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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...
Digital divide still exists in Northern Ontario, study finds
Internet and Governance | 04/24/2024 6:27 pm EDT
Northern Ontario is lagging behind the rest of the province when it comes to internet connectivity, a new report finds.
Blue Sky Net's 2024 Northern Ontario Broadband Report, released on Monday, mirrors results from last year’s study.
Federal statistics say 93.5 per...
Feds provide funding to expand broadband in Nunavut
telecom | 03/21/2024 6:28 pm EDT
The federal government is spending an additional $2.8 million to advance clean energy and roll out...
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...
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...
SaskTel brings hyper-fast connectivity to Saskatchewan’s rural heartland
telecom | 01/17/2024 3:53 pm EST
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. announced Wednesday the deployment of 5G technology across more than 40 additional cell sites, extending its reach to rural...
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...
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 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...
Feds and BC roll out broadband, Videotron expands footprint
telecom | 09/26/2023 4:12 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have joined together to...
Telcos double down on assertion that CRTC needs to forgo further broadband fund collections
telecom | 09/25/2023 8:08 pm EDT
As the CRTC’s review of its broadband fund...
Federal government rolls out broadband in Cape Breton
telecom | 09/05/2023 3:38 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $1.2 million for high-speed internet service in Cape Breton in Nova...
ISED tops up Universal Broadband Fund in Labrador Indigenous project
telecom | 08/15/2023 4:46 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has added a...
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...
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 out high-speed broadband in the province Tuesday. Each government will invest $48 million. This is the latest in a series of funding announcements across the nation.
“Today’s announcement in...
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...
Telus’ claim about Huawei equipment met with scorn in St. Albert, Alta.
telecom | 06/15/2023 4:03 pm EDT
A town in Alberta is condemning Telus Corp. for slowing down the rollout of...
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...
Northern Ontario faces digital divide, study finds
telecom | 06/01/2023 5:08 pm EDT
Residents of northern Ontario are still underserved when it comes to internet rollout, a new study...
CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout
telecom | 05/05/2023 1:40 pm EDT
Friday the CRTC issued approvals for several claims under the Broadband Fund. Three companies will receive money to roll out infrastructure across the country.
ATG Arrow Technology Group is receiving $15.7 million for four projects in Alberta. BCE Inc. property Bell Canada will get $1.51 million to...
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...
INDU committee unanimously supports Mazier’s bill requiring carriers to provide accurate service quality metrics
Internet and Governance | 03/29/2023 6:00 pm EDT
Canadian carriers that offer fixed broadband...
Auditor General finds internet connectivity lags in rural and Indigenous areas
Internet and Governance | 03/27/2023 5:20 pm EDT
Auditor General Karen Hogan released a quartet of reports on the...
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,...
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...
Senate ‘one-size-fits-all’ spectrum deployment bill is counter-intuitive: CWTA, CanWisp, ISED
telecom | 03/09/2023 2:45 pm EST
Telecom experts say that a Senate bill that would...
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...
SaskTel CEO retiring
telecom | 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, according to the Monday press release issued by its board of directors.
“The board is extremely grateful for Doug’s leadership during his tenure as president and CEO of SaskTel,” said SaskTel board chair Grant Kook. “Doug is an exceptional leader with a track record for delivering on results year over year. We are thankful for Doug’s remarkable...
Federal government invests $31 million in Nova Scotia broadband
telecom | 12/19/2022 4:02 pm EST
The Canadian government announced Monday that it is investing up to $31...
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...
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...
CanWISP worried ISED proposals will reduce rural connectivity
telecom | 12/01/2022 7:04 pm EST
"Stringent" limitations proposed for the non-competitive licensing (NCL)...
CRTC officially releases its third call for Broadband Fund applications
telecom | 11/30/2022 5:12 pm EST
The CRTC is now accepting applications for eligible transport infrastructure projects, mobile wireless infrastructure projects that provide or upgrade connectivity along major...
Feds rollout $2.6 million in broadband in Alberta First Nations community
telecom | 11/11/2022 12:14 pm EST
Thursday the federal government announced it was rolling out $2.6 million...
Xplore launching ultra-high density satellite in first half of 2023, expecting speeds of 100Mbps
telecom | 11/03/2022 4:04 pm EDT
Xplore Inc.’s residential and business customers...
Nova Scotia warns telecoms to be ready in case of emergencies
telecom | 10/14/2022 5:02 pm EDT
Thursday the Nova Scotia government tabled amendments to two laws which it...
Wholesale HSA service not needed in Far North; LEOs will do: Northwestel
telecom | 10/12/2022 4:59 pm EDT
There’s no need for BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to introduce wholesale...
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...
Spectrum Unceded: How Indigenous people are Fighting for Digital Sovereignty in a Wireless World
Media | 09/30/2022 9:48 am EDT
by Jenna Cocullo
At the frontier of the future...
Nova Scotia premier blasts hurricane response from Big 3 and Eastlink; calls on ISED to intervene
Media | 09/28/2022 5:37 pm EDT
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston wrote to...
Cell phone, internet service still out in many parts of Atlantic Canada
telecom | 09/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT
Hurricane Fiona wreaked havoc on Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec last...
Xplornet rebranding to Xplore as it plans to expand rural footprint
telecom | 09/13/2022 5:11 pm EDT
Xplornet Communications Inc. is rebranding to Xplore Inc. “to better reflect its identity, vision, and future,” the company stated in a Tuesday release.
The company's...
Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout
telecom | 09/06/2022 4:59 pm EDT
The Canadian government has partnered with the government of British...
Federal government increases connectivity in Quebec and Ontario
telecom | 08/26/2022 5:06 pm EDT
The federal government announced two projects on Friday that will increase...
Britain and Australia provide example for internet ads, PIAC says
telecom | 08/17/2022 6:52 pm EDT
Canada should look to Britain and Australia for lessons on how to regulate...
CRTC approves statements of work for several broadband projects
telecom | 07/19/2022 3:54 pm EDT
Tuesday the CRTC issued approvals of several statements of work for...
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 Tuesday. The company estimates the move will create 9,500 jobs between now and 2026. The company intends to invest $70 billion nationally by 2026, according to a release. ...
CRTC approves claims for broadband rollout in North
telecom | 06/27/2022 4:18 pm EDT
Monday the CRTC approved claim forms for four projects under the Broadband Fund. The payment orders went...
CRTC looks at improving telecom services in Far North
Media | 06/08/2022 4:21 pm EDT
The CRTC announced it was initiating a proceeding to improve telecommunications services in Canada’s...
Canada and Quebec invest $200K each in broadband rollout
telecom | 05/26/2022 5:27 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and of Quebec are each investing $199,305 in...
Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX’s offering, Gov. subsidy
telecom | 05/16/2022 7:04 pm EDT
Players in the low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) space are casting doubt...
Senator calls for greater broadband access to First Nations
Media | 04/29/2022 3:29 pm EDT
A Saskatchewan senator called on the government to do more to ensure...
Government announces more internet connectivity projects funded in Ontario
telecom | 04/22/2022 5:14 pm EDT
Friday, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced which projects will...
$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...
Canada and Ontario governments pledge $56 million for broadband rollout
telecom | 04/19/2022 3:29 pm EDT
The governments of Canada and Ontario are jointly investing $56 million for...
SaskTel announces $337M investment in province
telecom | 04/13/2022 4:29 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is investing approximately $337 million of capital in Saskatchewan over the course of the next 12 months and more than $1.5 billion over the next five years.
According to a Wednesday release the investment will give...
Feds rollout $20 a month internet for low-income families and seniors
telecom | 04/04/2022 1:22 pm EDT
The federal government is providing low-income families and seniors with...
CRTC allocates $19m for broadband rollout in Alberta and B.C.
telecom | 03/29/2022 4:25 pm EDT
The CRTC has issued $19.5 million from the regulator's Broadband Fund for...
Feds announce $41M in funding for rural Alberta broadband
telecom | 03/15/2022 4:57 pm EDT
The federal government is investing $41 million to deliver high-speed...
Consortium to run fibre network from Europe to Asia through Northwest Passage
telecom | 03/11/2022 4:51 pm EST
An Alaskan company has unveiled a billion-dollar project to run fibre from...
Federal government matches provincial funds for Alberta broadband
telecom | 03/09/2022 2:14 pm EST
The federal government is earmarking $240 million in matching funds to deploy high-speed internet in Alberta, it was announced Wednesday. Last week Premier Jason Kenney...
Canadian, BC governments invest $830M in high-speed internet
telecom | 03/08/2022 12:01 pm EST
The federal government has partnered with the government of British...
Alberta invests nearly $400 million in rural broadband rollout
telecom | 03/02/2022 4:31 pm EST
The province of Alberta will spend $390 million over four years to provide...
Gov. announces funding to connect remaining Newfoundland rural households
telecom | 02/22/2022 5:44 pm EST
The federal government and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador are...
Government spends $41M to bring broadband to rural Alberta
telecom | 02/09/2022 5:27 pm EST
The federal government is investing $41 million to roll out broadband in...
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...
Gov. award Ontario AI company contract to map out rural broadband access
telecom | 01/12/2022 9:15 am EST
The Government has awarded a Toronto-based analytics company that uses...
Base Technology gets money from CRTC Broadband Fund
telecom | 12/01/2021 1:58 pm EST
The CRTC has granted Base Technology Ltd. up to $750,000 Wednesday to roll out broadband in rural British...
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...
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 and Indigenous connectivity initiatives lumped together, ignores the “very different” economics...
Internet Society releases Indigenous connectivity recommendations
telecom | 11/09/2021 10:34 am EST
Indigenous stakeholders in Canadian telecoms are renewing their calls for...
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...
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...
CRTC approves work on Cogeco, Columbia Basin, Broadband Fund projects
telecom | 10/22/2021 6:14 pm EDT
Two telecom companies can start work on their Broadband Fund projects now...
CoopTel says Bell subsidiary doesn’t need 5 months to implement competition changes
telecom | 10/21/2021 5:36 pm EDT
Quebec-based telecom company CoopTel wants the CRTC to order a BCE Inc. subsidiary to demonstrate how there is a shortage of expertise that would justify delaying CoopTel’s...
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...
Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders
telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
Deadline extended for ISED consultation on new regime for licensing unused spectrum
telecom | 10/12/2021 5:35 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is extending the...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Broadband blues: the UBF and its discontents
telecom | 09/03/2021 5:50 pm EDT
With a federal election called for Sept. 20, parties have pledged to make Canadians’ lives better in a myriad of ways, including by connecting rural and remote communities to quality internet. The government has had a vision for increased connectivity for years, even...
Rogers picking up Nova Scotian ISP
telecom | 08/23/2021 5:35 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. has made a deal to acquire Seaside Communications, a long-time local internet...
The Wire Report’s guide to the 2021 federal election
Media | 08/17/2021 2:35 pm EDT
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally called Sunday for a...
Telesat reports rising expenses and drops in revenue, profit for Q2
telecom | 08/13/2021 3:28 pm EDT
Telesat Corporation, a newly-public satellite company with plans to connect...
Rural B.C. receives $17.3m from UBF, provincial fund, for high-speed internet projects
telecom | 08/06/2021 4:57 pm EDT
The government has announced more than $17.3 million of funding for four high-speed internet projects in rural British Columbia in an effort to close the digital divide in...
CRTC announces 10 projects, $20.5M, in Broadband Fund
telecom | 08/04/2021 5:39 pm EDT
Approximately 3,625 households will benefit from the CRTC’s Broadband Fund, after a Wednesday announcement of 10 projects selected to receive a total of $20.5 million.
“As many Canadians have adopted new ways to work, learn and live, the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed that poor Internet...
Bell wants more notice for payments into NCF
telecom | 04/22/2021 6:02 pm EDT
BCE Inc. is objecting to proposed changes to the procedures for the operation of the National Contribution Fund, saying that a proposed system for payment forecasts does not allow contributors to the fund to plan properly. In...
SaskTel wants stay on BH Telecom funding
telecom | 04/20/2021 2:52 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. is requesting a stay in the distribution of $9.5 million in funding the CRTC awarded to BH Telecom Corp. for a Saskatchewan project that BH Telecom says that would connect more than 26...
Internet equity gap grows for rural areas during pandemic: CIRA
Media | 04/14/2021 12:21 pm EDT
Internet speeds for rural Canadians continue to remain “well below” the recommended CRTC speeds, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, when people “are counting more than ever on reliable broadband...
SaskTel objects to CRTC funding for BH Telecom, says project is duplicative
telecom | 04/12/2021 6:06 pm EDT
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. has asked the CRTC to overturn its decision to award $9.5 million in funding to BH Telecom Corp. for a project in Saskatchewan that would connect some 26...
Universal broadband fund likely to be highly oversubscribed: ISED official
telecom | 03/31/2021 5:39 pm EDT
The federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund is in high demand, according to a speech from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) senior director David Willis Wednesday at...
Broadband project in rural Manitoba getting $260 million
telecom | 03/26/2021 3:00 pm EDT
The federal government’s Canada Infrastructure Bank and DIF Capital Partners have signed an agreement in principle to spend $130 million each to increase rural broadband connectivity through the...
Rogers, feds announce eastern Ontario wireless expansion project
telecom | 03/19/2021 4:13 pm EDT
The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), the Province of Ontario, the federal government, and Rogers Communications Inc. Friday announced a $300 million project with the goal of connecting 99 per...
CRTC awards $57 million for transport projects in Que., Ont., and B.C.
telecom | 03/19/2021 3:51 pm EDT
The CRTC is handing out $57.7 million through its Broadband Fund for the construction of thousands of kilometres of network transport infrastructure. The commission announced Friday that seven...
Telus gets $5.4 million for high-speed internet in rural Alberta
telecom | 03/17/2021 4:50 pm EDT
Telus Corp. will receive more than $5 million in funding through the Rapid Response Stream of the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund for projects bringing high-speed Internet to rural areas in northern, central and southern Alberta. According to a federal government announcement Tuesday, Telus will make its own additional investments of about $3.7 million in the province. “High-speed internet service is essential to the success of everyone living and working in rural Alberta. Today’s investment will bring reliable, high-speed internet access to 5,080 households across...