TORONTO – It appears Corus Entertainment and a number of other Canadian broadcasters have made their Canadian specialty channels free to the customers of broadcast distribution undertakings (BDUs) in Canada... Continue Reading
WHILE WE’VE COVERED much of what the large Canadian ISPs, BDUs and wireless companies are doing for their customers during the current health crisis, smaller, independent operators are acting to... Continue Reading
MARKHAM — In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Iristel and Ice Wireless have removed data speed restrictions for their customers, effective immediately. Customers do not need to contact Iristel or... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU — As a knock-on effect of the current government and industry response to the COVID-19 outbreak, requiring many people to work from home, the CRTC has suspended all deadlines... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Internet service provider TekSavvy said in court documents filed on Friday that the big broadcasters which were successful in bringing about the first court-ordered site-blocking... Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – On February 20th, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology “adopted a motion to study the influx of fraud calls in Canada, including robocalls,... Continue Reading
CHARLOTTETOWN — The government of Prince Edward Island announced Friday it has signed federal-provincial agreements with Bell Canada and Xplornet, as well as a funding arrangement with local Internet provider... Continue Reading
WHITEHORSE – As part of its COVID-19 response, Northwestel said Monday it submitted an urgent application to the CRTC for temporary relief on residential Internet usage to facilitate increased telework... Continue Reading
MISSISSAUGA and CALGARY — Canadian CommTech Show organizers announced Monday both the CommTech East and CommTech West shows are being postponed until the fall. CommTech East 2020, originally scheduled for... Continue Reading
TORONTO — Distributel is the latest company to announce COVID-19 mitigation measures with the news Monday it will waive all data caps for residential Internet customers for a minimum of... Continue Reading
