Digital services tax on company revenue pegged at 3% By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The federal government is proposing a $1-billion top-up to the $1.75-billion Universal Broadband Fund as part... Continue Reading
OTTAWA — In a letter sent today to Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) is asking for a 90-day delay to the... Continue Reading
REGINA and OTTAWA-GATINEAU — SaskTel has asked the CRTC to stay its recent decision to provide up to $9.5 million in funding to BH Telecom Corp., a competitor to SaskTel... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – On Friday, the CRTC agreed with Videotron’s complaint Bell has been obstructing use of its poles. Videotron filed a complaint with the CRTC in June alleging ongoing problems... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Cogeco Communications will get into the wireless game. This afternoon the company officially responded to yesterday’s announcement of new CRTC wireless policies by saying it welcomes the Commission... Continue Reading
CRTC focuses on accelerating regional carrier network builds. Eyes now on Cogeco if regulatory conditions satisfy mobile entry By Ahmad Hathout GATINEAU – In requiring the country’s largest telecommunications companies... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – The CRTC today decided to mandate mobile virtual network operators for the Canadian wireless market – as long as companies who want to be one already own and operate network facilities and Tier 4 or higher (3, 2, 1) spectrum.
The Commission is calling it “wholesale facilities-based MVNO access service” and the decision also makes it clear this new “wholesale roaming policy applies to fifth-generation (5G) networks. This confirmation is important to help ensure that competition can continue to grow as the mobile wireless service market evolves to 5G.”
In short, that means companies with existing facilities like…
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FREDERICTON – Former CRTC commissioner Chris MacDonald has been hired by Rogers Communications as senior manager regional delivery - Atlantic Canada. MacDonald made the announcement on his LinkedIn page. We... Continue Reading
GATINEAU — Cartt.ca readers will be glad to know the CRTC’s new wireless policies will finally be released this week, with mandated mobile virtual network operators (will they or won’t... Continue Reading
By Steve Faguy IN CANADIAN BROADCASTING’S regulatory system, the industry is represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the broadcasters who always want less regulation, and the interest and... Continue Reading
We've gathered a number of links where Canadian cable, radio, television, telecom and wireless companies have posted their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
