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The CRTC has denied two licence renewal applications from Quebec-based French language radio stations for consistently failing to meet their licence obligations. 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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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada allowed companies to defer about $263 million in spectrum and radio licence fees and made other changes to its spectrum licence procedures in response 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, …
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Telus Corp. has accused TLN Media Group (TMG) of undue preference, saying the company has stymied its efforts to carry an Italian-language program by insisting on “commercially unreasonable rates.” 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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Small telecommunications providers, the Canadian Communications Systems Alliance and Rogers Communications Inc. have all filed interventions with the CRTC supporting Quebecor Inc.’s Part 1 application over access to BCE Inc. support structures, saying they’ve encountered the same issues gaining access. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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Ontario-based home phone and internet provider Fibernetics Corp. is calling on the CRTC to compel BCE Inc. to allow it to lease facilities so it can expand its landline phone service to eight new areas. 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 is asking for feedback about how to best monitor linear and on-demand community programming. 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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Rogers Communications Inc. did not confer an undue preference on itself when it distributed its channels across New Brunswick while broadcasting a community TV station only in St. Andrews, the CRTC said Monday. 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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The CRTC has allowed Corus Entertainment Inc. to reduce its mandated Canadian programming expenditures (CPE) in a single year, but declared any shortfall must be made up in the following year. 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 denied a CloudWifi Inc. request for an interim scheme to allow small internet service providers to access other providers’ fibre in-building wire (IBW) in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) until the regulator sets a new tariff. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all …
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Telecoms and broadcasters have overwhelmingly urged the CRTC not to intervene in billing practices, arguing billing formats act as “competitive differentiators,” while the majority of public submissions call for the CRTC to require telecoms to provide paper bills on request. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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The CRTC has said no to two applications for new radio stations — one in Vancouver and one in Grande Prairie, Alberta. 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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In order to continue paying dividends to the company’s shareholders — including its employees who collectively are its fourth largest shareholder — Telus Corp. would have to lay off large numbers of employees if the CRTC moved to mandate access for mobile virtual network operators, according to a February board resolution filed with the CRTC …
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The CRTC has renewed the broadcasting licence of Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc.’s Super Channel for four years, while simultaneously suspending it for a “very serious” failure to comply with licence conditions relating to script and concept development expenditures. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock …
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Quebecor Inc. has informed the Federal Court of Appeal it won’t pursue its appeal of a CRTC decision allowing BCE Inc. to buy Groupe V Media Inc.’s conventional TV network V. 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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BCE Inc.‘s argument that retroactive payments mandated by the CRTC in its August wholesale rate decision are an unconstitutional tax is a “disguised attack” on the “entire rate setting regime” laid out in the Telecommunications Act, according to lawyers representing TekSavvy Solutions Inc. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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The Scarborough radio market can’t support another commercial radio station, the CRTC has ruled, but it’s open to allowing a Christian music station to operate there. 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’s wholesale rates ruling from last August ignored the intentions of a 2006 Maxime Bernier-era policy directive, and the decision to slash wholesale rates for third-party internet service providers must be set aside, lawyers representing the incumbent cable carriers and telecom companies sought to convince the Federal Court of Appeal’s three judge panel Thursday. …
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The CRTC has renewed CBC/Radio-Canada’s license for a year until September 2021, and delayed the associated public hearing until January 11, 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 trial or …
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The CRTC is asking Telus Corp. to publicly release a resolution from the company’s board of directors authorizing the firing of 5,000 workers should the regulator mandate access for mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). 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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Quebecor Inc. has filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC over access to BCE Inc. support structures. 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 should not rule on a Quebecor Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. application for the regulator to compel BCE Inc. to allow small cell technologies to be attached to Bell’s poles at rates set by the Support Structure Service Tariffs until a review of mobile wireless services is complete, Telus Corp. is arguing. This …
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The CRTC says its 2016 decision that U.S. shopping channel QVC could not be distributed in Canada was justified, but a clause in the soon to come into force Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) means it will be permitted to be distributed from July 1. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign …
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Five years after it announced a move to a new system for wholesale internet access, the CRTC is consulting on how it should change that regime. 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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TekSavvy Solutions Inc. has asked the CRTC to force Rogers Communications Inc. to stop applying an internet traffic management practice (ITMP) the reseller says disproportionately affects TekSavvy’s users, and contravenes regulatory requirements. 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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The CRTC has told BCE Inc. it can go ahead and trial using artificial intelligence for call blocking fraudulent calls on its 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. Take a free trial …
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The CRTC Thursday approved BCE Inc.‘s request to use the $125,000 sitting in its deferral account to pay the costs of public interest and accessibility intervenors in an upcoming consultation on reporting requirements for telecom companies under the Accessible Canada Act (ACA). This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here …
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The Competition Bureau says its advocacy for a temporary hybrid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model has been unchanged by COVID-19, as telecoms and stakeholders say the global pandemic has only strengthened their positions. 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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Distributel Communications Ltd. will charge a “very small” number of customers a $5 temporary surcharge on each internet bill, due to a legal challenge against last year’s wholesale rates decrease, the company has announced. 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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The CRTC is asking for comments on how Canadian wireless providers are meeting the regulator’s requirement to provide service plans for Canadians with disabilities. 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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Rogers Communications Inc. is protesting the CRTC’s decision to extend a deadline it had previously set for 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 …
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The performance of networks in other countries during the COVID-19 crisis is evidence that the Liberal government and the CRTC should tread lightly when it comes to regulating the telecom sector, BCE Inc. CEO Mirko Bibic said Wednesday. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock …
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A Federal Court of Appeal judge has rejected the argument made by the incumbent telecom companies last week that their appeal of the CRTC’s wholesale broadband rates decision is too complicated to be done through videoconferencing. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all the …
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Telecom companies operating in Calgary will not have to abide by a municipal bylaw granting the city rights-of-way, the Alberta Court of Appeal has decided. 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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Two small internet service providers who install their own fibre in-building wire in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) have been used by BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. to justify their argument that mandating third party access is not necessary. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock all …
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Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc. have asked the CRTC to compel BCE Inc. to allow them to attach small cell technologies to Bell’s poles at rates set by the Support Structure Service Tariffs following years of unsuccessful negotiations. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? …
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In an upcoming consultation on how the CRTC should require reporting by broadcasters and telecommunications providers under the Accessible Canada Act, BCE Inc. says the regulator could use money left in its deferral account to pay for the costs of public interest and accessibility intervenors. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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Under a rural broadband policy platform put out for public consultation by the federal Conservatives, all Canadians would have access to internet service at the CRTC’s basic service standards by next year, a plan panned Wednesday by the Liberal government and the NDP as unrealistic. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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Opposition parties that normally hold differing views on any given issue are finding themselves agreeing on some telecom-adjacent files in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both the Conservatives and NDP calling for the government to support lower wholesale internet rates and speed up rural broadband rollouts. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers …
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The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is asking for all Canadian telecommunication service providers to disclose any steps they’ve taken to trace the spread of COVID-19 and for the CRTC to inquire into all activities. 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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A request by BCE Inc. to freeze the process to create an access regime for in-building wire in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) has been denied by the CRTC, in the latest development of Bell’s long-running dispute with Cloudwifi Inc. over use of its wiring. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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In a Tuesday filing with the Federal Court of Appeal, the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) said that the appeal of the CRTC’s August wholesale rate decision by some six companies should be thrown out, because the CRTC’s order meets policy directives established by the federal government. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already …
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Quebecor Inc. has lodged another complaint with the CRTC in its long-running fight against BCE Inc., alleging Bell placed it at an undue disadvantage by unreasonably increasing the rate for its Super Écran channel. 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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The CRTC has again extended the deadline for telecommunication service providers to apply to the regulator’s $750 million Broadband Fund in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing back the deadline to June 1. 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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The CRTC has launched a public consultation into whether the approach it uses to set wholesale rates should be changed, stating it’s seeking to establish a “more transparent and efficient process” while ensuring rates remain just and reasonable. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? Unlock …
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The CRTC has responded to a letter from The Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. taking issue with changes to incumbent installation and repair procedures, saying it won’t require the filing of additional information in response to the complaint. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here …
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Quebecor Inc. has urged the CRTC to deny a BCE Inc. request to indefinitely postpone its consultation on access to fibre in-building wire in multi-dwelling units, labelling Bell’s arguments “unfounded” and “obviously exaggerated.” 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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A process to create a tariff for access to in-building wire in multi-dwelling units should be put on hold until after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, or until BCE Inc. has been given sufficient time to check every existing connection, Bell has argued in a Part 1 application lodged with the CRTC. This content is …
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The ongoing appeal by incumbent telecoms of the CRTC’s wholesale internet rates decision from August should be dismissed because the appeal argues that the regulator made errors in fact, rather than errors in law and jurisdiction, according to a Tuesday filing from TekSavvy Solutions Inc. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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After BCE Inc. asked it to grant an “urgent” approval to block the one-ring phone scam calls known as Wangiri calls at the end of March, on account of the increased call volume associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the CRTC today approved Bell’s request until June 1 of this year. This content is available to …
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The CRTC is under criticism for saying it may not award costs to groups who participate in a public consultation on regulations under the Accessibility Canada Act, with stakeholder groups arguing such a move would “contradict” the objectives of the new accessibility legislation. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is joining a call made last week by Conservative Industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner that the CRTC intervene to lower its wholesale rates to the level determined in its August 2019 decision, on an emergency basis. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? …
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The CRTC has put out a call for public comment about how new reporting requirements for broadcasters and telecommunications providers should look under the Accessible Canada Act. 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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The Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and TekSavvy Solutions Inc. are alleging that the incumbent telecoms from whom they purchase wholesale high-speed internet access are making changes to their installation and repair procedures in the wake of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign …
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The CRTC has delayed the launch of new proceedings due to COVID-19, stating it’s aware the telecommunications industry’s primary focus is on delivering services to Canadians. 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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Conservative industry critic Michelle Rempel Garner has called on Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and the CRTC to issue an emergency directive forcing the big telecom companies to abide by the terms of the regulator’s August 2019 decision on wholesale rates. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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The CRTC has pushed back a series of deadlines around the implementation of next-generation 911 (NG911) services, 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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All internet service providers who were accessing BCE Inc.’s in-building wire as of Dec. 16, 2019 must give Bell a list of all buildings in which they were accessing Bell’s wires to provide service to customers, the CRTC has ruled. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot password? …
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Amid the financial uncertainty and upheaval of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Cogeco Inc. will adjust its share repurchasing program, the company’s executives told analysts on a Wednesday morning second quarter earnings call. 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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The CRTC said Wednesday that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is postponing CBC/Radio-Canada’s licence renewal hearing to an undetermined later date. 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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The Federal Court appeal of the CRTC’s lowered wholesale internet rates could still include a hearing in June as originally scheduled, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that has ground most of the country to a halt. 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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Canadian radio and TV broadcasters won’t have to pay licence fees for 2020-21 in a bid to help them navigate declines in advertising revenue caused by 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 …
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The CRTC is reviewing its internal processes after it published confidential documents from BCE Inc.’s Northwestel and Télébec on its website and left them there for more than seven months before realising its error. 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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Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has laid off 130 staff and will implement a flat $5 bill increase for its residential internet customers as of May, saying a legal challenge against last year’s wholesale rate reduction, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, left the company with no option. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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The CRTC has ordered BCE Inc. to sign an agreement that would allow CloudWifi Inc. to progress its application to become a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), finding Bell’s continued refusal to do so is “unnecessarily hindering competition and consumer choice.” This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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BCE Inc. has filed an application with the CRTC asking it for “urgent expedited and ex parte approval” to block so-called Wangiri — one-ring phone scam — calls, saying doing so would allow the company to better address high call volumes caused by the country’s collective social distancing. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers …
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The CRTC has given interim approval to BCE Inc.’s Northwestel application for urgent relief that will allow to it waive data overage charges for its cable and fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) internet customers. 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 extended the deadline for telecommunication service providers to apply to the regulator’s $750 million Broadband Fund to April 30, in light 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 digital media news you …
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The CRTC is asking Cooptel to answer several questions about how its call blocking system will work, after the company asked if it could introduce a call filtering service in its October 2019 updated tariff application. 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 has ordered BCE Inc.’s Northwestel to resubmit its “urgent” application for temporary relief in order to waive overage fees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic because the application presupposes the regulator will determine to reinstate a subsidy for landlines. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN …
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Following the recommendation of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the governor-in-council has rejected a request for the cabinet to reexamine or send back the CRTC’s decision to renew the Canadian licenses of Sirius XM Canada Inc., which operates both Sirius Canada and XM Canada. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in …
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Telecommunication providers are closing retail stores, offering complimentary TV channels and continuing to waive overage fees on home internet plans as they respond to COVID-19. 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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OTTAWA — The CRTC’s efforts to work with telecom companies to implement a STIR/SHAKEN call identification protocol to cut down on fraud calls will have the unwitting effect of crowding out smaller players from the telecom market, the Internet Society’s Canadian chapter president Matthew Gamble told the House of Commons industry committee Thursday. This content …
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The CRTC has clarified that the pricing commitment in its $750-million Broadband Fund will not apply to funds used only for new mobile wireless coverage along major roads. 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 CRTC has given Rogers Communications Inc. the green light to set a maximum prepaid account balance of $150, rejecting an argument from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation that doing so would violate the Wireless Code. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here LOGIN Forgot …
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After several months of attempting to get several smaller telecom service providers to join up to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services, the CRTC Friday issued a notice that Rafiki Technologies Inc. and SkyNet Data Networks Inc. must explain why they haven’t done so. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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The House industry committee will study two hot-button telecommunications issues, launching a study into the affordability and accessibility of telecommunications in Canada, while also deciding to study the influx of fraud calls received in the country. 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 Canadian chapter of the Internet Society is not satisfied with what it learned from BCE Inc.‘s plans to use artificial intelligence in a 90 day trial of a new call blocking technology. The telecom had offered to let it and other intervenors in on their methodology, provided they sign a non-disclosure agreement. This content is …
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The CRTC has launched a consultation to consider whether wireless service providers should be required to provide paper bills to customers, after it rejected an application from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre to require Telus Corp.’s flanker brand Koodo to do so. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here …
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As part of their ongoing effort to fight content piracy, two of Canada’s largest media and telecom companies have, or are considering setting up, “piracy labs” to demonstrate to visitors including regulators and government officials what infringement looks like. Rogers Communications Inc. has established a piracy lab which CRTC chairman Ian Scott and commissioner Monique …
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GATINEAU, Que. — The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and Open Media have unveiled the most ambitious low-cost wireless plan at the final day of the CRTC’s wireless hearings, asking the regulator to mandate a $20 monthly plan including four GBs of data. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? …
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