GATINEAU - The CRTC kicked off hearings into the Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV policy yesterday with chair Konrad von Finckenstein questioning why Bell TV hasn’t yet started to transition to... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Developments in the mobile payments space have been slow and ongoing for a number of years but those efforts are beginning to bear some fruit, said vice-president of... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - In a presentation to the 2010 Mobile Money Forum in Ottawa last week, PayPal Canada said that mobile will be the next, and preferred, payment platform for a... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Mobile payments are going to be a rather tough sell in Canada, a conference in Ottawa this week heard. Not only are merchants reluctant to support and potentially... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology fast-tracked proposed anti-spam legislation last week with very little debate. Bill C-28, which proposes a number of new provisions on... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Bell Aliant Regional Communications says that if the obligation to serve subsidy regime isn’t fixed, it may have no choice but to cut off certain services to some... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - The small incumbent telcos in Ontario lashed out at the cable companies during the rebuttal phase of the obligation to serve hearing Wednesday, telling the CRTC that it... Continue Reading
GATINEAU - Perhaps not a full U-turn, but the CRTC did alter the way it allows Bell Canada to implement usage-based billing on certain wholesale gateway access service (GAS) customers.... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Expanding the basic service objective to include broadband would have substantial negative financial impacts on their businesses, a group of small independent ISPs told the CRTC on Monday during... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Talk of the contribution regime and the appropriate level for a high-cost serving area (HCSA) subsidy became heated at times during the fifth day of testimony at the... Continue Reading
