OTTAWA – CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides announced Wednesday the appointment of lawyer Leila Wright as the commission’s executive director of telecommunications. Wright, like Eatrides, has done work at the Competition... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – A thorn in the side of third party cable companies told to bear the full cost of a pole replacement to attach their telecom equipment... Continue Reading
REGINA – SaskTel announced Wednesday that it has started switching on its 5G network in Swift Current. The wireless network, which can reach download speeds of up to 1.2 Gigabits... Continue Reading
QUEBEC CITY – A Quebec City-based telecom cooperative has signed on Adara Technologies to provide internet-based video solutions for the group’s members, a press release said Tuesday. Adara’s myCatapulTVe product... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Monday during a House industry committee hearing that he is “no near” a decision on the spectrum transfer from Shaw... Continue Reading
Government "disagreed" with incumbent arguments about direction usefulness and legality By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Innovation Canada has kept its proposed policy direction to the CRTC largely intact, as the... Continue Reading
REGINA – SaskTel’s board of directors announced today that president and CEO Doug Burnett is retiring. The board said the retirement will take effect between the end of May to... Continue Reading
PERTH COUNTY -- The federal and Ontario governments announced today the awarding of $2.2 million to bring high-speed internet to Perth County. The money will go to connect 471 families,... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Former deputy prime minister John Manley has been appointed chair of the Telus board of directors. The long-time board member is succeeding Dick Auchinleck, who is retiring after... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The rapid build stream of the $3.225-billion Universal Broadband Fund, which was supposed to have projects completed by November 2021, has yet to allocate all... Continue Reading
