Commission may launch public consultation on matter OTTAWA – The CRTC is asking the country’s largest internet service providers via letter for comment on whether it should mandate participation in... Continue Reading
By Connie Thiessen The deadline for interventions in Bell Media’s request for regulatory programming relief passed late last week with 19 submissions received by the CRTC, the majority making the case against the broadcaster’s proposal.... Continue Reading
Large telecoms emphasize need for mobile wireless projects By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Service providers are providing mixed responses to the CRTC’s proposal to use the Broadband Fund to subsidize... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Quebecor said Thursday it is “upgrading the telecom industry” by providing enhancements and a new plan on its newly-acquired Freedom Mobile brand intended to undercut... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Wednesday the company is weighing its options, including possibly appealing a decision by the CRTC to pick Quebecor’s rate for... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has directed his department Monday to launch a consultation to help expedite service in Toronto’s subway system. The consultation seeks answers to questions addressing... Continue Reading
Regulator argued Rogers’s investment capacity won’t be harmed By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The CRTC has selected Quebecor’s price to access Rogers’s wireless network for the purposes of building out... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The Federal Court ordered Tuesday that internet service providers block the IP addresses associated with alleged unauthorized restreamers of live baseball games exclusively owned by... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Quebecor has won an arbitration hearing at the CRTC to determine the cost to access Bell’s wireless network. In a letter dated July 13, the... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Rogers told the CRTC that it must act expeditiously on its request to access Bell and Telus poles because the new policy direction from Cabinet... Continue Reading