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Telus announces $33B spend across B.C., Alberta for network upgrades
telecom | 05/13/2024 11:37 am EDT
Telus Corp. announced Monday that it is investing more than $16 billion and $17 billion to “significantly expand and improve” its network infrastructure and operations...
Entwistle to take salary in shares as Telus releases Q1 results
telecom | 05/09/2024 8:34 pm EDT
Telus Corp. president and CEO Darren Entwistle said Thursday that he will be taking his salary in shares for the foreseeable future. The announcement came on the same day the western telecom issued its first quarter results for 2024.
Entwistle said he was taking the...
Northwestel ordered to abandon DSL surcharge after eight years
telecom | 05/09/2024 11:48 am EDT
BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel has been told by the CRTC to stop charging...
Senate committee passes internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 05/07/2024 2:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications hastily adopted a private member’s bill on...
Staffieri touts Rogers accomplishments in Toronto speech
telecom | 05/01/2024 3:49 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. CEO Tony Staffieri gave a rosy picture of life...
Canadian telecom prices fall, remain high internationally: ISED report
telecom | 05/01/2024 1:30 pm EDT
Canadian wireless and broadband internet prices declined in 2023, however...
Senate committee takes up study of internet service quality bill
Internet and Governance | 04/30/2024 6:01 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transport and Communications began its study of Bill C-288 on Tuesday, which would amend the Telecommunications Act to require telecom carriers to be...
Sunco launches expansion with purchase of Zayo PBX business
telecom | 03/28/2024 9:17 pm EDT
Alberta IT system integrator Sunco Communication and Installation Ltd. is...
Xplore expands broadband footprint in Prince Edward Island
telecom | 03/27/2024 4:31 pm EDT
Xplore Inc. announced Wednesday that it is rolling out high-speed internet...
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...
Falling wireless and internet prices battle inflation, StatsCan says
Internet and Governance | 03/19/2024 5:52 pm EDT
A day after the leaders of Canada’s biggest three telecoms told...
Canadian government spends $7.5 million on Manitoba connectivity
telecom | 03/07/2024 2:44 pm EST
Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings continued her tour...
Feds and Alberta spend $112 million on broadband deployment
telecom | 03/06/2024 11:18 am EST
The governments of Canada and Alberta announced Tuesday that they are...
Canada and British Columbia fund high-speed internet rollout in province
telecom | 03/05/2024 9:47 am EST
Monday the federal government and the government of British Columbia joined...
Feds invest $2.3M to bring high-speed internet and mobile coverage in Northwest Territories
telecom | 03/01/2024 4:10 pm EST
The Government of Canada announced Friday that it...
Aggregated access to FTTP needed for independent ISPs, CRTC told
telecom | 02/20/2024 10:24 am EST
The crisis in competition when it comes to internet connectivity is longstanding and will only get worse, a CRTC panel heard. The commission held its final day of a week-long proceeding Friday.
Bob Allen, president of the BC Broadband Association, read a statement into...
Providers debate wholesale fibre access in rural areas at CRTC hearing
telecom | 02/14/2024 4:24 pm EST
To bring affordable internet and consumer choice to rural communities, the...
Cogeco announces acquisition of municipally-owned telecom provider
telecom | 02/05/2024 1:22 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. announced Monday that Cogeco Connexion is acquiring an...
Ericsson and Telus extend 5G network nationally
telecom | 01/22/2024 12:42 pm EST
Ericsson AB and Telus Corp. have linked up to roll out a 5G standalone network, it was announced Monday....
PIAC says administrative monetary penalties appropriate in City Wide dispute over Eastlink service outage response
telecom | 12/18/2023 3:11 pm EST
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the...
Rogers sells all Cogeco shares to CDPQ to reduce Shaw debt
telecom | 12/12/2023 1:10 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has divested itself of all of its shares in Cogeco Inc. and its subsidiary Cogeco Communications Inc. The deal was announced Monday evening after the markets closed. The buyer is the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ).
The...
Social media companies must be compelled to address safety concerns, research chair tells ethics committee
Internet and Governance | 11/28/2023 6:07 pm EST
The government needs to set clear standards of...
INDU hears Canada must not surpass European or Quebec privacy laws
Internet and Governance | 11/24/2023 5:06 pm EST
While the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and...
Regulation of AI necessary, HUMA committee told
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 12:50 pm EST
Canada will need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to protect workers while at the same time...
BQ says media is in crisis and needs immediate action
Media | 11/23/2023 8:40 am EST
Canada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...
Bell lays out contribution framework proposal at CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/22/2023 9:13 am EST
BCE Inc. revealed more details on Tuesday on its proposal for how base contributions from online...
FCC to boost internet connection speeds, CRTC non-committal
telecom | 11/20/2023 3:37 pm EST
As the Federal Communications Commission in the United States announced it...
Eastlink competitors seeking compensation for “negligence” during outage, ask for investigation similar to Rogers outage
Internet and Governance | 11/16/2023 6:39 pm EST
City Wide Communications Inc., Frontier Networks...
St-Onge releases Streaming Act direction to CRTC
Internet and Governance | 11/14/2023 5:09 pm EST
Tuesday Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge issued the final policy direction to the CRTC that...
AIDA needs to be scrapped, civil society groups tell committee
Internet and Governance | 11/03/2023 5:14 pm EDT
A quartet of civil society groups appeared before the House of Commons Industry Committee Thursday afternoon as the MPs consider Bill C-27. The legislation would introduce a Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), a Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act...
Bill C-27 fails to protect rights of Canadians, say civil society groups
Internet and Governance | 11/02/2023 6:39 pm EDT
A coalition of civil society groups are calling on the government to make...
CRTC addresses internet installation dispute between eastern Ontario township and small ISP
Internet and Governance | 10/26/2023 11:38 am EDT
The CRTC has denied an application brought forward...
CRTC greenlights Northwestel Connecting Families packages
Internet and Governance | 10/24/2023 2:54 pm EDT
The CRTC has given the green light to BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel Inc....
Eastlink announces purchase of Northern Ontario ISP
telecom | 10/05/2023 11:18 am EDT
Bragg Communications Inc.’s Eastlink announced the purchase of a Northern Ontario telecom service...
Court orders minister to unblock Rebel Media publisher from X
Internet and Governance | 09/12/2023 5:25 pm EDT
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must unblock Rebel News founder Ezra Levant on X Corp. (formerly Twitter), according to an order issued by a federal court justice.
According to the Tuesday order, the minister “shall not cause or permit anyone acting on his...
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...
ICA Microsystems back in CCTS fold
telecom | 08/31/2023 4:18 pm EDT
ICA Microsystems Inc. is once again a participant in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television...
OPINION: Freedom may never be a fourth national player, and consumers need more data
telecom | 07/28/2023 6:19 pm EDT
By John Lawford, executive eirector and general counsel of the Public...
ICA Microsystems terminated by CCTS for non-compliance
telecom | 07/27/2023 4:55 pm EDT
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Service (CCTS) was...
Broadband interventions begin to flow into CRTC
Internet and Governance | 07/21/2023 3:48 pm EDT
The CRTC has published some of the interventions for its proceeding into the Broadband Fund. Most of the...
Rogers and TVA secure site-blocking order against illegal baseball live streams
telecom | 07/19/2023 4:26 pm EDT
The Federal Court has issued a site-blocking order against several alleged...
Proposed rates for wholesale HSA over FTTP are inflated: CNOC
telecom | 07/14/2023 5:00 pm EDT
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC that...
Bell MTS defends service in Manitoba after CCPA study
telecom | 07/12/2023 5:20 pm EDT
BCE Inc. subsidiary Bell MTS has responded to a report criticizing how the telecom has operated since it...
Feds respond to tech giants’ concerns through proposed regulations
Internet and Governance | 07/11/2023 5:14 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that aim to clarify how the legislation will be interpreted and carried out, addressing some of the tech...
Canadian, Alberta governments invest $96M in high-speed internet
telecom | 07/11/2023 3:28 pm EDT
The federal and Alberta governments announced a $96 million plan to roll...
Canada and Ontario invest $4 million towards Internet rollout
telecom | 06/27/2023 4:32 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced another shared...
OpenMedia hopeful ahead of meeting with CRTC chair
Internet and Governance | 06/26/2023 2:11 pm EDT
Lobby group OpenMedia has been polling the public about what the major issues in broadcasting and telecom...
CIK Telecom files series of new MDU access applications
telecom | 06/22/2023 6:41 pm EDT
CIK Telecom Inc. has filed five new Part 1 applications with the CRTC...
Condo managers says Ontario carrier is being denied MDU access due to space constraints
Internet and Governance | 06/20/2023 5:26 pm EDT
A Toronto condominium manager is arguing to the CRTC that the reason an Ontario-based carrier does not have access to its multi-dwelling unit is because it is being...
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...
Government explicitly exempts content creators in Online Streaming Act policy direction
Internet and Governance | 06/08/2023 4:24 pm EDT
The federal government is directing the CRTC to...
Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation
Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...
Facebook blocking threat “unacceptable”, Rodriguez states
Internet and Governance | 06/02/2023 2:17 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is not impressed by Meta...
CRTC missed opportunity to hold NorthwesTel accountable to consumer concerns in Far North: PIAC
telecom | 06/01/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The CRTC presented its public opinion research...
Wholesale model upside down: Jetté
telecom | 05/24/2023 6:18 pm EDT
According to the CEO of one of Canada's largest regional internet service providers, the recent state of...
Broadband use lowers harmful emissions, think tank finds
Internet and Governance | 05/18/2023 4:24 pm EDT
The Montreal Economic Institute has released a paper finding that adoption...
Cybersecurity is national security, panelists tell IIC
Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 11:54 am EDT
OTTAWA–The government’s cybersecurity legislation, Bill C-26, is...
CRTC becoming more accommodating to stakeholders: Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 05/15/2023 2:34 pm EDT
OTTAWA–The CRTC is improving its process to be more responsive to its various stakeholders, the commission chair said Monday. Vicky Eatrides was the opening speaker at the annual conference of the International Institute of Communications Canadian Chapter.
“A key...
Facebook’s refusal to send witnesses angers Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:41 pm EDT
Sir Nicholas Clegg’s reversal of an agreement to appear before the House...
Young Liberals call for telecom reform including foreign investment rules
Media | 05/04/2023 2:23 pm EDT
OTTAWA–As the Liberal Party of Canada gathers in the capital for its...
Google, Facebook determined to stop news sharing should C-18 pass as currently drafted
Internet and Governance | 05/04/2023 11:23 am EDT
With Bill C-18, the Government's plan to have news...
Government announces new licencing policy for 5G
Internet and Governance | 05/03/2023 5:03 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Wednesday that the...
Small player groups like direction of CRTC under Eatrides
Internet and Governance | 03/30/2023 4:27 pm EDT
The new regime at the CRTC met with general approval Wednesday from industry representatives speaking for small players. The final day of the Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Service Providers (CanWISP) annual conference in Gatineau featured a panel titled...
Execulink solves access problem with Williams & McDaniel
Internet and Governance | 03/28/2023 3:40 pm EDT
Execulink Telecom Inc. has withdrawn a Part 1 application before the CRTC...
CRTC opening up Indigenous Broadband Funding stream in policy review
telecom | 03/23/2023 6:57 pm EDT
The CRTC is looking for feedback on how it can improve its Broadband Fund,...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...
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...
Canadian and Ontario governments invest $15 million in broadband rollout
telecom | 03/16/2023 2:09 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced two projects that will...
Google promises to restore access to news at lively committee meeting
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 5:11 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Google will stop limiting consumer access to news links...
Amid CRTC review, Quebecor complains of Bell ‘abuse’ of wholesale rates for fibre
Internet and Governance | 03/10/2023 4:20 pm EST
Days before the CRTC announced that it would open...
UPDATED: CRTC cuts wholesale broadband rates by 10 per cent, launches new rates proceeding, and will expedite review of FTTH access; competitors pleased
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 4:24 pm EST
The CRTC Wednesday made good on newly-minted chair...
Rodriguez rejects Senate C-11 amendment limiting CRTC power over social media
Internet and Governance | 03/08/2023 8:38 am EST
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment on Bill C-11 that would, according to the senators, clarify that only professional music will be...
MP plans legislation to protect workers from ‘bossware’
Internet and Governance | 03/07/2023 1:32 pm EST
A Toronto MP is looking to introduce legislation that will cover the use of...
Tory MP says CRTC directives don’t go far enough when it comes to transparent service quality metrics
Internet and Governance | 03/06/2023 5:25 pm EST
A Conservative MP told the Industry Committee that...
Execulink files second Part 1 to get MDU access in Tillsonburg
telecom | 03/03/2023 3:46 pm EST
For the second time this week, Execulink Telecom Inc. has filed an...
CIK continues to file Part 1s seeking access to Richmond, B.C. buildings
telecom | 02/27/2023 11:19 am EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again filed a...
CIK files another Part 1 application on timely access to MDUs
telecom | 02/24/2023 3:15 pm EST
Competitive local exchange carrier CIK Telecom Inc. has once again appealed to the CRTC in order to get timely access to multiple-dwelling units (MDUs) in Richmond, B.C. The company is alleging that Strata Corp.’s EPS 1653 is denying access to the telecom’s own...
CRTC issues consultation on network resiliency in response to increased service outages
telecom | 02/22/2023 4:59 pm EST
The CRTC is inviting telecom stakeholders and Canadians to participate in a consultation for the development of a...
Cogeco announces acquisition of Oxio
telecom | 02/21/2023 5:05 pm EST
Cogeco Inc. announced it is acquiring independent internet service provider (ISP) Oxio.
In a Tuesday...
Wholesale access in the North is essential for service improvement, Indigenous economic development: stakeholders tell CRTC
telecom | 02/17/2023 5:26 pm EST
There is a consensus forming that the CRTC should...
Online News Act leads to internet fragmentation: Internet Society
Internet and Governance | 02/17/2023 4:20 pm EST
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the...
SaskTel CEO retiring
Internet and Governance | 02/13/2023 5:47 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Co. announced the retirement of its president and CEO Doug Burnett.
Burnett will be leaving at the end of May to early June,...
UPDATED: Government finalizes new directions for CRTC
Media | 02/13/2023 4:00 pm EST
Monday the federal government outlined new policy directions for the CRTC, with an emphasis on...
Senators continue fight over Streaming Act and CBC’s future
Media | 02/08/2023 1:22 pm EST
The battle over the government’s Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11,...
Unscripted series the wave of the future for streamers, CMPA conference hears
Media | 02/06/2023 1:31 pm EST
OTTAWA–Streaming is the way of the future, a panel told the Canadian...
UPDATED: Senate passes C-11; Rodriguez expects C-11 to become law next week
Media | 02/02/2023 7:17 pm EST
OTTAWA – The Senate officially adopted the Online Streaming Act, a year to the day since it was first introduced in the House of Commons.
The vote passed Thursday...
CNOC calls for fibre resale relief in TekSavvy complaint against Rogers-Quebecor divestiture arrangement
telecom | 02/01/2023 9:42 am EST
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada has...
CRTC vice-chair broadcasting prioritizing public policy goals over financial implications of C-11
Media | 01/24/2023 6:19 pm EST
The purpose of the CRTC is to achieve policy...
CRTC lifts telecom ban on Lixo Toronto property
telecom | 01/13/2023 3:08 pm EST
The CRTC has lifted a prohibition on service to a Toronto multi-dwelling unit (MDU) owned by Lixo...
Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding
Internet and Governance | 01/11/2023 3:22 pm EST
The federal government Wednesday announced that the department of Canadian...
CRTC finds former Quebec-based wireless ISP in violation for failure to participate in CCTS
telecom | 01/10/2023 2:48 pm EST
A wireless internet service provider serving Outaouais, Que., was found to have contravened the Telecommunications Act by failing to become a participant in the Commission for Complaints for...
CRTC has collected more money than it can distribute for Broadband Fund: Bell
telecom | 01/09/2023 5:03 pm EST
BCE Inc. filed an application with the commission to review and vary its...
Quebec court orders Videotron reconnections
telecom | 12/22/2022 3:42 pm EST
The Superior Court of Quebec has ordered Quebecor Inc.'s Videotron to connect a number of different...
Northwestel may provide FTTP services 35% below price floor and discount to Wholesale Connect: CRTC
telecom | 12/20/2022 5:46 pm EST
The CRTC approved an application by BCE Inc.’s...
Feds continue rollout of connectivity, Quebec achieves universality
telecom | 12/16/2022 1:20 pm EST
The federal government’s Innovation Science and Economic Development...
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...
Senate committee completes work on Bill C-11
telecom | 12/09/2022 5:15 pm EST
The Senate committee studying the Online Streaming Act, Bill C-11, officially completed its work after...
Indigenous Connectivity Summit calls for more inclusion in consultations
telecom | 12/07/2022 1:19 pm EST
Indigenous telecommunications stakeholders are calling on the government to...
Senators add audience interest in broadcasting act objectives which could ease discoverability concerns
telecom | 12/01/2022 1:40 pm EST
Senators voted to add a clause in Bill C-11, the...
CRTC must hold public hearings for interim exemption orders in Online News Act
telecom | 11/29/2022 7:02 pm EST
The House of Commons Heritage committee passed an amendment to the Government's Online News Act Tuesday that would limit the CRTC's ability to grant interim exemption orders...