OTTAWA - The case goes back a few years and involves a complex network migration of Department of National Defence telecom services from Bell to Telus, but Telus is again... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Industry minister Tony Clement created a tilted ice sheet when he overturned the CRTC decision on Globalive’s ownership, Public Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic told the House of Commons... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – It’s time to open up Canada’s telecom borders to foreign investment, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development told the federal government this morning.Dimitri Ypsilanti, head of the... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The tightly knit nature of the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors makes it impossible to open telecom markets to greater foreign investment without negatively affecting Canadian culture in some... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – “There is a concern that these restrictions are impairing the growth and competitiveness of the industry to the detriment of consumers and the industry as a whole,” said... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - The broadcasting industry is opposing a plan by Industry Canada to allow fixed and mobile services – in addition to broadcasting – in portions of the L-band. Aerospace... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Launching first in a market can bring tremendous rewards, but as Wind Mobile seems to be experiencing, it can also represent a serious misstep.Wind Mobile, the first of... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Mobilicity is the latest new entrant wireless carrier to find itself in the CRTC’s ownership review crosshairs, but the company’s chief executive says it is much ado about... Continue Reading
OTTAWA - Comments filed on the CRTC’s reconsideration of speed matching strike a familiar refrain: Would-be competitors say Canadians will suffer if the CRTC doesn’t mandate speed matching and access... Continue Reading
Several months after establishing conditions under which small incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) would have to face competition in their local markets, the CRTC has put those plans on hold.In... Continue Reading
