Will overbuild Cogeco
TORONTO – Rogers announced today it is investing over $140 million to connect over 20,000 homes and businesses to high-speed Internet.
The investment will bring the company’s fibre-powered network Quinte West, Belleville and Prince Edward Country.
“Once completed, residents and business owners will have access to the full suite of services including Rogers Ignite Internet with download speeds of up to 1.5 gigabit per second and Rogers’ leading IPTV service, Ignite TV,” says a press release.
A Rogers spokesperson confirmed via email the entire project is being funded entirely by the company.
August 4th UPDATE : What’s rather interesting with this…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced today the provisional results of the 3500 MHz auction, which earned a total of $8.91 billion.
The auction began in June and concluded July 23. Winning bidders have until August 13 to submit 20% of their final payment and until October 4 to submit the remaining 80%. The money will be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund administered by the Receiver General of Canada, according to an ISED press release.
In total, 15 Canadian companies were awarded 1,495 licences, 757 of which went to small and regional players.
“Results of the…
Continue Reading
Bureau notes past Shaw comments about its influence in the market
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – The Competition Bureau has asked the Federal Court to compel the disclosure of records from four telecoms related to its inquiry into the proposed purchase of Shaw by Rogers.
The competition watchdog filed the first in a possible series of document requests on July 22, which, if approved, will force Bell, Telus, Quebecor, and Xplornet (respondents) to disclose related information on mobile wireless activity in the shared operating provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Manitoba, and outside.
That information, which falls roughly within the timeframe between…
Continue Reading
MONTREAL — Cogeco Connexion, the Canadian cable subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, announced today it has appointed Nancy Audette as vice-president and general manager for the Quebec region, effective today.
Most recently, Audette (above) was vice-president and general manager of Fido Mobile, a position she held since 2016.
With more than 25 years of experience in Quebec and internationally, Audette has served in several senior management and executive roles in sales, marketing and operations in companies such as Transcontinental (TC) Media, Rogers Communications and Microcell. Her international telecom experience includes working with Telesystem International Wireless (TIW), in Brazil, Czech Republic and Morocco.
“I am…
Continue Reading
By Denis Carmel
IN A DECISION RENDERED last Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed an application for judicial review that had been brought by six broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) and partially granted an application made by a group of nine collective societies.
The appeals stem from a decision from the Copyright Board of Canada (the Board), issued in August 2019 relating to royalties for the period 2014–2018.
In Canada, cable providers (BDUs) can distribute local over-the-air television signals for free and without permission from the signal owner. But, in the case of distant signals, the BDUs can distribute without permission…
Continue Reading
GATINEAU – OUTtv, Canada’s only specialty service dedicated to LGBTQ2+ communities, submitted a letter to the CRTC this week, replying to interventions submitted on its licence renewal application and calling out Rogers and Bell for using double-standards.
“Regrettably, while claiming to support OUTtv’s service, programming and mandate to serve and reflect LGBTQ2+ communities, both companies are opposed to OUTtv’s request to ensure that OUTtv is widely offered to Canadians and properly compensated by a fair and adequate wholesale fee,” the letter reads.
OUTtv’s renewal application requests a distribution order that would require Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings (BDUs) to carry OUTtv both on…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Sportsnet announced yesterday the national broadcast schedule for the upcoming 2021-22 National Hockey League season.
Coverage will begin with two all-Canadian matchups on October 13 – the Toronto Maple Leafs will face the Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks will take on the Edmonton Oilers.
The full schedule includes 168 exclusive matchups, aired across the country on Sportsnet’s television channels as well as on SN Now, according to a press release. Regular season coverage will be featured on Sportsnet’s three marquee broadcast nights – Hockey Night in Canada, Scotiabank Wednesday Night Hockey, and Rogers Hometown Hockey, which will be…
Continue Reading
ONTARIO – While Ontario Connects has generally been welcomed by the industry, organizations that represent small, independent internet service providers have some concerns about how the province’s $4 billion plan to bring high-speed Internet access to the entire province by 2025 will unfold.
“We of course welcome the Ontario government’s substantial investment in extending broadband to everyone across the province,” said Jay Thomson, CEO of the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance (CCSA), in an email to Cartt.ca.
“We question, however, whether a reverse auction approach will generate the best return on the government’s investment. Cheapest is not always best, especially when…
Continue Reading
TORONTO — Rogers Communications this morning reported solid results for the second quarter of 2021, including strong wireless and Ignite TV subscriber net additions and a 14% increase in total revenue.
For the three months ended June 30, 2021, Rogers reported wireless postpaid net subscriber additions of 99,000, Internet net subscriber adds of 9,000 (including 15,000 net new broadband subscribers), and Ignite TV net subscriber adds of 66,000.
That brings Rogers’s subscriber totals to 9.8 million wireless postpaid subscribers, 1.2 million wireless prepaid subscribers, 2.6 million Internet subscribers and 668,000 Ignite TV subscribers as of the end of the quarter.
“Our solid…
Continue Reading
TORONTO — Rogers Communications ranked highest overall among Canadian wireless carriers in a new study released today by umlaut, a global mobile network testing and benchmarking company.
For its audit report, which was commissioned by Rogers, umlaut tested and measured the performance of voice and data services on smartphones based on drive tests in Canadian cities and towns, as well as on connection roads, between March 22 and June 18, 2021.
Overall, Rogers was the winner of umlaut’s “Best in Test” mobile benchmark award with a total score of 911 points out of a maximum of 1,000 points.
In addition, Rogers was…
Continue Reading
