar Solutions Inc. for a stay...
New “use it or lose it” policy helps Indigenous spectrum connectivity
telecom | 01/31/2024 3:42 pm EST
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne...
ISED establishes fee structure for non-competitive local spectrum licences
telecom | 01/08/2024 12:59 pm EST
The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) has...
3,800 MHz auction nets $2.2B in preliminary results
telecom | 11/30/2023 6:14 pm EST
Canada’s telecom industry have spent some $2.16 billion on the 3,800 MHz band of spectrum, according to...
Telesat reports Q3 2023 results
telecom | 11/06/2023 3:26 pm EST
Telesat Corp. announced its financial performance for the three month period ended Sept. 30, posting a...
Telus says CRTC strayed from accounting principles in spectrum revenue and contribution decision
telecom | 10/02/2023 6:20 pm EDT
Telus Corp. says the CRTC should review its...
OPINION: Canada’s spectrum framework is failing Indigenous peoples
telecom | 09/01/2023 6:00 pm EDT
By Mark Buell and Phil Steinhauer-Mozejko, Connect Humanity Fund
In its...
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...
TerreStar challenges CRTC decision that spectrum sale is part of telecom service
telecom | 08/30/2023 5:38 pm EDT
TerreStar Solutions Inc. is challenging a CRTC decision which denied the company’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from its Canadian operating...
CRTC denies TerreStar’s request to deduct spectrum sale and subordination revenues from contributions
Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied TerreStar Solutions Inc.’s...
ISED releases consult on WCS band licence renewal
telecom | 03/14/2023 4:26 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is seeking comments on the...
Senate ‘one-size-fits-all’ spectrum deployment bill is counter-intuitive: CWTA, CanWisp, ISED
telecom | 03/09/2023 2:45 pm EST
Telecom experts say that a Senate bill that would...
U.S. FCC considering following Canadian lead on automobile spectrum
telecom | 02/22/2023 5:41 pm EST
Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to...
Push for Indigenous spectrum sovereignty continues through ISED consultation responses
telecom | 02/14/2023 4:21 pm EST
Indigenous leadership is once again pushing the government toward Indigenous sovereignty over spectrum covering Indigenous territories as part of their responses to a recent...
ISED releases results of residual spectrum band auction
telecom | 01/27/2023 4:19 pm EST
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has...
ISED to begin consultations on drone use in spectrum bands
telecom | 01/25/2023 2:24 pm EST
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) will...
Globalive seeks to become national carrier by buying Manitoba spectrum
telecom | 01/23/2023 2:59 pm EST
Frustrated in its attempt to buy Freedom Mobile back from Shaw...
CanWISP worried ISED proposals will reduce rural connectivity
telecom | 12/01/2022 7:04 pm EST
"Stringent" limitations proposed for the non-competitive licensing (NCL)...
Videotron more effective owner of Freedom than Shaw, expert testifies
telecom | 11/29/2022 2:38 pm EST
An expert witness for Shaw Communications Inc. took issue Monday with...
Telus continues its push to reform spectrum policies in conference keynote address
telecom | 11/21/2022 12:14 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Canada made progress with its upcoming spectrum auction...
ISED rejects transfer of Xplore licence to Telus
telecom | 09/19/2022 7:22 am EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) denied an application by...
ISED auctioning off 42 licences left up for grabs
telecom | 08/11/2022 5:28 pm EDT
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is auctioning off 42 spectrum...
ISED approves Bell, Telus, spectrum licence swap
telecom | 07/19/2022 4:08 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved several subordination of spectrum licence applications between BCE Inc. and Telus Corp.
Bell will subordinate spectrum licences in the cellular band in southern Quebec to Telus and ...
ISED issues rules for 3800 MHz spectrum auction
telecom | 06/30/2022 5:55 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) issued the rules for its next...
Mendicino and Champagne say cyber security bill protects infrastructure; NDP wants more reporting requirements
telecom | 06/15/2022 6:03 pm EDT
The two ministers responsible for the Act...
Proposed mmWave deployment requirements “radical change;” shorter licence terms biggest positive: Professor
telecom | 06/14/2022 11:26 am EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic...
ISED launches mmWave consultation
Media | 06/06/2022 5:21 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development has launched its consultation on the...
Court dismisses Telus challenge to Quebecor set-aside acquisitions in 3,500 MHz auction
Media | 05/18/2022 3:27 pm EDT
A federal court judge has dismissed a challenge from BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. to Quebecor Inc.'s acquisitions of set-aside spectrum in British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba...
Telus sees strong quarterly results for subscribers, says smarter spectrum policies needed
telecom | 05/06/2022 5:16 pm EDT
According to Telus Corp. executive vice-president...
Mobile satellite service should remain available in 806-890 MHz band, Rogers tells ISED
telecom | 04/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has told the...
ISED consults on requirements for spectrum licensees to submit technical info about sites
telecom | 03/11/2022 5:45 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development...
ISED approves spectrum licence transfer in Northern Ontario
telecom | 03/11/2022 4:17 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has approved a transfer...
ISED releases consultations on licence-exempt spectrum in 95 GHz and 5.9 GHz bands
telecom | 03/04/2022 7:11 pm EST
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)...
UPDATED: Champagne to deny ‘wholesale’ transfer of spectrum from Shaw to Rogers
telecom | 03/03/2022 5:10 pm EST
Updated on March 3 at 5:46 p.m.
Innovation...
Delay 3,800 Mhz auction until altimeter issues resolved, Sasktel tells ISED
telecom | 03/03/2022 9:52 am EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has a “simple”...
ISED failed to show reasons for Quebecor’s set-aside eligibility in 3500 auction: Telus
telecom | 02/23/2022 2:41 pm EST
When it assessed Quebecor Inc. as eligible to bid...
Telesat provides satellite lessor capacity
telecom | 02/14/2022 4:26 pm EST
Telesat Corp. provided satellite lessor Anuvu satellite capacity in what the companies said is the largest yet of such a deal.
In a Monday press release, Anuvu and Telesat announced that the latter will be providing Anuvu with new Ka-band connectivity over the...
Telus, Tbaytel, subordination of spectrum licences approved
telecom | 01/24/2022 4:24 pm EST
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED)...
TeraGo divestiture positive for company: Analyst
telecom | 01/21/2022 2:16 pm EST
A Canaccord Genuity analyst says TeraGo Inc.’s divestiture of its cloud and colocation business...
5G and aviation: the Canadian context
telecom | 01/18/2022 5:28 pm EST
On Monday, executives of several U.S. airlines wrote to leadership of the Federal Aviation...
Intervenors take issue with ISED’s proposed Tier 5 service areas in rural spectrum consultation
telecom | 01/11/2022 5:00 pm EST
Tier 5 service areas are “too large” to meet...
MVNOs expected in 2023; impact will be ‘manageable’ for incumbents: analyst
telecom | 01/07/2022 5:00 pm EST
The advent of facilities-based mobile virtual network operators {MVNOs) made possible by the CRTC's April 2021 wireless review decision won't come in earnest until 2023, and...
Canada avoids American confusion of 5G impact on airports
telecom | 01/05/2022 4:29 pm EST
Early consultations on regulations to 5G rollout affecting air traffic...
ISED proposes to keep 3500 Mhz set-aside rules in 3800 Mhz auction consultation doc
telecom | 12/20/2021 4:33 pm EST
The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is...
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...
ISED approves Rogers spectrum subordination in Yukon
telecom | 12/15/2021 3:31 pm EST
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) approved the subordination...
Big three worry generic licensing for earth stations in motion will affect rural, remote 5G deployment
telecom | 12/01/2021 5:35 pm EST
Canada’s big three telecommunications companies...
ISED increases spectrum and telecoms licence fees by 3.4 per cent for next fiscal year
telecom | 11/24/2021 2:27 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development...
Bell says no evidence spectrum will go unused without deployment reqs, supports contiguous holding
telecom | 11/18/2021 5:38 pm EST
The telecoms companies that supported Innovation,...
Big three telecoms respond to ISED consultations
telecom | 11/18/2021 3:29 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has released responses to its consultation on...
Indigenous connectivity needs separate funding from feds’ UBF: Telus exec
telecom | 11/17/2021 7:40 pm EST
The federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), by having rural and Indigenous connectivity initiatives lumped together, ignores the “very different” economics...
Telus opens conference with attack on set-aside spectrum policies
telecom | 11/15/2021 11:14 am EST
MISSISSAUGA -- The government's set-aside spectrum policy has, rather than...
Internet Society releases Indigenous connectivity recommendations
telecom | 11/09/2021 10:34 am EST
Indigenous stakeholders in Canadian telecoms are renewing their calls for...
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...
Telesat announces new chief commercial officer, president of Government Solutions
Media | 10/26/2021 1:00 pm EDT
Satellite operator, Telesat Corp. appointed an executive in the...
Court dismisses Telus request for injunction against Quebecor’s 3500 MHz licenses
telecom | 10/23/2021 11:40 am EDT
The Federal Court has rejected a Telus Corp. request to stop the department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) from issuing licenses for set-aside...
Bell, SaskTel, not buying ISED proposal to reintroduce deployment requirements for cellular bands
telecom | 10/20/2021 12:04 pm EDT
BCE Inc. and Saskatchewan Telecommunications...
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...
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...
Redline partners with Utah-based mining company
telecom | 10/07/2021 5:19 pm EDT
The Markham-Ont.-based manufacturer of wireless network technology for mining, oil-and-gas, and utilities...
Court order blocking Quebecor 3500 MHz acquisition would harm competition: ISED
Media | 10/06/2021 6:33 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) has...
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...
Spectrum license exclusivity must go: Mozilla advisor
telecom | 09/21/2021 6:36 pm EDT
In order to achieve better spectrum sovereignty for Indigenous communities in Canada, the government has...
Liberals promise to pressure spectrum-holders to connect rural and remote communities
Media | 09/01/2021 5:20 pm EDT
If re-elected come Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau’s...
Telus joins Bell’s call for rollback on Quebecor spectrum acquisition
telecom | 08/30/2021 4:51 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has joined BCE Inc. in seeking to block Quebecor Inc. from acquiring blocks of crucial spectrum needed for the deployment of 5G in British Columbia, Alberta, and...
Bell seeks to block Quebecor set-aside 3,500 MHz purchases
telecom | 08/27/2021 2:26 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is going to court to stop Quebecor Inc. from purchasing valuable...
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...
3500 auction should result in “careful consideration” by gov: Bell’s Bibic
telecom | 08/05/2021 6:07 pm EDT
For BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic, the high cost of the...
ISED launches new spectrum consultations, decides to forego consultations on residual spectrum auctions
telecom | 08/04/2021 6:37 pm EDT
The federal government Wednesday launched a trio of consultation documents on spectrum policy that it says is aimed at freeing up the valuable resource for use by rural...
Telus talks wireless strategy after spectrum auction, Q2 results
telecom | 07/30/2021 6:31 pm EDT
Going forward, if Canadians are to “truly benefit” from 5G innovation and affordability, the government needs to develop “responsible, forward-looking, and predictable regulatory policy that ensures expedition, fair, and economical access to the national asset,”...
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...
BREAKING: 3500 MHz auction nets $8.9B, $7.3B from incumbents
telecom | 07/29/2021 6:04 pm EDT
Canadian telecom companies -- and wireless service hopefuls -- have spent...
High spectrum costs could be driven by competition for set aside: analyst
telecom | 07/15/2021 6:32 pm EDT
Industry analysts are declining to speculate too much on what caused the...
3500 MHz auction finally launches; valuable mid-band spectrum to come with new deployment requirements
Media | 06/15/2021 6:30 pm EDT
Bidding opened Tuesday morning in what will be a...
ISED ‘repurposing’ 3800 MHz spectrum band, dismissing Telesat proposal
telecom | 05/21/2021 5:38 pm EDT
The federal government announced Friday it is repurposing the 3800 MHz spectrum band to support 5G services, with an auction to take place in early 2023. The department of Innovation, Science and...
ISED triples spectrum available for Wi-Fi
telecom | 05/19/2021 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is making more spectrum available to increase competition, rural connectivity and the effective deployment of Wi-Fi and 5G technologies. On Wednesday, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry...
Delay 3500 MHz auction: CNOC to ISED
telecom | 04/19/2021 6:10 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) have requested a 90-day delay to the 3,500 MHz spectrum auction, currently scheduled to take place in June. In a Monday letter addressed to Innovation Minister...
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...
Efficiencies defense is a ‘serious’ exercise of discretion: competition comish
telecom | 04/07/2021 7:28 pm EDT
Allowing a merger to proceed on the basis of the so-called "efficiencies defense" is "a very, very serious exercise of enforcement discretion to approve an otherwise...
StatCan starts highlighting spectrum cost data
telecom | 03/30/2021 3:55 pm EDT
Statistics Canada has begun to aggregate data about the results of major auctions of Canadian spectrum bandwidth. The government agency is making the data available on its Telecommunications in Canada portal, which it launched...
Rogers, Shaw execs mum on spectrum at Industry committee
telecom | 03/29/2021 7:40 pm EDT
On the opening day Monday of hearings into Roger's proposed acquisition of...
Regulatory approval of Rogers-Shaw deal will hinge on wireless: Execs, analysts
Media | 03/15/2021 8:30 am EDT
From the perspective of Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Joe Natale,...
Telecoms split on ISED’s proposed approach to opening 6 GHz band
telecom | 03/02/2021 5:20 pm EST
The federal government’s proposal to open up the 6 GHz spectrum band for WiFi use has received broad support in an Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada consultation. Every...
ISED proposal to displace spectrum for fixed wireless divides ISPs
telecom | 12/11/2020 11:37 am EST
A pair of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada proposals on changes to midband spectrum allocation that would affect fixed wireless service has drawn a mixed response from telecoms. In a consultation that started in August, ISED put forward numerous questions around the allocation of the 3500 to 4200 MHz bands, some portions of which need to be cleared in order for telecoms to roll out 5G networks. ISED proposed two options for the 3650 to 3700 MHz band, which is currently...
ISED opening up 6 GHz band for WiFi
telecom | 11/19/2020 5:01 pm EST
The federal government has launched a consultation on a proposal to open up the 6 GHz spectrum band for...
Telecoms object to Telesat’s proposal to auction 3800 MHz spectrum
telecom | 11/10/2020 5:48 pm EST
A number of Canadian wireless providers have objected to a proposal that...
Telesat pitches plan to fast-track sale of 3800 MHz spectrum
telecom | 09/01/2020 6:35 pm EDT
Canadian satellite operator Telesat Holdings Inc. has spruiked its proposal...
$263M in deferred spectrum fees due Tuesday: ISED
Media | 08/31/2020 3:00 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada won’t give any more extensions on the payment of spectrum fees, which are due Sept. 1, the department said. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, ISED deferred the payment of...
ISED launches 3800 MHz consultation
telecom | 08/27/2020 5:31 pm EDT
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada announced the launch of its consultation process on the 3800 MHz spectrum auction. The band is widely seen as being one of the bands crucial for 5G deployment. The launch...
ISED says department has ‘done well’ with working from home
telecom | 08/10/2020 5:52 pm EDT
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development says it is moving toward establishing a hybrid work-from-home model that will see increasing numbers of employees return to office work in a series of...
Half of spectrum licencees opted to use ISED’s COVID flexibility
telecom | 07/29/2020 5:21 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada allowed companies to...
Experts say 5G will eventually deliver, but a speed boost for now
telecom | 06/29/2020 2:53 pm EDT
Experts are unanimous in saying Canada’s 5G networks will eventually...
ISED delays 3500 MHz auction by six months
telecom | 06/05/2020 1:45 pm EDT
The 3500 MHz spectrum auction, originally scheduled for December of this year, will now take place in June 2021, the federal government said Friday.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said in a press release Friday that the delay was to allow “the...