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CRTC directs working group to issue 988 routing plan by next May

| 11/27/2025 4:59 pm EST

Ontario decision to cancel Starlink may not delay full connectivity

| 08/08/2025 5:25 pm EDT

Ford cancels Ontario Starlink deal, bans US companies from procurement in response to tariffs

Even though the Ontario government has cancelled its contract with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), it may still reach its goal of connecting everyone in the...

Internet Rural broadband Satellite

CRTC, Privacy Commissioner asked to launch inquiries into alleged privacy breach in Niagara phone call misconnections

telecom | 07/29/2025 5:20 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming months

The CRTC and the Office of the Privacy...

Bell CRTC Privacy

CTA’s Ghiz urges feds to treat telecom infrastructure as nation-building pillar, calls for lighter regulation & pro-investment policies

telecom | 06/04/2025 12:49 pm EDT

Robert Ghiz, President and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, poses for a portrait at his office in Ottawa on Aug. 13, 2024.

TORONTO—Telecommunications should be recognized...

CRTC CTA Cts

Public safety broadband network desperately needed, stakeholders maintain

telecom | 05/20/2025 5:45 pm EDT

ISED hears further efforts needed in consultation on Indigenous Priority Window for spectrum

Canada needs to make moves on building a national public safety broadband...

Broadband

Wireless ISPs meet urban spectrum deadline, but face higher costs from looming rural transition

telecom | 05/01/2025 3:48 pm EDT

ITPA wants CRTC to lighten regulations on small incumbent phone companies

telecom | 04/14/2025 5:44 pm EDT

Cogeco maintains it will launch Canadian wireless service in coming months

The Independent Telecommunications Providers Association is asking the CRTC to release its members providing wireline phone services of some of the “regulatory burden”...

CRTC Wireless wireline

Rogers eying changes to federal immigration policies, tariff dispute heading into 2025

telecom | 01/30/2025 4:02 pm EST

Staffieri touts Rogers accomplishments in Toronto speech

Leading into 2025, Rogers Communications Inc. CEO...

2025 election Quarterly Reports Rogers

Iristel blossoms from Montreal apartment to national carrier

telecom | 09/26/2024 12:07 pm EDT

Samer Bishay

Samer Bishay was working for the Canadian Space Agency in Saint-Hubert,...

CRTC Feature Iristel

Ottawa writer looks at remnants of city’s high-tech industry

telecom | 09/23/2024 4:53 pm EDT

James Bagnall

It was not that long ago that technology gurus were predicting that...

telecom

Ericsson renews partnership with Concordia

telecom | 09/23/2024 9:54 am EDT

Connectivity is a human right, says Irekvist

Ericsson AB has extended and broadened its partnership with Montreal’s Concordia University, the two...

Education

CRTC commissioner dissents on giving Bell out-of-footprint service

telecom | 09/20/2024 5:16 pm EDT

CRTC commissioner dissents on giving Bell out-of-footprint service

The CRTC has approved BCE Inc.’s application to provide local voice...

CRTC

SaskTel rolls out 5G service to more than 50 rural and remote areas

telecom | 09/19/2024 4:49 pm EDT

SaskTel logo The Wire Report

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Thursday that it is...

5g fibre Rural broadband

Telus launches smart energy app to serve home market

telecom | 09/18/2024 9:30 am EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Telus Corp. is launching a new app which helps homeowners track their energy usage, the western telecom...

Telus

Online harms and more in focus as Parliament returns

Internet and Governance | 09/16/2024 7:00 am EDT

Parliament Hill

With Parliament returning today, there are a handful of bills affecting the online world still before...

Artificial intelligence bill c-26 Bill C-63

SaskTel seeks judicial review, appeal of CRTC wholesale fibre decision

Internet and Governance | 09/13/2024 5:48 pm EDT

SaskTel head office (screenshot via Google Maps).

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is challenging the CRTC’s recent decision ordering it to provide competitors with wholesale access to its fibre networks. ...

Appeal Court Court CRTC

Telesat signs deal with Calian, expects more to come as it moves toward network launch

Internet and Governance | 09/11/2024 5:45 pm EDT

Telesat signs deal with Calian, expects more to come as it moves toward network launch

Telesat Corp. expects to announce more...

leos Satellite

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conference

Internet and Governance | 09/10/2024 5:50 pm EDT

Cogeco promotes reorganization at BMO conference

Cogeco Inc. is running smoothly after a corporate reorganization, its CFO maintains. Patrice Ouimet was...

CRTC MVNO

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene Gavel

telecom | 09/05/2024 4:51 pm EDT

SaskTel moving ahead on connectivity and sustainability, says CEO Charlene Gavel

Charlene Gavel could be considered a lifer at Saskatchewan...

Feature

Cogeco appoints Mike Henry as chief commercial officer

telecom | 09/03/2024 3:07 pm EDT

A photo of Cogeco chief commerical officer Mike Henry.

Cogeco Inc. has appointed Mike Henry as its chief commercial officer, the...

Cogeco MVNO Wireless

OPINION: Unlocking 5G’s enterprise potential requires viewing it as continuum of capabilities

Internet and Governance | 08/30/2024 11:31 am EDT

Manish Singh (Photo courtesy of Ericsson. Graphic by Naomi Wildeboer/Hill Times Publishing.)

By Manish Singh 5G offers a transformative potential for industry and enterprises. The versatility of 5G provides a variety of smart options to optimize network resources...

5g opinion telecom

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 5:25 pm EDT

Quebecor to operate as MVNO on Bell lines as of mid-September

The CRTC has denied a request from Quebecor Inc. for a mandated settlement...

CRTC MVNO wholesale rates

Privacy Commissioner, FCC sign memorandum on telecom consumer privacy protection

Internet and Governance | 08/29/2024 3:16 pm EDT

Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne holds a press conference in Ottawa on on Jan. 26, 2023 (photo: Andrew Meade).

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the United States Federal...

Fcc Privacy telecom

Rural, remote communities training local workers to help bridge digital divide

Internet and Governance | 08/28/2024 6:12 pm EDT

Since it first helped a community in Hawaii develop its own network following one of its yearly summits several years ago, the Indigenous Connectivity Institute (ICI) has been putting on bootcamps and workshops in Indigenous communities as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide.

A group looking to make it easier to find local workers when building...

Feature Indigenous Rural broadband

Telecom association CEO wants more action, predictability from government

Internet and Governance | 08/21/2024 4:52 pm EDT

Robert Ghiz

The head of the Canadian Telecommunications Association wants more...

CRTC Feature ISED

Woman sues Bell, Nordia after alleged privacy breach by call centre employee

telecom | 08/20/2024 4:29 pm EDT

Woman sues Bell, Nordia after alleged privacy breach by call centre employee

A Cape Breton woman is suing BCE Inc. and a call centre company after an...

Bell Court

After nearly 10 months of lockout, Videotron and unionized workers in Gatineau heading back to negotiations

Media | 08/19/2024 11:05 am EDT

A union of workers in Gatineau expects to meet with Videotron for negotiations soon, to be overseen by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

As a lockout between Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron...

union Videotron

Telesat expects to finalize satellite deals with governments within weeks

Media | 08/14/2024 4:31 pm EDT

Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg

Telesat Corp. released its second quarter results Wednesday and said it is...

leos Quarterly Reports Satellite

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

Internet and Governance | 08/13/2024 9:43 am EDT

Effects of mandated wholesale fibre access depend on final rates, stakeholders say

While some companies praised the CRTC’s long-awaited decision to mandate...

BREAKING CRTC fibre

Quebecor announces two executive appointments at Videotron, Freedom

Media | 08/12/2024 6:54 pm EDT

Quebecor announces two executive appointments at Videotron, Freedom

Quebecor Inc. announced Monday that it has installed two new executives in its Videotron and Freedom Mobile divisions. The pair will each work at both subsidiaries....

Quebecor

Union gets injunction against Telus over back-to-office rules

Internet and Governance | 08/09/2024 12:13 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

The United Steelworkers Union (USW) successfully petitioned a B.C. court to...

BREAKING Court union

Media division bolsters Quebecor’s Q2 results

Media | 08/08/2024 4:54 pm EDT

Videotron still actively pursuing Freedom Wireless, Péladeau says

Strong results from its media division gave Quebecor Inc. a robust second quarter, the company reported...

CRTC Quarterly Reports

Parliamentary petition seeks faster adoption of next generation 911

Internet and Governance | 08/08/2024 11:58 am EDT

‘Unlimited’ plans leading to 50% more data use, Rogers says

An Ottawa man is spearheading a drive to get next generation 911 (NG911)...

911 CRTC

Telus reports mixed results overall in second quarter

telecom | 08/02/2024 4:49 pm EDT

Telus reports mixed results overall in second quarter

Telus Corp. released its numbers for the second quarter of 2024 on Friday. Operating revenues arising...

Quarterly Reports Telus

Bell reports dip in revenue for Q2 2024

telecom | 08/01/2024 11:41 am EDT

Bell reports dip in revenue for Q2 2024

BCE Inc. reported a slight drop in revenue for its second quarter of 2024. Operating revenues for the telecom took a small dive of one per cent for the quarter, which ended June 30, landing at just over $6 billion compared to the same period in 2023. Bell said that was...

Bell Quarterly Reports

Union seeks injunction over Telus back-to-office order

telecom | 07/31/2024 5:03 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Editor's note: To read the Aug. 9, 2024 update on this news story, click...

Court Telus union

Nine companies finish ISED’s residual spectrum auction with total of 56 licences

Internet and Governance | 07/26/2024 1:17 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.

A residual spectrum auction run by the department of Innovation, Science...

ISED Spectrum

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profit

Media | 07/24/2024 4:33 pm EDT

Rogers reports growth in Q2 revenue, profit

Rogers Communications Inc. reported a successful second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year. Although the...

Quarterly Reports Rogers

Court rejects TekSavvy appeal of CRTC decision to revert wholesale rates

Internet and Governance | 07/24/2024 12:51 pm EDT

Rogers-Quebecor TPIA arrangements in Shaw merger violate Telecom Act: TekSavvy to CRTC

TekSavvy Solutions Inc.’s appeal of the CRTC’s reversal of a 2019...

Court CRTC wholesale rates

Bell Canada to offer service in eastern Ontario ILEC’s footprint

telecom | 07/12/2024 3:49 pm EDT

The front entrance of the Bell Canada building on Albert Street in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2021 (photo by Andrew Meade)

A small independent incumbent in eastern Ontario will be providing access...

Bell

Union considering grievance after Telus shutters Ontario call centre

telecom | 07/11/2024 3:32 pm EDT

Union considering grievance after Telus shutters Ontario call centre

Telus Corp. is reversing its policy of having call centre employees work...

Telus union

Bell buys two tech services firms

telecom | 07/09/2024 6:11 pm EDT

Bell buys two tech services firms

BCE Inc. announced Tuesday that it has bought a pair of technical services companies and added them to its FX Innovation division at Bell Canada. Statejm is located in Mississauga, Ont. and leverages artificial intelligence...

European wireless outage had little effect on Canadian travellers, telcos say

telecom | 07/03/2024 5:09 pm EDT

CRTC seeks info on international roaming rates

A wireless outage across Europe seems to have had minimal impact on...

outage Wireless

Rizwan Jamal leaves Xplore to become CEO of Beanfield

telecom | 07/02/2024 1:44 pm EDT

Rizwan Jamal leaves Xplore to become CEO of Beanfield

Rizwan Jamal is the new CEO of Beanfield Technologies Inc. effective immediately, the company announced Tuesday. Jamal comes to the firm from Xplore Inc., where he also served as chief executive. He is replacing Dan Armstrong, who founded the company. “Beanfield has...

Internet

CRTC tells Iristel to pay overdue fees to Bell, Northwestel or risk losing service

telecom | 06/28/2024 5:48 pm EDT

CRTC tells Iristel to pay overdue fees to Bell, Northwestel or risk losing service

Iristel Inc. has been told to pay overdue fees to BCE Inc. properties in...

Bell CRTC Iristel

Netflash seeks entry to two Kitchener buildings

telecom | 06/26/2024 3:58 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

Continuum Online Services Ltd., which operates under the Netflash name, has filed a Part 1 application...

BCE Inc. CRTC Rogers

Satellite networks vital next step for Canada to reach connectivity goals: Terrestar

telecom | 06/24/2024 6:02 pm EDT

Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStar

Recent advancements in the satellite communications ecosystem have made...

Cts ISED Satellite

Bell supports Telus in home phone connectivity dispute, PIAC opposes

telecom | 06/21/2024 2:02 pm EDT

Roaming revenue not expected to fully recover until 2022: Telus CFO

Interventions have been filed with the CRTC over Telus Corp.’s desire to...

CRTC Landline phones

Internet service quality bill becomes law

Internet and Governance | 06/20/2024 12:47 pm EDT

Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics

A private member’s bill on internet service quality has passed through Parliament and received royal assent. Manitoba Conservative MP Dan Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa) introduced the bill, which would require internet service providers (ISPs) to give...

CRTC Internet

CTS panelists criticize asymmetrical fibre access regime, urge national approach

telecom | 06/20/2024 11:40 am EDT

CTS discusses road map to growth in telecom market despite challenges

TORONTO—Industry experts on the Canadian Telecom Summit’s “regulatory...

CRTC Cts fibre

Senate committee completes work on Bill C-11

telecom | 12/09/2022 5:15 pm EST

Senate committee completes work on Bill C-11

The Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, officially completed its work after...

Cbc Internet Music streaming

Municipally-owned B.C. SILEC asks CRTC for relief from NG911 requirements

telecom | 11/05/2021 2:37 pm EDT

Municipally-owned B.C. SILEC asks CRTC for relief from NG911 requirements

A municipally-owned small incumbent local exchange carrier (SILEC) in...

911 CRTC

Bell wary of New Brunswick’s proposed NG911 system

telecom | 07/14/2021 6:34 pm EDT

BCE Inc. has filed an intervention with the CRTC saying New Brunswick’s plan for how it would like to adapt its next-generation 911 (NG911) services may not be the best approach. According to Bell’s intervention, the...

911 Bell CRTC

Telus and Sogetel getting $38 million for high-speed connectivity projects

telecom | 05/03/2021 5:58 pm EDT

Telus Corp. and Sogetel Inc. are each getting millions to connect 2,850 houses in Quebec to high-speed internet by September 2022 for a total cost of $38 million, Innovation, Science and Economic...

Funding Internet ISED

ISED rejects request to delay 3500 MHz auction following MVNO decision

telecom | 04/29/2021 6:31 pm EDT

ISED rejects request to delay 3500 MHz auction following MVNO decision

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne has rejected a call by the...

3500 MHZ cnoc CRTC

MVNO decision consistent with traditional facilities-based policy: Bell’s Bibic

telecom | 04/29/2021 5:41 pm EDT

MVNO decision arrives at a ‘tipping point’: Bell CEO

BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic told shareholders...

Bell MVNO Quarterly Reports

CRTC directs public disclosure of some Bell call blocking info

telecom | 04/28/2021 6:05 pm EDT

CRTC directs public disclosure of some Bell call blocking info

The CRTC directed BCE Inc. to put on the public record responses to a...

Bell Call Blocking CRTC

CRTC to ‘let market forces operate’ in Bell-Iristel rate dispute

telecom | 03/21/2019 6:01 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

BCE Inc. doesn’t have to implement a freeze on rates it charges Iristel Inc. while the CRTC decides how to settle a dispute between the two regarding the rates, the regulator said Thursday. In January, Iristel filed a Part 1 application saying that Bell put in place “massive and unprecedented rate increases” for access to some of its infrastructure. Iristel CEO...

CRTC lifts 100 Mbps wholesale internet speed cap – for now

telecom | 03/21/2019 5:39 pm EDT

CRTC lifts 100 Mbps wholesale internet speed cap – for now

The CRTC has quietly informed wholesale-based internet service providers...

CRTC Internet

TekSavvy to lobby feds on speed caps in disaggregated regime

telecom | 03/15/2019 5:14 pm EDT

TekSavvy releases quarterly transparency report

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has hired a new consultant lobbyist to raise...

CRTC Internet

CWTA tells panel review MVNOs would hurt investment, rural access

telecom | 03/11/2019 2:20 pm EDT

The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) took aim at mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in its submission to the ongoing review of Canada’s communications legislation....

BTLR Internet Wireless

Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows

telecom | 03/08/2019 4:13 pm EST

Few internet giants weighed in to BTLR, submission list shows

The panel in charge of reviewing the broadcasting and telecom acts received...

BTLR EXCLUSIVE Internet

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

telecom | 03/08/2019 2:19 pm EST

Freedom opening in Eastern Ontario markets

Shaw Communications Inc.’s mobile division is expanding to some Eastern Ontario markets as it continues deploying its low-band spectrum. Freedom Mobile announced Friday that it has opened its network to residents of Cobourg, Trenton, Belleville, Brockville, Cornwall...

Wireless

Telus health app to offer video doctor appointments, AI advice

telecom | 03/05/2019 3:01 pm EST

Telus health app to offer video doctor appointments, AI advice

A new app launched by Telus Corp.’s health division will enable users to...

Artificial intelligence eHealth Internet

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

telecom | 02/28/2019 4:17 pm EST

CRTC changes position on MVNOs, proposes mandated access

The CRTC has reversed its long-held position that mobile virtual network...

CRTC Wireless

‘Competition’ definition key to impact of new CRTC directive: experts

telecom | 02/27/2019 6:08 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The new policy direction for the CRTC announced by the federal government...

CRTC Wireless

Ottawa proposes new consumer-focused policy direction for CRTC

telecom | 02/26/2019 5:51 pm EST

Broadband price hikes ‘concerning’: Bains

The Liberal government is proposing a significant departure...

CRTC Internet Wireless

CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV framework

Media | 02/22/2019 12:53 pm EST

CACTUS asks BTLR for $150M community TV framework

A group representing the Canadian community TV sector is asking the panel reviewing the broadcasting and...

BTLR CRTC Television

Huawei promises jobs, R&D investment in Canada

telecom | 02/21/2019 2:32 pm EST

Huawei to invest $2.5 million in UBC research

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. held a rare press conference in Toronto Thursday to promote new...

Internet Wireless

Telus says it can manage a Huawei 5G ban after warning of costs, delay

telecom | 02/14/2019 10:58 am EST

Huawei CFO’s arrest renews political criticisms about 5G access

The head of Telus Corp. says the company would be able to “adeptly”...

5g cybersecurity Huawei

Stick to hexagons for broadband fund, PIAC and telecoms tell CRTC

telecom | 02/13/2019 3:07 pm EST

Stick to hexagons for broadband fund, PIAC and telecoms tell CRTC

An application to relax eligibility requirements for the CRTC’s...

CRTC Rural broadband

Odds of Huawei ban have increased in recent months: analyst

telecom | 02/05/2019 4:26 pm EST

Huawei to invest $2.5 million in UBC research

The likelihood Canada will ban Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. equipment from the country’s 5G networks has gone up in recent months, and if that happens, the deployment of those networks will be delayed, National Bank analyst Adam Shine said in a research note. “Plans...

5g Iot Wireless

ISPs can already resell incumbent internet to other providers, cablecos say

telecom | 02/04/2019 2:33 pm EST

Canada’s largest cable companies said they already have existing provisions that allow providers to buy and resell their services to other providers. Late last year, the CRTC asked the cablecos...

CRTC Internet

Doug Burnett named president and CEO of SaskTel

telecom | 01/29/2019 1:36 pm EST

Doug Burnett named president and CEO of SaskTel

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp.’s acting president and CEO has been named to the role on...

Internet Wireless

Innovation, rural development ministers get new parlsecs

telecom | 01/29/2019 12:38 pm EST

Innovation, rural development ministers get new parlsecs

Quebec MP Rémi Massé will replace David Lametti as the parliamentary...

Internet Rural broadband

US files charges against Huawei in two cases

telecom | 01/28/2019 6:49 pm EST

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a highly-anticipated criminal case against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Monday, issuing a spate of charges against the company, two affiliates and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou,...

Internet Wireless

Scott Bradley leaves Huawei

telecom | 01/11/2019 5:04 pm EST

Huawei to invest $2.5 million in UBC research

Scott Bradley, vice-president of corporate affairs at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s Canadian division, has left the company. Bradley had been with Huawei for eight years, according to his LinkedIn page, which now states that he recently left the company. An internal message sent out to Huawei Canada staff thanked him for his time at the company and noted that he will continue to assist Huawei as a special adviser "as required." "We are saddened to see him leave but grateful for the tireless work he has put in...

Wireless

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

Media | 01/07/2019 5:41 pm EST

44.5% of under-30 households don’t have TV: report

A new report using data from Statistics Canada says 44.5 per cent of Canadian households headed by...

Television

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

telecom | 01/04/2019 6:21 pm EST

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois info

The organization responsible for allocating IP numbers to intermediaries in...

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

telecom | 12/21/2018 5:41 pm EST

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchanged

Canadians are increasingly signing up for home internet services that meet...

CRTC Internet Wireless

Higher-speed internet plans more expensive in 2018: report

telecom | 12/21/2018 4:41 pm EST

Higher-speed internet plans more expensive in 2018: report

The prices of higher-speed wireline internet plans increased last year, and...

Internet Wireless

Huawei 5G decision won’t be made based on politics: Trudeau

telecom | 12/19/2018 5:14 pm EST

Huawei 5G decision won’t be made based on politics: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government will rely on expert...

Internet Wireless

Bell must pay $433k in ‘ineligible’ tangible benefits

Media | 12/18/2018 3:20 pm EST

The CRTC has dismissed an appeal by BCE Inc. and ordered it to pay...

Cancon CRTC

Don’t give Corus tangible benefits exemption: CanCon groups

telecom | 12/11/2018 5:09 pm EST

Don’t give Corus tangible benefits exemption: CanCon groups

A proposal by Corus Entertainment Inc. to shut down 44 television...

Cancon CRTC Television

Telecoms argue extending workplace safety to third-party locations ‘absurd’

telecom | 12/10/2018 3:14 pm EST

SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case

OTTAWA -- Two of Canada’s largest telecoms and CBC/Radio-Canada told the Supreme Court on Monday that it’s “absurd” and “illogical” for a court to force them to ensure the safety of an environment their employees work in but the companies have no control over. The case stems from a complaint a Canada Post employee made in 2012 about the need for postal...

Bar Association tells committee notice-and-notice falls short

Media | 12/04/2018 5:36 pm EST

OTTAWA — The Canadian Bar Association told MPs Monday Parliament should introduce a new regime to deal with online piracy in the Copyright Act because the current notice-and-notice regime is...

CRTC closes Novus condo access file

telecom | 11/30/2018 5:07 pm EST

The CRTC has closed a Part 1 file, once suspended, involving two parties embroiled in a condo access issue that emerged when the property owner allegedly didn’t answer a telecom’s calls to connect its services. Novus...

CRTC Internet

More consumer groups say they won’t participate in CRTC internet code proceeding

telecom | 11/30/2018 3:59 pm EST

More consumer groups say they won’t participate in CRTC internet code proceeding

The list of consumer groups that say they won’t take part in the CRTC’s...

CRTC Internet

Small ISPs welcome ISED consults for fifth tier spectrum licensing area

telecom | 11/29/2018 4:48 pm EST

Small ISPs welcome ISED consults for fifth tier spectrum licensing area

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has launched a...

Internet Rural broadband Spectrum

Rogers beefing up wireless in Manitoba

telecom | 11/29/2018 4:15 pm EST

Rogers requests extension for Wireless Code changes

Rogers Communications Inc. is planting more cell towers in parts of Manitoba as wireless activity in the province heats up. The company said it is adding a tower in South Transcona, Linden Woods, Beliveau, Provencher Blvd., King Edward St., and Powell Ave. in Winnipeg...

Wireless

Shaw doubles internet speeds on highest tiers

telecom | 11/29/2018 3:38 pm EST

Plan comes together for TV subs boost in Shaw Q3: Mehr

Existing customers on Shaw Communications Inc.’s top internet packages, and new customers on those...

Internet Wireless

CRTC requests advice on broadband data, maps

telecom | 11/29/2018 3:09 pm EST

CRTC requests advice on broadband data, maps

The CRTC is asking telecoms and satellite broadband providers for feedback on broadband maps and data...

CRTC Internet

VMedia now serving all provinces after Atlantic push

telecom | 11/29/2018 2:37 pm EST

VMedia Inc. recently launched its full suite of services in all four Atlantic Canada provinces, meaning it now operates in all 10 provinces. CEO George Burger confirmed that the company “started rolling out services as...

Internet Television Wireless

Bell could see $100M benefit from fed tax plan in 2019: analyst

telecom | 11/29/2018 2:21 pm EST

The federal government’s recently-tabled tax strategy allowing telecoms...

Fibre optics Internet Wireless

1-in-10 say ISPs should play a role identifying ‘fake news’: survey

Media | 11/28/2018 2:21 pm EST

Photo via Pxhere showing laptop with fake news

There’s a lack of consensus over who should help Canadians determine what...

2019 election

Bell emphasizes original, ‘boots on the ground’ content for ethnic licence

telecom | 11/27/2018 8:35 pm EST

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

GATINEAU, QUE. -- Seeking to differentiate itself from other applicants,...

Bell CRTC Rogers

CRTC issues interim resolution in Iristel, Telus fight

telecom | 11/23/2018 4:46 pm EST

CRTC calls out Iristel, but says no new regs in traffic stimulation case

The CRTC ordered Friday both Telus Corp. and Iristel Inc. to make interim...

CRTC Wireless

Cogeco wants to put fibre cables in Ottawa River

telecom | 11/23/2018 3:05 pm EST

Cogeco wants to put fibre cables in Ottawa River

Part of Cogeco Inc.’s plan to deliver gigabit internet service to its footprint is to put two fibre...

Fibre optics Internet

Cogeco expands gigabit to Quebec, Wi-Fi service in Ontario

telecom | 11/22/2018 4:56 pm EST

Cogeco reports higher revenues and profit in Q3

Just as it did in Ontario, Cogeco Inc. is now expanding its gigabit internet plans to target Quebec markets as well, according to a Thursday press release. The Montreal-based cable company is making available its gigabit internet, via its DOCSIS 3.1 technology, to...

Cogeco Internet