By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced Monday that all carriers will need to provide service to their customers on Rogers’s wireless network in Toronto’s subway system... Continue Reading
By Mark Goldberg, a telecommunications consultant
An opinion piece in Monday’s Globe and Mail included a line that caught my eye. “A 2022 study found that Canada’s wireless rates were the second most expensive in the world – seven times more expensive than Australia, 25 times more expensive than France and Ireland and 1,000 times more expensive than Finland.”
Canadians complain about mobile prices, but does anyone in Canada actually believe that they are paying one thousand times more than what they would pay in Finland?
In fact, we don’t.
So how did the author, a university professor and academic…
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MARKHAM, ON – Rural telecom provider Xplore Inc. announced Tuesday the company’s president and chief commercial officer, Rizwan Jamal, has been promoted to president and CEO, effective immediately. Jamal also... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – The Competition Tribunal has ordered the Commissioner of Competition to pay Rogers and Shaw a little more than $9.7 million and $3.2 million, respectively, to compensate for their... Continue Reading
Iristel urges PM to do something about withheld CRA funds affecting its response By Ahmad Hathout YELLOWKNIFE, NWT – Wildfires ravaging parts of the Northwest Territories are causing widespread devastation... Continue Reading
CALGARY and OTTAWA – Telus Communications today announced the expansion of its community boards in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as three of its Ontario community boards. “Leveraging a unique... 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... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – The CRTC on Tuesday approved an increase in funding for two broadband projects in response to what the applicants have said are unanticipated costs that... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Telus announced Monday it has made a commitment of $5 million in cash donations and in-kind contributions to local B.C. charities and organizations supporting wildfire relief efforts across... Continue Reading
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... Continue Reading
