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OPINION: Cute critters obscure Telus’ ruthless job cuts in Canada
telecom | 08/11/2023 5:00 pm EDT
By Donna Hokiro, president, Local 1944, United Steelworkers Union
By now, many, if not most Canadians are familiar with the ubiquitous ads propagated for so long by...
Telus announces 6,000 layoffs and 61% net income decline for Q2
telecom | 08/04/2023 6:08 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is cutting 6,000 jobs, the company announced Friday.
Telus International will see 2,000 losses while its main business will cut the remaining 4,000 positions. The company says it is offering packages for early retirement and voluntary departure.
The news...
CNOC disputes ILECs’ claims over high speed access proceeding
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:21 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is fighting with two...
Telus Q1 profit down from last year
telecom | 05/04/2023 5:40 pm EDT
Telus Corp. reported profits of $224 million for the three months ending March 31, a 45 per cent dip...
Bell and Telus fastest fibre providers: Opensignal report
telecom | 04/13/2023 12:33 pm EDT
According to the analytics firm Opensignal, when it comes to fixed...
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...
All sides endorse Mazier’s internet bill in committee
telecom | 03/21/2023 3:59 pm EDT
Conservative MP Dan Mazier’s private member’s bill on internet service quality metrics got a smooth ride in the House of Commons industry committee on Monday. MPs from all parties backed the bill and all the witnesses who appeared before the panel spoke in favour of the...
CRTC changes costs awards for Rogers
telecom | 03/13/2023 1:03 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC approved a review and vary application from Rogers Communications Inc. over a series of...
Roaming rate charge increase ‘unacceptable’: Champagne
telecom | 03/02/2023 3:09 pm EST
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s...
B.C. wants CRTC to reverse directives on relocation costs
telecom | 03/01/2023 5:54 pm EST
British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI)...
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...
Telus reports lower profits; record quarter for telecom additions
telecom | 02/09/2023 5:24 pm EST
Telus Corp. reported a 60 per cent drop in net income for its last quarter...
Canadian telecoms waive fees to Turkey and Syria following earthquake
telecom | 02/09/2023 3:16 pm EST
Telecommunications companies across Canada are waiving fees for texts and...
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...
Far North does not need special consideration, Telus tells CRTC
telecom | 12/13/2022 6:15 pm EST
Telus Corp. told the CRTC that it is not charging more for the services it...
BC sues Telus Health over extra billing allegations
telecom | 12/02/2022 12:56 pm EST
The government of British Columbia is suing Telus Corp.'s Telus Health, claiming that doctors who sign up for its LifePlus program are refusing to see patients unless the patients also sign up for the program. That constitutes extra billing, which is forbidden, the province...
On privacy, Telus exec criticizes media; says Canada should avoid ‘overly-prescriptive’ laws
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2022 6:30 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA – Criticism of Telus Corp.’s...
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...
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...
CRTC orders B.C. to give Rogers and Shaw same deal it gives Telus for relocation costs
telecom | 11/15/2022 5:17 pm EST
The CRTC is directing the province of British...
Supreme Court declines to hear three telecom appeals
telecom | 11/10/2022 4:17 pm EST
In a series of rulings issued on Thursday morning, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed appeals in three cases involving telecom companies.
In the first case, Marjorie Nelson sued Telus Corp. in a class action suit regarding wireless customers who cancelled their...
Telus posts 10 per cent revenue increase in Q3
Media | 11/04/2022 4:33 pm EDT
Telus Corp. reported a 9.9 per cent increase in its overall revenues for the three months that ended on...
CRTC delays Telus credit card ruling until later this fall
telecom | 10/18/2022 5:28 pm EDT
The CRTC has missed a deadline for ruling if Telus Corp. can impose a 1.5...
Feds meet with telecoms over Hurricane Fiona, NS premier unimpressed
telecom | 09/30/2022 12:58 pm EDT
Heads of Canada's major telecommunications companies met with federal...
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...
Telus’ credit card fee proposal violates Telecommunications Act: PIAC
telecom | 09/08/2022 4:55 pm EDT
Telus Corp.'s plan to introduce a 1.5 per cent surcharge for new and...
Telus Health completes early takeover of LifeWorks in $2.3 billion deal
telecom | 09/01/2022 6:00 pm EDT
Telus Health, a division of Telus Corp., finalized its takeover of...
CRTC puts out request for information on wholesale wireless
telecom | 08/24/2022 5:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued a request for information from the incumbent wireless...
PIAC calls for suspension of Telus credit card charge application
telecom | 08/18/2022 5:15 pm EDT
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the National Pensioners Federation...
OUTtv licence renewed, becomes must-offer in English Canada
Media | 08/18/2022 5:05 pm EDT
Thursday the CRTC renewed the licence of OUTtv Network Inc. for five years and said it should be on must-offer status in English Canada for four years. That wasn’t good enough for one commissioner.
The LGBTQ+-themed network had asked for must-offer coverage across both...
Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says
Media | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT
Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...
Big 3 fight back against ISED’s efforts to protect wholesale regime
telecom | 08/11/2022 5:50 pm EDT
Submissions to the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...
Telus posts big profits on strength of customer additions
telecom | 08/05/2022 5:24 pm EDT
Telus Corp.’s profits shot up by almost 45 per cent after it reported its...
Telus Ag expands focus, changes name of division
telecom | 07/26/2022 5:45 pm EDT
Telus Corp. announced Tuesday that its agricultural division will be expanding its scope, resulting in...
Champagne demands mutual assistance agreement from telecom companies after Rogers outage
telecom | 07/11/2022 5:55 pm EDT
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has directed the nation's largest telecommunications companies to negotiate "mutual assistance" agreements during outages,...
In-footprint seamless handoffs hurt competition: Bell to CRTC
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:36 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is asking the CRTC to rescind its order to make seamless handoffs...
Telus invests $23 billion in Ontario over four years
telecom | 07/05/2022 4:00 pm EDT
Telus Corp. unveiled a $23 billion investment in broadband and related technologies across Ontario...
Telus Health buys LifeWorks in $2.3B deal, analysts upbeat
telecom | 06/16/2022 4:02 pm EDT
Telus Corp. announced Thursday it is purchasing digital health company...
Rogers, Telus, want CRTC to deny TekSavvy TPIA tariff changes
telecom | 06/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are asking the CRTC to deny a...
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...
Network sharing deal with Telus strengthens Globalive bid for Freedom: analysts
telecom | 05/20/2022 4:28 pm EDT
The reported network sharing deal inked between Freedom Mobile-hopeful...
Telus and IBG row in behind NPF-PIAC petition against Rogers-Shaw CRTC approval
Media | 05/10/2022 4:53 pm EDT
A joint petition to cabinet from the National Pensioners Federation and the...
Telus’s application to reclassify small ILECs for NG911 service 5 years too late, harms public: ITPA
telecom | 05/10/2022 2:48 pm EDT
The Independent Telecommunications Providers...
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 and chief operations officer, if there was smarter public policy on spectrum, the company could “actually deploy...
Iristel petitions cabinet to overturn CRTC traffic simulation findings
telecom | 05/02/2022 4:47 pm EDT
Iristel Inc. filed a petition to the governor in council to vary a decision...
Telus hasn’t completely lived up to its broadcast license obligations: CRTC
Media | 04/29/2022 4:19 pm EDT
The CRTC has admonished Telus Corp. for not entirely fulfilling its...
Telus wants CRTC to reclassify small ILECs for NG911 service, asks for suspension of funding consult
telecom | 04/28/2022 5:16 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is asking the CRTC to reclassify small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs)
as originating...
$5m announced for rural internet in BC
telecom | 04/21/2022 5:03 pm EDT
In an announcement Thursday, the department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development (ISED) said...
Telecom consultant says Rogers-Shaw merger, inflation, enough to spark forbearance reassessment
telecom | 04/21/2022 12:20 pm EDT
A Toronto-based telecom and broadcasting consultant is arguing to the CRTC that Rogers Communications Inc.’s pending acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc., and recent inflation, are “significant...
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...
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...
Government is using surveillance in data dive, Ethics committee told
telecom | 02/14/2022 4:05 pm EST
A panel of academics reiterated that the Privacy Act and the Personal...
Telus, TLN, have a business dispute, not an actionable complaint: CRTC
telecom | 02/11/2022 2:41 pm EST
On Friday the CRTC dismissed a complaint by Telus Corp. against TLN Media...
PHAC lack of transparency “appalling”, Cavoukian tells Ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 02/11/2022 10:06 am EST
Ontario’s former privacy commissioner called the Public Health Agency’s...
Telus revenue, subs up; continued concerns about roaming
telecom | 02/10/2022 6:07 pm EST
Roaming revenue remains among the biggest headwinds for Telus Corp.’s...
ISED touts lower wireless bills, lobby group says gov. using backward looking targets
telecom | 01/28/2022 4:47 pm EST
The Government of Canada said it has delivered on...
Telus, Iristel, say administrative monetary penalties don’t apply in 867 dispute
telecom | 01/24/2022 7:05 pm EST
The CRTC cannot impose fines on either Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. after the regulator found the companies have violated the Telecommunications Act in a long-running dispute...
Telus, uOttawa launch 5G research partnership
telecom | 01/24/2022 4:02 pm EST
Telus Corp. and the University of Ottawa have announced a new partnership aimed at turning the...
867 traffic stimulation fight now focuses on conference calling
telecom | 01/04/2022 5:05 pm EST
Iristel Inc. has asked for guidance from the CRTC in seeking to comply with...
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,...
Telus sells financial solutions business to Dye & Durham
telecom | 12/06/2021 10:50 am EST
Telus Corp. has sold its financial solutions division to Vancouver-based...
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 the one most affected by the COVID-19 Delta wave and the looming Omicron variant. However, with the Shaw Communications Inc. merger on the horizon, things should be picking up for the incumbent,...
CRTC upholds decision in Telus-Iristel 867 traffic stimulation case, resumes fine consultation
telecom | 12/01/2021 6:39 pm EST
The CRTC has rejected a pair of review and vary...
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...
Rogers-Shaw merger will result in content exclusivity, “force” consumer to switch services: Telus
Media | 11/23/2021 6:10 pm EST
Telus Corp. executives told the CTRC that if the...
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...
Business case needs to be made for 5G end-to-end networks: Telus CTO
telecom | 11/15/2021 3:52 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA — Telus Corp.’s chief technology officer said that the...
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...
Telus still wants CRTC to delay Rogers-Shaw hearing despite court decision on board control
Media | 11/11/2021 4:24 pm EST
One of Canada’s telecom incumbents is urging the...
Telus winding down copper network as it releases Q3 results
Media | 11/05/2021 3:41 pm EDT
Telus Corp. expects to have its legacy copper network out of commission...
John Raines joins Telus Agriculture as president
Media | 11/05/2021 3:31 pm EDT
John Raines will be joining Telus Corp.’s agriculture division as president effective Nov. 29, the telecom announced Wednesday.
A 20-year veteran of the sector, he led the largest digital agriculture platform, and multi-million dollar mergers, in North America, South...
Please don’t delay merger hearing: Rogers to CRTC
Media | 11/03/2021 5:59 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.'s regulatory team can present the company's...
Ontario Court of Appeal says provincial bill stands in Telus class-action suit
telecom | 10/25/2021 3:35 pm EDT
Ontario’s Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Telus Corp. in a...
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....
Telus regional broadcasting licences approved with CoL for independent programming committee
Media | 10/22/2021 6:09 pm EDT
The CRTC approved an application by Telus Corp. to...
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 Holding Corp. are not in favour of a proposal from Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) to adopt its 20-year 3500...
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...
China Mobile fights back in court against Gov. order to shut down
telecom | 09/09/2021 6:23 pm EDT
China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. is going to court to fight an...
Telus announces newly connected 5G regions in AB, QC
telecom | 09/08/2021 4:49 pm EDT
Telus Corp. Wednesday announced developments in a pair of projects aimed at rolling out higher speed wireless service. The company announced it has rolled out its 5G network to Lethbridge and Sylvan Lake, Alberta, as part of...
Telecoms say no need for additional accessibility requirements; advocates disagree
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:28 pm EDT
Canada’s telecommunications companies are recommending that the CRTC...
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...
Court to hear Telus challenge to CRTC wireless review decision
telecom | 08/12/2021 1:13 pm EDT
The Federal Court of Appeal will take up a Telus Corp. challenge to two...
CRTC dismisses Quebecor complaint of CBC undue preference
Media | 08/03/2021 5:22 pm EDT
The CRTC has ruled that the CBC/Radio-Canada is not giving itself an...
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...
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...
Telus expands 5G network to Quebec City
telecom | 07/20/2021 5:25 pm EDT
Telus Corp. has expanded its 5G network into Quebec City as part of a $38 million investment in infrastructure. The company, which plans to spend $9 billion throughout the province through 2024, said Tuesday it will continue...
Q2 telecom earnings could be sign of recovery: Analysis
telecom | 07/13/2021 6:46 pm EDT
The telecom sector is on track to rebound following a bleak 2019 and 2020, according to an analysis of the industry halfway through the 2021 financial year. “Halfway through the year, we see...
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...
Quebec union wants more Telus jobs at home
telecom | 06/24/2021 5:17 pm EDT
A workers’ union in Quebec claims Telus Corp. has broken a “moral contract” with the people of the province by opting to hire more outside of Canada, rather than at home. In a release Thursday, a regional council of the...
Rogers backs Telus in Wireless Review decision challenge
telecom | 06/08/2021 5:50 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has voiced its support for Telus Corp.'s Federal Court of Appeal challenge of certain elements of April's CRTC decision, in which Telus challenged provisions of the regulator's decision mandating seamless roaming between carriers and access to...
Telus spending $26 billion in Ontario, Quebec
telecom | 05/17/2021 3:46 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is planning to spend a combined $26 billion on network connectivity in Ontario and Quebec...
Telus appeals seamless roaming in CRTC’s wireless review decision
telecom | 05/14/2021 6:54 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is seeking permission to appeal two provisions of the CRTC's April decision flowing from the commission's wireless review. While Telus is not seeking to appeal the central decision of...
Quebec Appeal Court upholds decision finding Quebec site blocking law unconstitutional
telecom | 05/14/2021 5:10 pm EDT
Quebec’s Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the province’s attorney general over its desire to have telecoms block access to illegal gambling sites. In July...
CRTC’s MVNO decision reflects ‘right mentality’ on facilities-based competition and rates: Telus CEO
telecom | 05/07/2021 5:36 pm EDT
Echoing his counterparts at BCE Inc. and Rogers...
Telecoms emphasize concerns, support for CRTC’s botnet blocking proposal
telecom | 05/06/2021 7:19 pm EDT
Canada’s big-three telecoms are doubling down on their assertions that...
Incumbents “should be comforted”, Rogers could move first on mandated access: analysts
telecom | 04/16/2021 5:11 pm EDT
Industry analysts are calling Thursday's decision to mandate access to incumbent wireless networks for a limited number of regional wireless competitors a "moderate net...
UPDATED – CRTC rejects broad MVNO model, will mandate limited access for regional players
telecom | 04/15/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Incumbent telecom companies will be required to...
Large telecoms not in favour of sharing data for NG911
telecom | 04/08/2021 5:22 pm EDT
Several large telecom companies have argued that the CRTC shouldn’t...
Novus wants CRTC to pause access complaint
telecom | 04/08/2021 5:13 pm EDT
Novus Entertainment Inc., which is fighting for access to a multi-dwelling unit in Coquitlam, British Columbia, has asked the CRTC to pause its application against the developer while they exchange information and negotiate. The Vancouver-based internet provider filed a complaint with the CRTC earlier this year asking for help gaining access to the building as it claimed the developer’s representatives indicated they were satisfied with the services offered by Shaw Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. “The comfort and satisfaction of the developer with its arrangements have no...