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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,...
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 intervene in the regulator's review of the proposed merger of Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw...
UPDATED: Nationwide Rogers outage affecting wireline and wireless networks; PIAC calls for CRTC inquiry
telecom | 07/08/2022 10:44 am EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. is in the midst of a...
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...
Mobile prices down but high internationally, broadband prices up and still high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 07/06/2022 5:30 pm EDT
In 2021, consumer mobile wireless fell by as much...
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...
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 Communications Inc., the two companies and Quebecor Inc. announced a deal late Friday night that would see the Quebec-based competitor purchase Shaw's wireless brand Freedom Mobile...
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...
CRTC denies Bell’s review and vary on toll-trunk tariff language
telecom | 06/09/2022 12:58 pm EDT
The CRTC has denied a request from BCE Inc. to stay a 2021 commission order...
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...
ITPA wants national NG911 rate; incumbents tell CRTC not to use, or to limit, funding
telecom | 05/25/2022 6:27 pm EDT
The Independent Telecommunications Providers...
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...
Regional wireless carriers seek review of incumbents’ roaming rates
telecom | 05/24/2022 5:43 pm EDT
A consortium of regional wireless competitors have filed an application...
Rogers-Shaw merger benefiting wireless industry as a whole in 2022: Bell CEO
Media | 05/05/2022 4:35 pm EDT
When it comes to Canada's wireless market this year, there are a number of...
Doherty renews calls for 988 suicide helpline, Bennett say urban may be served first
telecom | 04/25/2022 3:46 pm EDT
Conservative MP Todd Doherty issued a news release on Monday marking the...
Big 3 oppose Wireless Code CRTC intervention for cancellation fees, PIAC supports it
telecom | 04/22/2022 4:23 pm EDT
Incumbent telecoms are reacting strongly to a preliminary finding by the CRTC that the regulator will peg the early cancellation fees (ECFs) on certain mobile devices to the...
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...
Rogers boss won’t confirm Xplornet ‘rumours’
Media | 04/20/2022 4:59 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri declined to comment on what...
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...
CRTC seeks to clarify Wireless Code after Quebecor files cancellation fee complaint against big 3
telecom | 04/05/2022 5:11 pm EDT
The CRTC issued a show cause proceeding and call for comments on its Wireless Code after it determined that a section of the code was “ambiguous and requires...
Telecom complaints down by 26 per cent according to CCTS report
telecom | 04/05/2022 4:50 pm EDT
Telecom complaints fell by 26 percent in six months while disclosure issues...
NWT Gov. made party to three-digital mental health, suicide, crisis line proceeding
telecom | 04/01/2022 5:08 pm EDT
The CRTC is allowing the Government of the Northwest Territories to file...
Panelists tell government to reform the CRTC
Media | 03/30/2022 7:14 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que.--The CRTC came in for a drubbing at two panels Wednesday at the annual conference of the...
CRTC amends deadlines for NG911 comments
telecom | 03/25/2022 4:41 pm EDT
The CRTC has pushed back deadlines for comments on next generation 911 (NG911) service following a...
NDP still committed to telecom affordability, despite absence in confidence and supply agreement
telecom | 03/23/2022 6:37 pm EDT
On the heels of its announcement this week of a...
MVNO terms will determine our participation in 3800 NHz auction: Cogeco’s Jetté
telecom | 03/17/2022 5:19 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc.'s ability to participate in 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...
Rogers still expects Shaw deal to close in Q2
Media | 03/08/2022 5:44 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri has said that last week's announcement from Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, in which he said he would not allow the 'wholesale' transfer of Shaw Communications Inc.'s spectrum assets to Rogers as part of the...
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)...
INDU ‘frustrated’ with CRTC’s wholesale rates; recommends revamped rate-setting process
telecom | 03/04/2022 6:52 pm EST
The Industry committee – from the last...
Appeal court dismisses Iristel application to release $21.85m in tax refunds
telecom | 03/03/2022 5:09 pm EST
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Iristel Inc. to...
Telecom companies waive fees for calls to the Ukraine
telecom | 02/25/2022 5:29 pm EST
Several Canadian telecom companies have responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by temporarily...
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 on set-aside spectrum in last summer's 3,500 MHz spectrum auction, the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic...
CRTC seeks comments on telecom fees amendments
telecom | 02/16/2022 3:57 pm EST
The CRTC is calling for comments on proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Fees Regulations, it...
CRTC relaxes phone fraud reporting requirements
telecom | 02/11/2022 5:10 pm EST
The CRTC has relaxed its rules for the reporting of the telephone frauds known as number porting and SIM...
CRTC poses questions on three-digit suicide number
telecom | 02/11/2022 2:57 pm EST
The CRTC has released a dozen questions it wants stakeholders to answer regarding the establishment of a...
Paper billing for vulnerable customers, not universally: CRTC
telecom | 02/10/2022 5:42 pm EST
The CRTC has determined that all communications service providers (CSPs),...
Opposition grills Libs over definitive date on suicide hotline implementation, Online Streaming Act
Media | 02/07/2022 5:19 pm EST
Conservative MP and Heritage Critic John Nater...
Feds win fight to keep evidence secret in decision to ban China Mobile
telecom | 02/04/2022 5:30 pm EST
A federal court judge has rejected a China Mobile Communications Group Co.,...
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...
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...
Ethics committee votes for data hearing, Health Canada amends RFP
Internet and Governance | 01/13/2022 5:09 pm EST
OTTAWA–The House of Commons Ethics committee voted unanimously Thursday to call Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos to explain why...
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...
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...
CRTC suspends application of STIR/SHAKEN for 911 calls
telecom | 12/20/2021 1:21 pm EST
The CRTC approved an application by its Interconnection Steering Committee...
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,...
Lightbound takes over chair of Industry committee
telecom | 12/14/2021 6:28 pm EST
The House of Commons Industry committee selected Joël Lightbound as its chair by a unanimous vote Tuesday. It is the first chairmanship for the Liberal MP for Quebec’s Louis-Hébert riding.
Conservative Michael Kram and the Bloc’s Sébastien Lemire were elected as...
MPs appointed to House Industry and Heritage committees
Media | 12/10/2021 12:17 pm EST
Parliament has established its committees for the new session, with the...
Singh calls for price caps on wireless and internet bills, opposes Shaw takeover
telecom | 12/07/2021 5:01 pm EST
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh reiterated his party’s call for lower...
SaskTel launches new digital mobile service
telecom | 12/07/2021 4:02 pm EST
A crown-owned Saskatchewan telecommunications firm is launching its new digital mobile service
In a...
PIAC says CRTC’s Internet Code has “no real protections,” CCTS research shows uptick in complaints
telecom | 12/06/2021 5:12 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) said...
STIR/SHAKEN rolling out despite incumbent demands for delay
telecom | 11/30/2021 3:43 pm EST
Canada’s telecommunications companies have begun implementing the STIR/SHAKEN technology in the CRTC’s effort to combat spoof and fraudulent...
Telus launches Indigenous reconciliation plan amid goals for connectivity
telecom | 11/29/2021 2:31 pm EST
Telus Corp. Monday unveiled a program to connect Indigenous communities to...
Redline expands its services in Middle East
telecom | 11/25/2021 11:01 am EST
The Markham, Ont.-based manufacturer of wireless network technology for mining, oil-and-gas, and utility...
China Mobile pleads for court stay on Gov. order to leave country
telecom | 11/24/2021 7:58 pm EST
A telecommunications service provider owned by the Chinese government...
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 Canada (ISED) is increasing its spectrum and telecommunications fees for the 2022-2023 fiscal year by 3.4 per cent, calculated...
CRTC fines Toronto company $59,000 for violating unsolicited telecoms rules
telecom | 11/19/2021 4:19 pm EST
The CRTC is fining a Toronto-based window manufacturing and repair company...
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,...
CRTC approves final 2021 rates, interim 2022 rates, for for high-cost serving areas
telecom | 11/18/2021 3:15 pm EST
The CRTC approved the 2021 subsidy amounts for telecom providers operating...
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...
Bell wireless service restored to B.C. customers
telecom | 11/16/2021 7:21 pm EST
BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility has restored service to its wireless customers following an outage caused by storms in British Columbia.
A spokeswoman for the Montreal-based carrier told the Wire Report that service in B.C. and Alberta is once again operational.
Earlier,...
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...
Cogeco’s Jetté concerned about MVNO tariff negotiations
telecom | 11/15/2021 2:59 pm EST
MISSISSAUGA - Even at the earliest stages of the CRTC’s new mobile...
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...
Telecoms renew call for delay of STIR/SHAKEN
telecom | 11/11/2021 3:43 pm EST
Canada’s incumbent telecoms made another plea for deferral of the application of the STIR/SHAKEN...
Ottawa, northeastern – central Ontario, getting new area codes: CRTC
telecom | 11/10/2021 1:37 pm EST
Ottawa and the surrounding eastern Ontario area will be getting a third...
Spam calls complaints high in September, CRTC finds
Media | 11/09/2021 12:13 pm EST
The CRTC released its semi-annual report on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) on Tuesday. The...
Bell posts quarterly profits driven by wireless growth
Media | 11/04/2021 4:25 pm EDT
Bell reported a slight increase in overall revenue of $49 million or 0.8...
Quebec company fined $200k for violating telemarketing rules
telecom | 11/04/2021 2:12 pm EDT
A Quebec-based company that specializes in the sale of wellness products to...
Masse moves from TekSavvy to CNOC on regulatory file
telecom | 11/01/2021 5:49 pm EDT
Bryson Masse is the new Regulatory and Communications Advisor at Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC). He previously served as Regulatory Analyst at TekSavvy Solutions Inc. where he worked from September 2019. From October 2017 until September 2018 he was a...
263 area code coming to Montreal next year
telecom | 11/01/2021 2:32 pm EDT
Montreal will be getting a third area code within the next year, the CRTC said in a Monday decision. The...
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...
CNOC files review and vary application on CRTC in-building wire access decision
telecom | 10/26/2021 6:17 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) has filed a review and...
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...
UPDATED – Rodriguez back as Heritage minister, Champagne remains in Innovation
Media | 10/26/2021 12:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- MP Pablo Rodriguez is back in familiar territory as he is once again appointed the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
The news came in a Tuesday press release a few...
368 area code to be introduced in Alberta
telecom | 10/20/2021 12:47 pm EDT
Albertans will be introduced to a new area code in six months as part of a CRTC effort to meet the continuously growing demand for new telephone numbers. The new area code, 368, will gradually launch across the province...
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...
Maskatel submits local competition plan to CRTC
telecom | 10/19/2021 7:13 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s subsidiary Maskatel Monday filed a plan for establishing local competition in Upton...
Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders
telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
Several Quebec organizations receive leftover funds from Rogers $26M class-action lawsuit
telecom | 10/08/2021 6:30 pm EDT
A Quebec judge Tuesday decided the majority of 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...
ARPU remains flat for wireless service providers despite increase in data usage: CWTA
telecom | 10/06/2021 6:29 pm EDT
An industry association-sponsored study released...
Xplornet announces new CTO
telecom | 10/06/2021 4:01 pm EDT
Xplornet Communications Inc. announced Dennis Steiger as its new chief technology officer in a Wednesday press release.
Steiger will lead the architecture, planning, design, implementation, and operations of Xplornet’s national broadband network, according to the release.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dennis to Xplornet during this pivotal time as we accelerate the deployment of our fibre-to-the-home and 5G wireless network to provide rural Canadians with fast and reliable Internet service," Xplornet’s president and...
Telecoms companies debating immediate vs. phased-in deployment of crisis line
telecom | 10/05/2021 7:09 pm EDT
Canada’s telecom companies are debating before the CRTC whether it is...
CRTC asks Net2Web to explain its non-compliance with CCTS
telecom | 10/05/2021 6:14 pm EDT
The CRTC is asking the telecommunications service provider Net2Web Inc. to...
Rewheel report again shows high prices for wireless data
telecom | 10/04/2021 5:44 pm EDT
Canada remains amongst the world's highest wireless phone prices, according...
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...
Shaw-Rogers deal would decrease competition, even with Freedom divestiture to Quebecor: analyst
telecom | 09/28/2021 6:19 pm EDT
Even if the Competition Bureau forces Shaw Communications Inc. to spin off its wireless Freedom Mobile brand as part of the bureau's approval of the deal with Rogers...
Telus expands networks in five B.C. communities
telecom | 09/27/2021 1:52 pm EDT
Telus Corp. is expanding its 5G network in four British Columbia communities as part of its $13 billion...
Rogers expands 5G network in Nova Scotia
telecom | 09/23/2021 5:58 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has expanded its 5G network in the Halifax, N.S., region.
Rogers said in...
Xplornet announces rural 5G standalone network
telecom | 09/22/2021 3:12 pm EDT
New Brunswick-based rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications Inc. announced Wednesday it’s...
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...
Singh says he’ll oppose Rogers-Shaw merger
Media | 09/10/2021 2:46 pm EDT
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is the first party leader to explicitly oppose the proposed acquisition of Shaw...
Telecom regulation more ‘benign’: analyst
telecom | 09/09/2021 6:00 pm EDT
Telecoms shares have continued to track higher thanks to a regulatory backdrop which “has turned much more benign,” according to an industry analyst. Thursday National Bank of Canada analyst Adam Shine issued a note that...
Lower your prices or else, Trudeau tells big telecom at debate
telecom | 09/09/2021 11:22 am EDT
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canada’s...
Conservatives would reject mergers impacting competition: O’Toole
telecom | 09/07/2021 5:14 pm EDT
Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole said during a press conference on...
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 refrain from mandating additional accessible plans for Canadians with disabilities and discounts to...