OTTAWA and BRAMPTON, ON – Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX) and Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) today announced the Ontario Cybersecurity Excellence Initiative (OCEI), a $10-million program “to drive Ontario’s cyber competitiveness and resilience in six key sectors: advanced manufacturing, automotive, life sciences, mining, law enforcement and smart infrastructure,” according to a press release.
This initiative is being supported by $5 million in funding from the Ontario government’s Critical Technology Initiatives program. Rogers Communications is providing $3.8 million to Brampton, Ont.-based Rogers Cybersecure…
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DUNDAS, ON – The governments of Canada and Ontario announced today combined federal and provincial funding of more than $219 million for Rogers Communications to bring high-speed internet access to more than 66,000 households in over 300 Ontario communities, including over 600 Indigenous homes.
These projects are part of an existing $1.2-billion broadband partnership between Ontario and Canada, which was announced in July 2021. That joint funding initiative is designed to support “large-scale, fibre-based projects that will provide high-speed Internet access to more than 280,000 households across the province,” explains a federal government Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Electricity Canada said in a filing to the nation’s highest court this month that Parliament’s refusal to amend “transmission line” under the Telecommunications Act is evidence of its belief that it does not foresee an obstacle for telecoms getting wireless access to municipal structures without CRTC jurisdiction.
Electricity Canada is opposing a Telus application for the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its argument that a lower court erred when it upheld the CRTC’s decision to decline to regulate wireless attachments on municipal structures on the basis it does not have jurisdiction. The…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Rogers on Wednesday filed a challenge in the Federal Court of Appeal against the CRTC’s decision to select Quebecor’s rate for access to the cable company’s wireless infrastructure to build out its mobile virtual network operator business.
Rogers is alleging that the reasoning provided by the CRTC for selecting Quebecor’s rate in July deviates from legal precedent and runs counter to the “just and reasonable” provision under the Telecommunications Act.
Specifically, Rogers is alleging the regulator made errors in its determination that the rate it selected didn’t need to provide Rogers with an immediate-term return on investment…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications on Wednesday launched 5G service for its customers in tunnels and stations in the core parts of Toronto’s TTC subway system.
Rogers says in a press release it also upgraded the cellular network, “providing all riders with more reliable access to 911 service in these areas as part of its phased network upgrade and expansion work.”
Starting Wednesday, Rogers customers can talk, text and stream on Rogers 5G in all the stations and tunnels in the TTC subway system’s “Downtown U,” plus the tunnels between St. George and Yonge stations. In addition, Rogers…
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By Ahmad Hathout
TORONTO – Rogers is asking Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice to force Telus to continue fulfilling its obligations under existing wireless roaming terms with the cable company while the two competitors wrangle over terms of a proposed agreement.
Rogers is alleging in the August 14 filing that Telus is threatening to cease providing certain wireless services to it as a result of a dispute “over a particular term” in a proposed bilateral wireless agreement that is before arbitration. The particulars of the commercial dispute are not outlined in the complaint.
“TELUS has threatened to terminate Rogers’ access to certain…
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By Connie Thiessen
Former Rogers Communications CEO Joe Natale is suing for wrongful dismissal and breach of contract over his ouster during the 2021 family power struggle for control of the company led by Edward Rogers.
Natale’s statement of claim, filed in Ontario Superior Court last week, seeks $24 million in damages, including $4 million related to an unpaid bonus due upon closure of Rogers’ acquisition of Shaw Communications, under terms of his employment contract.
A former Telus CEO, Natale served as Rogers’ CEO from 2017 to Nov. 2021, when current President & CEO Tony Staffieri was appointed to the role.
The suit…
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By Connie Thiessen
Colleagues, friends and competitors are remembering Phil Lind today. The longtime Rogers Communications executive and Vice Chair of its board passed away Sunday at age 80.
Retired Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette was among those processing news of Lind’s death, which he only learned of in the wee hours of Monday morning after spending a long day on the road to Calgary to escape the ongoing wildfire situation in Kelowna.
(l-r): Former Shaw Communications President Peter Bissonnette, Phil Lind, and Astral Media co-founder Ian Greenberg,…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Rogers is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision by the CRTC declining to regulate wireless attachments on municipal structures, arguing that carriers would otherwise have “no recourse” with the regulator on that critical access required for the next generation 5G rollout.
Rogers filed a two-page argument on Monday backing Telus’s application for leave at the high court after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled in April that a lower court got it right when it said Parliament intended a reference to “transmission line” in the Telecommunications Act to literally…
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‘Large number’ of Bell subscribers tried accessing unauthorized NHL streamers, telco said
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Rogers said viewership on its official channels increased after it was ordered by the Federal Court to block unauthorized streamers of National Hockey League games during the 2022-2023 season.
The Federal Court ordered service providers to block access to unlicenced streamers of the games. As part of the order, the court required a report on the lessons from the block within 60 days of the final NHL game, which occurred on June 13. The deadline, therefore, was this week.
In an affidavit filed to the court…
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