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Canadian residents in the North want the CRTC to allow enhanced competition to break up the “monopolistic” landscape of internet services in the area, according to an Environics Research report commissioned by the regulator. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, …
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On the second day of the CRTC’s hearings into the CBC/Radio-Canada license renewal, CBC executives detailed the lead up to the broadcaster’s much-criticized decision to cut local news broadcasts across the country in the early days of the pandemic. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? …
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The COVID-19 pandemic dropped CBC/Radio-Canada’s revenues by 11 per cent, but that impact was significantly less than public broadcaster’s leadership had feared, CEO Catherine Tait told the CRTC Monday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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There is insufficient evidence Rogers Communications Inc.‘s pandemic-driven internet traffic management policy (ITMP) disproportionally affects wholesale end users, but at the same time the company must disclose more information about the practice in order to comply with regulatory requirements, the CRTC rules in a decision released Monday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already …
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The CRTC has extended its deadline for interventions to its commercial radio policy framework review following a procedural request from various associations representing the music sector. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take …
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The CRTC announced Monday that it would establish a CRTC interconnection steering committee (CISC) ad hoc relief planning committee to examine options and make numbering relief recommendations for area codes 204 and 431 in Manitoba. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian …
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Frustrated with what it said is the deteriorating state of competition in the provision of retail broadband services, the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) Friday filed a Part 1 application calling on the CRTC to implement a “retail Internet service resale” (RISR) framework for fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) services. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers …
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Mitel Networks Corp. has filed a Part 1 application requesting that the CRTC instruct the agency in charge of implementing the anti-call-spoofing protocol known as STIR/SHAKEN to allow all resellers to participate in the framework. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian …
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A BCE Inc. price increase on the unbundled local loop (ULL) service it sells to Fusion Connect Inc.‘s Primus will have an undue impact on low-income customers who rely on the service, according to several interveners in a Part 1 application on the rate increases, which is currently before the CRTC. This content is available …
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The CRTC is giving incumbent telecom companies that provide wholesale high speed internet access a year to implement a new quality of service (QoS) regime, which will require incumbents to track and report how well they provide service to wholesale customers. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected an application for leave to appeal by a broadcaster whose radio licence was denied renewal by the CRTC. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a …
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In the lead up to its license renewal hearings in January, CBC/Radio-Canada has declined to provide the CRTC with statistics about the diversity of its in-house production staff. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you …
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A new CRTC study suggests that the decline of broadcast television could be slowed — but not stopped — if TV providers invest in virtual or online broadcast distribution undertakings (vBDUs). This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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Telus Inc.‘s request for the CRTC to review its decision that the company “unjustly discriminated” against Iristel Inc. should be thrown out and the original ruling upheld, Iristel has told the regulator. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and …
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Public Safety Canada is considering implementing a “more sustainable funding approach” for Canada’s emergency alert system, according to documents obtained through the access to information system. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take …
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In seeking to appeal a $17.9 million fine imposed by the CRTC in October for misallocating local programming spending, BCE Inc. has failed to demonstrate that the CRTC denied it a level of procedural fairness, and the regulator did in fact give it adequate notice before it imposed the fine, the Attorney General’s office told …
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The federal government will waive Part II licensing fees for Canadian broadcasters that have seen advertising downturns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial or …
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The CRTC will not open a new Part 1 or consultation in response to a letter from a number of ex-CBC/Radio-Canada employees criticizing the public broadcaster’s new branded content scheme, Tandem. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital …
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The CRTC appears to be preparing for a new secret shopper project that will monitor the sales practices of telecommunications companies in Canada. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial …
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While telecommunications revenues across the sector increased by two per cent in 2019, it was the slowest rate of growth in a decade, according to the CRTC’s Communications Monitoring Report, published Thursday morning by the regulator. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the …
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The disparate broadband funding programs administered across different federal government departments should instead all be coordinated by a single governmental body, with sole authority for administering the billions of dollars aimed at connecting the country to high speed internet, the House of Commons industry committee heard Tuesday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already …
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The Supreme Court appeal incumbent telecoms filed in November amounts to little more than a “disagreement” with a Federal Court of Appeal decision, focused on policy considerations that have no place before Canada’s highest court, according to a filing from one of the incumbents’ chief adversaries in the long-running court fight over the CRTC’s rates …
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Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have the support of two regional telecom companies in a joint Part 1 that they filed, requesting that the CRTC force the British Columbian government to give compensation for mandatory relocation of their infrastructure in the province. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign …
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A CRTC consultation on paper billing practices in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors is continuing, with the commission requesting that all major companies respond to a series of questions about their provision of paper bills to customers. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all …
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While it believes the CRTC’s existing definition of “customer confidential information” is broad enough to protect the use of the IP addresses and phone numbers of those using the federal COVID-19 alert app and its Alberta ABTraceTogether counterpart, the federal privacy watchdog has said it would support the CRTC explicitly stating so. This content is …
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The House industry committee is calling on the federal government to review legislation covering fraudulent calls, and for the government and regulators to support industry-based solutions to the issue. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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In a CRTC proceeding set to determine whether competitive access for in-building wire (IBW) will be mandated in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) like condominiums, CloudWifi Inc. has rejected BCE Inc.‘s argument that the prevalence of competitive local exchange carriers in MDUs in the Bell footprint is evidence that the regulator should not mandate access to incumbent …
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BCE Inc. has filed an application for leave to appeal a $17.9-million penalty imposed by the CRTC last month for violations of its broadcasting license, arguing that the CRTC failed to give the broadcaster adequate notice that it was misallocating its community programming funding towards its own local news programming. This content is available to …
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As Canadian emergency management authorities hold their regular test of the public emergency alerting system Wednesday, the federal government is exploring how to extend those alerts to online platforms and digital devices. The Department of National Defence is interested in expanding the emergency alerting system to computers, digital personal assistants, gaming platforms and IoT devices, …
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Canadian content programming relief from the CRTC would allow BCE Inc.‘s radio stations to more effectively compete with streaming giants like Spotify AB, according to Bell Media’s senior vice-president of radio and local TV, Nikki Moffat. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the …
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The CRTC will release a report detailing the impact of online services on the state of video and television and video distribution in Canada and some nine other countries before the end of the year, chairman Ian Scott said Tuesday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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A group of former CBC employees have asked the CRTC to look into CBC/Radio-Canada sponsored content program Tandem. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire …
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The CRTC has launched a consultation to review its regulatory framework for the commercial radio sector. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. …
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In anticipation of CBC/Radio-Canada’s January license renewal hearings, the CRTC has requested that the broadcaster collect file information about staff diversity on its productions. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free …
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In response to a CRTC call for comments, Canadian telecommunications providers have indicated that they generally agree with new deadlines for the rollout of next-generation 911 networks across Canada. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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The federal government announced the launch of its long-awaited Universal Broadband Fund Monday morning, increasing the funding by $750 million and the number of Canadians it aims to have connected by 2026 from 95 per cent to 98 per cent. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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A day after CRTC chairman Ian Scott addressed the Competitive Network Operators of Canada’s ISP Summit and gave no more details about when the regulator would give some finality to the issue of wholesale internet access rates, frustrations with the regulator’s timelines and process seemed to boil over Wednesday. This content is available to wirereport.ca …
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Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault isn’t concerned about potential political or industry opposition to the Broadcasting Act updates he tabled Tuesday, saying in an interview a “realistic timeline” for the new rules to be in place would be by the end of 2021. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here …
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The Liberal government’s proposed updates to the Broadcasting Act have received sharp criticism from opposition parties, while some advocates for Canadian content makers offered up praise for Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s bill, tabled Tuesday as Bill C-10. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all …
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The CRTC has rejected a complaint from Rogers Communications Inc. about an extension the regulator granted BCE Inc. to install trunk connections to carry toll-free traffic between their networks. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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The Liberal government’s long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act confirms that the CRTC is able to regulate online services such as streaming platforms and leaves it to the regulator to work out the details, under the guidance of an upcoming policy direction from the government. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters Tuesday that once the …
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In its reply to interventions on the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ request for a policy of “deemed compliance” in Canadian programming expenditures, the Canadian Media Producers Association has taken aim at the lack of transparency around revenue and spending by the large broadcasters. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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The CRTC Monday announced a consultation on the state of telecommunications in the North, and is in particular seeking input on the service offered by BCE Inc. subsidiary Northwestel. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news …
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The CRTC has launched a consultation on improving access to poles owned by Canadian telecom companies. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. …
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The National Campus and Community Radio Association, Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada and Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec have filed a joint intervention arguing against the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) proposal for broadcasters to receive regulatory relief, writing that it could deprive small community radio stations of funding. This content is available …
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Six months after the CRTC declined its request to hold an inquiry into contact tracing technologies and negotiations around them between telecom companies and governments, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre has filed a fresh request for an inquiry to the regulator in the wake of the launch of both federal and Alberta-specific apps. This content …
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TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the Federal Court of Appeal to review the CRTC’s Sept. 28 decision to grant a request from incumbents for a fresh stay on the implementation of the lower wholesale internet rates it announced in August 2019. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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Incumbent telecoms are asking the CRTC to deny a request from the Competitive Network Operators of Canada to require the large telecoms to release more detailed information about the structures of their disaggregated networks. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, …
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BCE Inc. misclassified a number of self-promotional productions as community programming, and misallocated $35.9 million to its CTV networks, the CRTC said Thursday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free trial …
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Corus Entertainment Inc. continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the rate of decline in advertising improved in the fourth quarter compared to the third, the company said Thursday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and …
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Whether or not there is a pandemic, large broadcasters want to do away with their Canadian content obligations, and they should not be allowed to use the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse to shift their obligations away from supporting Canadian creators, according to the Writers’ Guild of Canada. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers …
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The Competitive Network Operators of Canada industry group has told the CRTC that it needs more information about how incumbents have structured their disaggregated network architecture in order to properly participate in regulator’s ongoing consultation on how to reconfigure the disaggregated regime. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here …
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Testing of the National Public Alerting System (NPAS) across mobile devices produced by five major manufacturers showed devices play alerts at variable volumes, while putting a phone in “do not disturb” mode did not always prevent an audible alert from sounding, the CRTC said in a report released Thursday. This content is available to wirereport.ca …
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The Liberals’ election commitment to drop wireless prices 25 per cent will happen organically due to changes in the market, and it probably won’t save Canadians the average of $1,000 a year that the party platform promised, Innovation Canada told the Privy Council Office. That’s because while the Liberal promise targets plans with a specific, …
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In order to make its disaggregated wholesale regime work, the CRTC should reintroduce a level of aggregation to cut down on the amount wholesale-based providers would have to spend to connect, the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) told the CRTC. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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The CRTC is allowing the trial of BCE Inc.’s artificial intelligence-based spam and fraudulent call blocking system to continue until it decides on a request by Bell to make the project permanent. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and …
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Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. have asked the CRTC to require British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to either pay half of the costs of mandatory relocation of their telecommunications infrastructure, or the same reimbursement the province gives to Telus Corp., “whichever is greater,” according to a joint Part 1 filed Friday …
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The Canadian Communication Systems Alliance has endorsed a complaint from Quebecor Inc.‘s Videotron to the Competition Bureau over delays to accessing BCE Inc. infrastructure in Quebec, writing in a Friday release that “the ability to attach high-speed fiber to such poles in an affordable and timely manner is critical to extending broadband to currently unserved …
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In an ongoing dispute between Rogers Communications Inc. and some of its third party internet access (TPIA) wholesale customers over COVID-19-related internet traffic management practices (ITMPs), TekSavvy Solutions Inc. says Rogers is being too vague about its use of ITMPs, and should put the practice on hold until the CRTC reviews it. This content is …
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BCE Inc. has officially asked the CRTC to make its artificial intelligence-based call blocking system permanent, weeks after asking for an interim extension of the originally temporary scheme. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you …
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One in five potential customers for telecommunications services “perceived that they may have faced misleading or aggressive sales practices,” and telecom shoppers with disabilities are “significantly” less satisfied with their options than those without disabilities, according to a “secret shopper” report released Tuesday by the CRTC. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a …
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Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron told the CRTC that a proposal by BCE Inc. subsidiary Cablevision du Nord in response to Videotron’s request to increase the wholesale capacity it buys from Cablevision is too little, too late. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian …
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The CRTC said Monday it has approved a stay request from incumbent telecoms asking the regulator not to enforce the wholesale rates it lowered in August 2019. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. …
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In response to a complaint to the CRTC from Quebecor Inc.‘s Videotron that BCE Inc. was unduly delaying Videotron’s arrival in the Abitibi region, Bell subsidiary Cablevision du Nord says the delay is Videotron’s fault. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian …
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Telus Corp. has told the CRTC that it doesn’t think Iristel Inc. deserves a stay on implementing new tariff rates while the CRTC assesses Iristel’s argument that the regulator wrongly determined it was stimulating traffic to the 867 area code. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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BCE Inc. is not unduly preferring its own TV service and is simply withholding new services and features as leverage in its negotiations with the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance, as is its right, according to Bell’s response to a CCSA complaint. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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The CRTC Thursday launched a consultation on a request submitted by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in mid-July that asked for emergency regulatory relief to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and …
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Iristel Inc. is sticking to its guns in its claim that the CRTC should look into the problem of caller ID manipulation, and in a reply to a response from Rogers Communications Inc. rejected Rogers’ assertion that the problem is an isolated one and that Iristel’s complaint to the commission is frivolous. This content is …
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The production slowdown stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns has created a crisis for Corus Entertainment Inc. in terms of meeting its CRTC-mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE), and according to CEO Doug Murphy, it is a crisis the company “is not going to waste.” This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign …
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As Cogeco Inc.’s CFO speculated Tuesday that a bid for his company’s Canadian division by Rogers Communications Inc. was driven in part by an attempt to take Cogeco out of the wireless equation, Rogers’ CEO indicated the company hasn’t given up on the potential acquisition. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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The CRTC has extended its deadline for telecom providers to implement an anti-call-spoofing protocol known as STIR/SHAKEN by nine months, until June 30, 2021. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. Take a free …
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In an increasingly bitter dispute with the nation’s tax collector, Iristel Inc. has accused a Canada Revenue Agency employee of lying under oath in a court case related to an audit of the company, and has asked the Attorney General’s office to investigate. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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After the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the incumbent telecom companies’ challenge of the CRTC’s wholesale internet rates Thursday, independent internet service providers are now asking the regulator to move quickly to enforce the lower rates. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the …
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The CRTC is putting on hold its proceeding on whether it should fine Iristel Inc. and Telus Corp. up to $1.25 million over a fight involving traffic stimulation. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you …
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The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Thursday the large telecom companies’ appeal of the CRTC’s Aug. 2019 decision lowering wholesale rates. The appeal is part of a long-running dispute between incumbent telecoms including BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Shaw Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc., and smaller providers that buy wholesale service from them, like those …
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After the CRTC refused to renew its broadcast licence earlier this summer, Groupe Médias Pam Inc. has turned to the Federal Court of Appeal, asking it to overturn that CRTC decision. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital …
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The CRTC has asked telecoms to indefinitely refrain from starting or relaunching any measures to block unauthorized SIM swapping or porting, after Quebecor Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. reported issues with a process created by members of the Canadian Wireless Technology Association’s wireless number portability (WNP) council. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already …
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Iristel Inc. says the CRTC wrongly determined it was stimulating traffic to the 867 area code and “fundamentally misunderstood” the role of a tariffed rate it significantly reduced in a bid to stop the practice, the company has argued in a review-and-vary application. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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BCE Inc. has asked a Federal Court of Appeal judge to throw out an appeal of Canada’s first ever site-blocking court order, saying that TekSavvy Solutions Inc.‘s appeal of the order is grounded in “policy reasons.” This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the …
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The CRTC is seeking public comment on a series of suggested deadlines around the rollout of next-generation 911 (NG911) services, and the decommissioning of existing 911 networks. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need. …
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BCE Inc. has applied to the CRTC for an interim extension of its “very encouraging” trial of Canada’s first artificial intelligence-based call blocking system, which has been the subject of concerns around transparency and privacy, until the regulator rules on a yet to be submitted Part 1 application to make the scheme permanent. In a …
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Iristel Inc.‘s complaint to the CRTC that it thought Rogers Communications Inc. might have been involved in a scheme where some Canadian customers have had their caller ID tweaked to make it seem like calls are originating from the U.S., are “false and utterly without foundation,” Rogers says. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers …
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The CRTC has again extended the broadcasting licence of CPAM Radio Union.Com Inc.’s CJWI Montreal French-language radio station for a shorter term of two years, after finding it had been non-compliant with its licencing terms for the fourth consecutive licencing period. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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The CRTC has suspended all deadlines relating to its consultation on wireless plans for people with disabilities until further notice while it considers a request for a virtual public hearing to be held. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting …
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Two Nunavut radio stations owned by Northern Lights Entertainment Inc. have had their broadcasting licences extended for just two years after the CRTC found they had failed to comply with a series of licence conditions. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the Canadian …
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