OTTAWA – The CRTC has sent Lixo Investments a request for information regarding claims from Rogers Communications it is refusing to grant the telecom access to 70 Yorkville Avenue in Toronto despite the Commission having issued a decision on June 8 granting the telecom’s request for access.
The Commission’s decision indicated increasingly stringent measures would take effect 30 and 45 days from the date of the decision if Rogers did not report it had “been granted timely access under reasonable terms and conditions.”
At issue is Rogers ability to access the building to service facilities installed in the 1980s. Rogers indicated…
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Rogers wins for upload speed experience, Bell wins for download speed experience
LONDON, U.K. – Opensignal, a U.K.-based mobile analytics company has released two new reports on mobile experience in Canada – its Mobile Network Experience Report and its 5G Experience Report, both authored by technical analyst Hardik Khatri and based on data collected from April 1 to June 29, 2022.
Telus has the most consistent mobile network experience in the country, according to the Mobile Network Experience Report, which provides an analysis of the overall experience of Opensignal users across all network technologies for the three national carriers.
The analytics…
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TORONTO, MONTREAL and CALGARY – Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor Inc. announced today they have signed a definitive agreement for the sale of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile to Quebecor subsidiary Videotron.
The definitive agreement is “substantially consistent” with what was announced with regards to the sale back in June, according to a press release. It still needs to be cleared under the Competition Act and by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and is contingent on the close of the merger of Rogers and Shaw, which itself still needs approval under the Competition Act and from the…
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HALIFAX – Provincial Crown corporation Develop Nova Scotia today announced it is expanding the Satellite Internet Service Rebate program it announced in July to help more people in the province get access to Internet services faster, as well as expanding the scope of three fibre-to-the-home projects.
When the Satellite Internet Service Rebate program was announced July 29, 3,700 homes and businesses were eligible to claim up to $1,000 for costs associated with setting up satellite service meeting the CRTC’s minimum speed targets of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.
“Starting today, August 11, the program will accept applications from…
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OTTAWA – More information is being sought on how the recent nationwide Rogers outage impacted the company’s deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind (DHHDB) customers and wholesale customers.
Late last month, Rogers submitted a report to the CRTC with answers to a series of questions about the network outage that started July 8, the publicly available version of which was heavily redacted.
Canada Deaf Grassroots Movement (CDGM) and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Coalition (DHH Coalition), the latter of which includes Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf, and Ontario Association of the…
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OTTAWA – When the federal government announced it was proposing a new telecommunications policy direction to the CRTC back in May, it emphasized how it would improve competition.
This is supposed to help ensure telecommunications services are affordable and encourage innovation in the industry.
The proposed policy direction compels the CRTC to consider, among other things, how its decisions “encourage all forms of competition and investment”. But while several telecommunications service providers (TSPs) that submitted comments to the government on the proposed policy direction seem to agree competition is important, there is disagreement on what kind of competition the CRTC…
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MONTREAL — TVA Group’s TVA Sports channel announced today the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), making it the exclusive French-language broadcaster in Canada of the WTA’s international tournaments until the end of 2026.
“The network will broadcast all the WTA 500 and 1000 tournaments as well as the (WTA) 250 competitions featuring the country’s female players,” who include Quebecer Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu, notes an announcement on TVA Sports’ website (translated into English).
TVA Sports has presented the WTA’s professional women’s matches since 2013.
“We are very happy and proud to renew our…
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WITH CANADIAN SERVICE providers finally deploying their 3500 MHz spectrum, a new era of 5G is among us – the era of 5G+.
“This next evolution of the rollout is the one that really starts to unlock… super high speeds, home Internet in rural markets and then true business applications, so it’s really exciting,” said Jim Senko (above), Telus president of mobility solutions, in an interview with Cartt.ca.
Currently, 78% of the Canadian population has access to Telus 5G – a number that is expected to reach 80% by the end of the year.
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OTTAWA — Independent broadcaster Torres Media Group announced last week Danny Kingsbury (above) has been hired for a new role as executive programming advisor.
With more than 41 years of experience in Canadian radio, Kingsbury is a former vice-president, general manager and director at Rogers Sports and Media, where he most recently worked as national format director for rock radio, according to a press release announcing his appointment.
His experience ranges “from on-air, programming, promotion, digital strategies, regulatory, administration, to sales, (and) operations,” the release says.
“We are excited to have Danny guiding our station programming. His knowledge of radio, our formats…
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Calls claim of confidentiality for certain things “ridiculous on its face”
OTTAWA – Consumer advocacy group the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today filed a request with the CRTC asking for the disclosure of additional information from the documents Rogers Communications filed with it in relation to the company’s nationwide outage last month.
“PIAC submits that Rogers’ response has excessively redacted critical information that the public requires to understand what occurred during the outage and how Rogers plans to mitigate future risks and harms – and to make consumer choices based on these answers and otherwise protect their…
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