Regulator also designates small ILECs as ONPs By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC on Friday extended by two years the deadline to decommission the legacy 911 system, after public safety groups... Continue Reading
PIAC, Competition Bureau, CCTS push label as important opportunity By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC must take a light-touch regulatory approach when it comes to determining how internet service providers (ISPs)... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Two of Canada’s largest telecoms are warning the CRTC against implementing a uniform internet subsidy for the far north or risk increasing internet service prices in rest... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC has ordered Telus on Wednesday to provide additional monetary compensation to customers in certain remote British Columbia regions who will lose access to landline service... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Telus CEO Darren Entwistle said in many words Thursday he expects the CRTC to reaffirm its decision to allow the three largest telecoms in the country to... Continue Reading
Telus and the Calgary Airport Authority announced Wednesday a 10-year, multi-million-dollar partnership that will transform YYC Calgary International Airport into the first airport in Canada to be equipped with a 5G private... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout The Competition Bureau’s deceptive marketing practices lawsuit against Rogers unfairly singles out the cable company’s “unlimited” wireless plans, cherry-picks out-of-context material, and doesn’t square with the fact... Continue Reading
CNOC calls move "disappointing" but not surprising By Ahmad Hathout Bell CEO Mirko Bibic announced Thursday the telco is again cutting its fibre buildout target after the CRTC earlier this... Continue Reading
United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944, which represents approximately 4,000 members at Telus, said Wednesday the Vancouver-based telecom’s latest round of voluntary severance packages (VSPs) is part of an ongoing... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Rogers has filed an application requesting that the CRTC reverse its decision to expand the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) regime to internet of things (IoT) and... Continue Reading
