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INDU committee passes motion to call on Big 3 telecom CEOs to testify

telecom | 02/29/2024 4:26 pm EST

The House of Commons committee on Industry met Wednesday to discuss affordability and accessibility in wireless and internet service. BCE Inc. Rogers Communications Inc. and...

Northwestel Successfully Transitions Services in Atlin, BC, Unveils Plans for Enhanced Connectivity

telecom | 12/19/2023 5:10 pm EST

BCE Inc.’s Northwestel announced to the CRTC that it has successfully transitioned telecommunications services in Atlin, B.C., from Telus Corp as of Nov. 23rd, following a...

CRTC reopens Rogers application seeking changes to Bell’s BNS services 

Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:47 pm EST

The CRTC has reopened a Part 1 application originally submitted by Rogers...

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,...

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...

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 compared to last year’s $404 million due to “higher interest, depreciation and amortization, and restructuring and other costs.”  The company reported its Q1 2023...

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...

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)...

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 long distance calls in the wake of the earthquake which struck Syria and Turkey. The waiver will last...

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...

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 Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron would be a “dream scenario”, Shaw’s chief financial officer said Monday....

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...

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...

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 LifeWorks Inc. on Thursday. The deal, which was originally announced in June, will see the western telecom...

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...

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 Development’s (ISED) consultation on a new draft policy direction for the CRTC reveal some of the legal...

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...

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 Globalive and Telus Corp. would strengthen the former's bid to pick up Shaw Communications Inc.'s mobile...

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 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...

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 broadcast programming obligations mandated by its 2018 license renewal.  In an April 25 letter to...

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...

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...

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 (PHAC) lack of transparency on mobility data collection “appalling” and urged a strengthening...

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...

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 a December decision that upheld a 2020 CRTC move to slash the company's long distance call termination rate by 74 per cent, and found that the company had granted itself an undue advantage by...

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...

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 promoted competition in the telecommunication sector, instead led to underinvestment in networks and...

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...

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 class-action lawsuit, ruling that a now-defunct provincial wireless consumer bill was constitutional when...

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....

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 aspects of the CRTC's April wireless review decision.  In a Wednesday decision, the court granted Telus' request for leave to appeal, in which the telecom company is seeking to fight provisions...

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...

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 the telecom sector being well on track with the trajectory alluded to in our 2021 Telecom Playbook report published early January,” wrote Canaccord Genuity in a Tuesday publication. In the report, Canaccord Genuity projected a rebound in the sector led by a recovery in wireless and sustained strength in wireline. In its view, the recovery in wireless was based on the expectation that “the...

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...

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...

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 negative" for incumbent telecom companies.  In a note published late Thursday, Canaccord Genuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige wrote that effectively for the incumbents, it could have been worse. Incumbents "should be comforted," he wrote, by two aspects of the decision. First, the seven year sunset on the mandated access,...