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Cable / Telecom News May 12, 2026 2 weeks ago

Rogers announces completion of 5G expansion along B.C.’s Highway 97

Rogers last week announced it has expanded 5G wireless service along a remote stretch of British Columbia’s Highway 97 from Pine Pass to Chetwynd — a project it originally announced in May 2021. The project is delivering almost 70 kilometres of new wireless coverage along the highway corridor, which previously had connectivity gaps that made it difficult for drivers to call for help during a breakdown or stay informed during emergencies such as wildfires or severe winter weather, Rogers said in a press release. “This new 5G service will help keep travellers safe and… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News May 8, 2026 2 weeks ago

Doug French, Telus CFO, retiring from position next month

Telco ditches reporting on TV and landline numbers By Ahmad Hathout Doug French, Telus’s long-time chief financial officer, is retiring from the company on June 30 and will be replaced by the CFO of Telus Digital and Telus Health, Gopi Chande. Affectionately known as “Uncle Doug” internally, French will stay on as an advisor until the end of July and will remain seated as chair of the board of Terrion, Telus’s tower company. His retirement marks a 30-year career at the telco giant. Holding the CFO and executive vice president position for a decade, French was also a senior vice president and corporate… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News May 7, 2026 3 weeks ago

Bell plowing money into AI, U.S. fibre in lower spending environment

“Our Canadian telecom CapEx will continue to decline”: Bibic By Ahmad Hathout Bell President and CEO Mirko Bibic said Thursday that the telco is focusing its investing strategy on what it calls “higher-return growth opportunities” during a period of lower overall spending. The spending focus is less on “legacy segments” and more on its build-out of AI data centres across Canada (AI Fabric) and Ziply Fiber, its newly acquired internet brand in the United States, which added 6,775 net new fibre customers in the quarter. Bell said the Ziply goal of reaching three million fibre passings by the end of 2028 is… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News May 6, 2026 3 weeks ago

CRTC changes how money is collected for the Broadband Fund

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC on Wednesday ordered the overhaul of how the Broadband Fund collects money from telecoms. No longer will companies be required to set aside the previously determined amount of $150 million. Instead, at the end of the year, the regulator will forecast an amount it expects it will need for the next year based on the total amount of approved statement of work budgets up to $150 million, plus a $30 million contingency for “unexpected funding requests,” such as changes in project costs that it occasionally receives. Under the approach, the CRTC said money for already approved projects… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News May 6, 2026 3 weeks ago

Rogers, EORN say 40 new 5G cell towers now operational in eastern Ontario

The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) and Rogers on Wednesday provided an update on the EORN Cell Gap Project, announcing Rogers 5G mobile services are now available in 14 more communities across eastern Ontario. EORN and Rogers said, since Nov. 30, 2025, 40 new cell towers are completed and now offer Rogers 5G services to residents, businesses and visitors in additional areas of the City of Kawartha Lakes, County of Frontenac, County of Hastings, County of Haliburton, County of Lanark, County of Northumberland, County of Peterborough, County of Renfrew, County of… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News May 6, 2026 3 weeks ago

Access Communications joins Sask 1st Call program for underground facility locates

Access Communications Co-operative announced Wednesday it has partnered with Sask 1st Call, commonly recognized as the “Click Before You Dig” program, to support safer excavation across Saskatchewan. By joining Sask 1st Call’s program, Access becomes part of a province-wide network of utilities working together to make excavation safer, Access said in a press release. Whether the project is a large-scale excavation by a utility company or a homeowner planting trees or installing fence posts, Sask 1st Call helps ensure underground facilities are identified before work begins, significantly reducing the risk… Continue Reading

Radio / Television News May 4, 2026 3 weeks ago

New Rogers video sheds light on youth daily screen time

Rogers announced Saturday the launch of The 5.2 Project, a documentary-style video that highlights the issue of excessive screen time among youth. Part of Rogers’s five-year, $50-million Screen Break initiative, The 5.2 Project is named for the 5.2 hours on average that tweens and teens spend on their phones every day, according to a recent study commissioned by Rogers. As part of the project, a documentary filmmaker followed teens from three Canadian families, capturing daily routines including their phone use. Cameras were placed throughout each family’s home and the… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 28, 2026 4 weeks ago

Telecom and TV consumer complaints increase 61 per cent: CCTS

Rogers/Shaw generated 34 per cent of all accepted complaints, says mid-year report Consumer complaints about telecom and TV services have increased by 61 per cent, according to new data from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS). According to the latest CCTS Mid-Year Report, released early Wednesday morning, the CCTS accepted 19,157 complaints from wireless, internet, phone and TV customers between Aug. 1, 2025 and Jan. 31, 2026, compared to 11,909 complaints accepted during the same six-month period in the prior year. Rogers/Shaw had the highest number of complaints… Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 27, 2026 4 weeks ago

Rogers offering voluntary buyouts to roughly half of 25K employees: report

By Connie Thiessen
Rogers is offering voluntary departure packages to roughly half of its employees, excluding those at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), according to a report in The Globe & Mail.
The looming buyouts are said to impact roughly half of its 25,000 employees. Those ineligible include on-air talent and Sportsnet employees at Rogers Sports and Media, the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as unionized employees, according to the report.
“We are taking steps to adjust our cost structure to reflect the business realities of the current environment,” a Rogers spokesperson told the Globe…. Continue Reading

Cable / Telecom News April 27, 2026 4 weeks ago

ISED approves SpaceX use of E-band

By Ahmad Hathout The department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) is temporarily authorizing SpaceX’s use of the E-band after receiving broad support. The American aerospace company filed a request with ISED in December requesting that its Starlink broadband satellite service be able to utilize the E-band (71-76 GHz downlink and 81-86 GHz uplink) for fixed satellite service (FSS) communications between its satellites and gateway earth station located at Saint-Laurent, Quebec and Janet, Alberta, which are currently serving users via the Ka-band. The E-band is used by terrestrial wireless network providers for backhaul, and SpaceX wants to use… Continue Reading
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