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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 buying the PBX business of Zayo Group Holdings Inc., an American network provider. The sale was announced Thursday evening after the markets  closed. The purchase will allow Sunco to expand its...

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 in Prince Edward Island at a faster pace than originally planned. It is deploying both fibre and fixed wireless internet in the rollout. The company has hooked up more than 3,400 customers so far...

ISED auctioning off 225 leftover spectrum licences 

telecom | 03/25/2024 5:49 pm EDT

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.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 cell tower with a blue sky in the background.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 speaks at a press conference in the National Press Theatre on Feb. 13, 2024 (photo by Andrew Meade).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 forces to spend $37 million on 14 high-speed internet projects in the province. Canada’s Minister...

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...

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....

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...

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 Quebec’s Law 25 are the gold standards for privacy legislation, the government of Canada must take...

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 Inc., and Purple Cow Internet Inc., have filed a Part 1 application against Bragg Communications Inc. operating as Eastlink,...

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...

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 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...

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 Service (CCTS) after being suspended last April. The internet service provider had not supplied a customer with a refund as demanded by the CRTC agency. It later...

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 Canada’s incumbents are proposing “unconscionable” rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access (HSA) service over fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) that “are inflated above the just and reasonable...

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...

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

A cell tower with a blue sky in the background.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...

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 “ensure that individual users’ and social media creators’ content cannot be regulated” as the commission prepares 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...

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 of broadband technology can help in the fight against climate change. Senior policy analyst Krystle Wittevrongel, working with MEI president Daniel Dufort, issued the document on Thursday. By using...

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...

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...

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...

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, as well as feedback on a proposal to open a separate funding stream for Indigenous communities....

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 a fresh proceeding on rates for wholesale broadband internet and would expedite a review of wholesale fibre access, Quebecor...

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...

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...

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...

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 release issued by Cogeco, the company stated that Oxio will continue to operate independently and serve customers under its brand. Oxio in the past has tried to...

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, continued in the Senate’s Question Period Tuesday. Senator Leo Housakos, the chair of the Transport and Communications committee, claimed that the CBC is going to move to an all-digital format.  “How...

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...

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...

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 multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in which had been at the center of a dispute between the telecom service provider and another company, Wifiplex Inc. Wifiplex installs...

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 incorporate them into its consultation requirements, and develop a participatory and inclusive...

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...

Tories slow down C-18 clause-by-clause consideration with amendments

Media | 11/22/2022 3:23 pm EST

The House of Commons’ Heritage Committee’s clause-by-clause review of...

Libs, NDP, accuse Conservatives of running out the clock on C-18 clause-by-clause review

Media | 11/18/2022 5:11 pm EST

The first day of the House of Commons’ Heritage...

Arguments begin in NHL site-blocking case before Federal Court

Media | 11/10/2022 4:24 pm EST

Arguments began Thursday in a Federal Court case that would see pirated...

July outage, Shaw financing costs, to blame for Rogers profit drop

telecom | 11/09/2022 5:24 pm EST

Rogers Communications Inc.’s profit fell 24 per cent for the three months...

Heritage Committee hears final witnesses on Online News Act

Media | 11/04/2022 5:50 pm EDT

Canada’s Online News Act could serve as a template for countries around the world who are seeking to protect legacy media from the overwhelming power of Google Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. This was part of the testimony at the House of Commons Committee on Canadian...