QUEBEC CITY – A $19.8-million joint investment from the federal and provincial government as part of Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed will help deliver broadband to more than 1,600 households in... Continue Reading
GATINEAU – Today, the CRTC denied an application brought by large facilities-based ISPs to review and vary telecom regulatory policy 2019-269, specifically, the application of the Internet Code. “The applicants... Continue Reading
MONTREAL — Cogeco Connexion announced today NBCUniversal’s all-reality SVOD streaming service hayu is now available to subscribers of Cogeco’s new IPTV service Epico (which launched in January). After setting up... Continue Reading
Submissions to CRTC review shows Quebecor wants into radio, too By Steve Faguy TROY REEB DOESN'T THINK this story will be controversial. Reeb, executive vice president broadcast networks at Corus... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Underlying witness testimony at Wednesday’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology meeting into the proposed merger between Rogers and Shaw was the message that... Continue Reading
MONTREAL — Canadian cloud and data centre provider eStruxture announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire all of Aptum Technologies’ eight Canadian data centres along with all customers... Continue Reading
Briefing note pointed to Premier Legault’s promise of 50/10 for all by end of 2022 By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The federal portion of the $826.3 million investment announced this... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Independent internet service provider TekSavvy said this week a lower court made an error when, for the first time, it ordered Canada’s ISPs to block... Continue Reading
TORONTO — In its third report, released today, the C.D. Howe Institute’s new telecommunications policy working group — which includes executives from Bell, Rogers, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and Shaw, among... Continue Reading
By Ken Kelley MONTREAL – Not that we expected otherwise, but there was no dodging the Rogers-Shaw elephant in the room when Cogeco president and CEO Philippe Jetté spoke during... Continue Reading