GATINEAU – When the CRTC launched its review of mobile wireless services earlier this year it stated: “This proceeding will focus on three key areas: Competition in the retail market;... Continue Reading
We’re not sure where the MPs get some of their factsOTTAWA – Since January when Nova Scotia MP Bernadette Jordan was appointed Canada’s first Minister of Rural Economic Development, she... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized horses?That was the unusual, if creative, way SaskTel chose to demonstrate how, if the CRTC is going to... Continue Reading
Needs local data for a proper analysisOTTAWA – It’s rare for a bureaucratic back-and-forth to be quite so public, but with so much at stake, the Commissioner for Competition doesn’t... Continue Reading
Industry, others, provide feedbackOTTAWA – On February 26th, the Government of Canada proposed new CRTC Policy direction to put Canadians at the forefront of future telecommunications decisions, as Cartt.ca reported.By... Continue Reading
GRANDE PRAIRIE – Eastlink today will launch its first wireless market outside of Canada’s east when it launches in the western Alberta city of Grande Prairie, today.Many readers may not... Continue Reading
Auction raises $3.47 billionOTTAWA - The results of Canada’s 600 MHz spectrum auction were announced after the markets closed Wednesday afternoon.Rogers Communications acquired the most licences, 52, for a whopping... Continue Reading
Reiterates push for “granular data”GATINEAU – The Canadian wireless market reaps $24.5 billion in annual retail sales, accounts for 155,000 jobs and 31.7 million subscribers (2017 figures*) so the stakes... Continue Reading
THE 2006 POLICY DIRECTIVE to the CRTC (which came under then-PM Stephen Harper and then-Industry Minister Maxime Bernier) said the Commission must regulate based on market forces to the maximum... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – In something of a surprising move, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains announced Tuesday during Question Period he planned to issue a Policy direction... Continue Reading