Competitors are left wondering about rates and implications of five-year access immunity By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC on Tuesday ordered the largest telephone companies to provide wholesale access to their... Continue Reading
Rogers and Vancouver-based SenseNet announced Tuesday a partnership to introduce wildfire detection technology to 10 communities in Alberta and British Columbia. Powered by the Rogers 5G network, SenseNet’s wildfire detection tech will... Continue Reading
Quebecor announced Monday two members of its management team have been appointed to new positions at subsidiary Videotron and Freedom Mobile. Effective Monday, Jean-François Lescadres becomes senior vice president and chief financial... Continue Reading
CRTC staff said in a letter last week to Rogers that it is suspending consideration of the cable company’s Part 1 application for an immediate temporary stay of the speed-matching requirement for its recently... Continue Reading
The CRTC on Monday approved on an exceptional basis a request from Northwestel Inc. to use a portion of the Broadband Fund funding previously allocated to its fibre project in Northwest Territories... Continue Reading
Telus and Doig River First Nation, in partnership with All Nations Trust Company (ANTCO), the governments of Canada and British Columbia, and the Northern Development Initiative Trust, last week announced ground has... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Quebecor on Thursday reported its telecom division added over 300,000 new wireless customers, which its CEO attributed to a steadfast strategy of providing attractive low-cost plans after... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Rogers is asking for the CRTC’s assistance in breaking an impasse in which the cable company and the city of Ottawa cannot come to an agreement on... Continue Reading
SaskTel announced last week it has started launching its fibre-based infiNET service — capable of delivering internet speeds up to 1 Gbps — in 12 more rural communities in Saskatchewan. The provincial... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Telus reported Friday a 3.4-per-cent decline over the year in mobile wireless average revenue per user (ARPU) in the second quarter, which executives said they are clearly... Continue Reading
