FREDERICTON – Former CRTC commissioner Chris MacDonald has been hired by Rogers Communications as senior manager regional delivery – Atlantic Canada.
MacDonald made the announcement on his LinkedIn page. We wondered what that job title actually means so we asked him. “Essentially, it’s part chief of staff to the regional VP, but mostly someone that can be dispatched to get projects (sales opportunities, network builds, gov’t and community engagement, etc.) back on the rails. No regulatory matters – so it will be a nice change,” he told us in a message.
For anyone wondering if such a hire so soon after…
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GATINEAU — Cartt.ca readers will be glad to know the CRTC’s new wireless policies will finally be released this week, with mandated mobile virtual network operators (will they or won’t they?) undoubtedly the biggest item of interest among telecom providers, big and small.
A Commission spokesperson confirmed the policy decision will be issued at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 15 (i.e., after the stock market closes).
It’s been a long wait, seeing as the Commission first announced the wireless policy review proceeding back in February 2019, held a public hearing in February 2020 and final submissions were in July…
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CALGARY — Rogers for Business announced today it is expanding its fibre-optic network to deepen high-speed connectivity to small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises and public sector customers located in Calgary.
This includes enabling the University of Calgary’s 5G campus, which will support Internet of Things (IoT) research and applications in the areas of energy, smart cities, transportation, and workplace safety, says Rogers’s press release.
Construction of the network, which began last year, is complete for all of downtown Calgary and is now expanding further. Rogers for Business customers will have access to a full range of Internet and fibre packages,…
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By Steve Faguy
IN CANADIAN BROADCASTING’S regulatory system, the industry is represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the broadcasters who always want less regulation, and the interest and artist groups who always want more. These are their demands.
Canadian content
In its commercial radio policy, which the CRTC is reviewing, and what much of this series has been about, the most famous content quota requires 35% of popular music broadcast on Canadian radio stations be Canadian.
Unsurprisingly, major broadcasters want a lower quota. They have taken aim at this particular bullseye before. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters proposes 25%. For…
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BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst centre at Ryerson University announced today it has partnered with SANS Institute to launch new cybersecurity training courses which combine the SANS Institute’s curriculum with content specifically designed for Canadian cybersecurity professionals.
Beginning in June 2021, SANS Catalyst Community Courses will run open-enrolment cybersecurity training courses each month. Information on course dates and pricing can be found here.
Learners in the SANS Catalyst Community Courses will also have access to additional learning opportunities at the Catalyst Cyber Range, where they can hone their skills against a wide-variety of attack scenarios in ultra-realistic simulated…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – Rogers Communications has made a number of changes at the top of its executive team, according to its corporate leadership web page.
In is David Fuller as president of Rogers Wireless and Lisa Damiani as chief legal and regulatory officer. Dean Prevost, who had been president of Rogers for Business, is now president of connected home and Rogers for Business. Lisa Durocher, who had been chief digital officer, is now executive vice-president financial and emerging services.
Out is Brent Johnston, who had been wireless president, Graeme McPhail, who was chief of legal and regulatory and Phil…
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By Greg O’Brien
TORONTO – With 3.2 million Canadians tuning into see Meghan and Harry talk to Oprah on Global Television, more than 500,000 subscribers to Corus Entertainment’s StackTV and Nick+, and ongoing growth in advanced ad sales, CEO Doug Murphy told a conference call on Friday the narrative about the decline of TV is wrong.
Corus reported its second quarter results Friday, which showed an ongoing recovery from the pandemic in the advertising market (except for radio) and increased demand for content made by its Nelvana and Corus Studios divisions.
While overall revenues and profit declined compared to the non-Covid impacted…
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CNOC says the company didn’t remove older modems from compatibility list
By Ahmad Hathout
GATINEAU – Rogers Communications is suggesting an application to allow third party internet access (TPIA) providers who lease access to its networks to sign-up new subscribers on legacy DOCSIS 3.0 modems past June this year would delay its upgrade plans and cost it millions of dollars.
The cable giant said it gave members of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) a full year to adopt the newer DOCSIS 3.1 modems, which it said will allow it to introduce greater network capacity, faster upload and download speeds, and…
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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 (Bell, Rogers, Telus and others) submitted the Commission erred in its determination to apply the Internet Code to only the 10 largest facilities-based ISPs at this time; however, the Commission finds that the applicants have failed to demonstrate that there is substantial doubt as to the correctness of that determination,” reads today’s decision.
“As stated in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2019-269, the Commission expects that all Internet service providers will…
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By Greg O’Brien
OTTAWA – While one question was answered Wednesday, a few others have arisen surrounding the June 2021 auction of 3500 MHz wireless spectrum.
There was much speculation whether Shaw would take part in the auction, now that Rogers is buying the company, and on the list of qualified bidders released by Industry, Science and Economic Development Wednesday, Shaw is absent, so it’s officially out. As we reported, it probably would have been disqualified from bidding on set aside spectrum anyway, if it had taken part.
“This confirms Shaw is all in on the proposed deal with Rogers…
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