By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers president and CEO Tony Staffieri told members of the House of Commons industry committee Monday that the wireless price increases it announced in January affect only a small percentage of legacy customers and that millions of customers switched providers and plans last year against a backdrop of increasingly lower prices.
Members of the committee called a meeting with the heads of the country’s three largest telecoms to address concerns about wireless prices after Rogers announced that month that it would hike prices for certain off-contract customers by an average of $5 and by as much as $9.
Staffieri…
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Featured today, in the first extended podcast conversation of her Commission mandate, is Vicky Eatrides, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the CRTC.
Coming to the job with an impressive toolkit of practicing regulatory law in the private sector, a raft of undeniably key assignments with the Competition Board of Canada, and even skills in enforcing criminal provisions and criminal investigations, Eatrides presents a clear and determined vision of what needs to be done… and the sooner the better.
Join Contributing Editor, Bill Roberts, as together they review Eatrides’…
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Foreign investments in Canada’s interactive digital media sector by entities owned or influenced by foreign states — particularly states engaging in activities that could pose a risk to Canada’s national security — will be subject to enhanced scrutiny from now on, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne and Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced Friday.
For the purpose of the new policies announced by ISED and Heritage clarifying the application of the Investment Canada Act to investments involving interactive digital media (IDM), IDM is defined as digital content and…
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Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on Friday launched the application process for the next president of CBC/Radio-Canada.
The minister announced the convening of an independent advisory committee consisting of 10 individuals to make the selection ahead of current head Catherine Tait’s term expiry next January. Tait, who became the first woman in the history of the public broadcaster to serve as president and CEO, was extended last June.
“The successful candidate will support CBC/Radio-Canada in transforming the way it engages with Canadians in a rapidly changing environment by making the public broadcaster more digital and more ambitious in its…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC launched Wednesday a proceeding to probe whether it should mandate all telecommunications service providers to join an effort to mitigate nuisance calls on their networks.
The regulator had adopted most of the recommendations of a working group of its Interconnection Steering Committee when it approved the rollout of the traceback process in August 2021, which requires the provider to keep a time-limited call log to trace the origin of nuisance calls that are in violation of telemarketing rules.
While the CRTC had previously said that the success of such an enforcement mechanism involves all providers, it deviated…
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Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced Monday night Canada has joined nine other nations in endorsing a joint statement of principles for 6G, the next generation of wireless technologies.
“These shared principles for the research and development of 6G wireless communication systems will support open, free, global, interoperable, reliable, resilient, and secure connectivity,” a press release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada said.
In addition to Canada, the countries endorsing the shared principles include the United States, Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden and…
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By Glenn O’Farrell, former media executive of Groupe Média TFO, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Global Television, and TVA
“It’s time to take back the internet,” a recent ad proclaimed.
It ended with an invitation: “So forget the noise. Let’s build the internet we want—not the one we inherited.” Its purpose was to promote a book, Read Write Own, by Chris Dixon, the internet entrepreneur and investor. Dixon’s book is about breaking away from the digital monopolists that dominate today.
As Ottawa ponders the future of CBC/Radio-Canada, where will innovation figure in the plans?
Hopefully, innovation will become the driving force behind a new…
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Media company Stingray announced Monday it is collaborating with a group of independent broadcasters to call on the federal government to support Canada’s local radio industry.
Stingray said a letter has been sent to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge “outlining actionable recommendations to address the economic challenges posed to local radio by the digital shift and the loss of advertising dollars to online platforms.”
The group is asking for the upcoming federal budget to include a commitment from the federal government to dedicate at least 70 per cent…
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Join CPAC to build on 30 years of unfiltered access to Canadian democracy. The Cable Public Affairs Channel is Canada’s only national bilingual media outlet focused exclusively on politics and public affairs.
The Role
The Director, Finance and Business Affairs is a strong leader who provides direction and management of CPAC’s financial and business affairs, overseeing all financial and accounting functions including budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, analysis, reporting, internal controls and compliance.
Primary Responsibilities:
Accounting responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
• Overseeing Accounting team to ensure accuracy of financial entries and adherence to internal controls.
• Monthly adjusting/accrual entries and working…
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Cisco and Telus announced Monday they are launching new 5G capabilities in North America to serve IoT use cases across industry verticals, with a focus on connected cars.
“The network will serve as a foundation to support drive testing by a major North American automotive manufacturer’s 5G Connected Car, while setting the stage for enhanced experiences for customers and revenue opportunities for carmakers,” says an announcement made by Cisco at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The name of the car manufacturer was not revealed in the press release. However, Telus and General Motors Continue Reading
