In a letter last week, the CRTC has asked Canada’s largest mobile providers to file additional information regarding the international roaming offerings they have launched to date, as the commission continues to monitor the big three telecoms’ progress in providing more affordable and flexible roaming options.
The letter comes after the CRTC last year directed Bell, Rogers and Telus to file progress reports on May 5 and Nov. 5, 2025, with information on any new offerings launched, as well as on the price and consumer uptake of their offerings. The three telecoms…
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Rogers, Bell and Telus have together nabbed over $400 million worth of residual spectrum covering a population of over 10 million Canadians, Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) said Friday.
ISED launched the process to sell the spectrum that went unsold in previous auctions.
Telus secured 103 licences worth approximately $317.6 million to cover a population of 5,854,027 people. The licences are all in the 3.8 GHz band and cover areas including Vancouver, Edmonton, Kamloops, Kelowna, Victoria, and Prince George.
“Importantly, this spectrum will complement TELUS’ existing holdings to support emerging 5G applications that our team is progressing and…
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Telus announced last week the successful deployment and commissioning of its nearly 125-kilometre submarine fibre-optic cable connecting Sept-Îles on Quebec’s North Shore to Sainte-Anne-des-Monts on the Gaspé Peninsula.
Deployed and buried in the seabed of the St. Lawrence River in November and December 2025, this infrastructure is now in service and providing redundancy to the telecommunications network serving communities east of Baie-Comeau on the North Shore, Telus said in a press release.
This project, initially announced in 2020 and approved in July 2025, was made possible through a joint investment of more…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell’s Crave added more than one million subscribers in 2025, the telco said Thursday, pushing the streaming service to 4.6 million subscribers by the end of the fourth quarter.
The last three months of 2025 was the most watched single quarter in the history of the streaming service in a year that also includes its most hours viewed. Bell attributed the success in part to more premium, original and diverse content.
In November, Bell Media announced the largest ever expansion of its content library — more than 10,000 additional hours with integrated live programming from CTV,…
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Telus announced Wednesday a new partnership with Ottawa-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) accelerator L-Spark to provide Canadian startups and small businesses with access to Telus’s Sovereign AI Factory.
The collaboration enables Canadian AI startups to access the same high-performance, enterprise-grade computing infrastructure available to large organizations without having to relocate or build on foreign platforms, Telus said in a press release.
The partnership will prioritize organizations in regulated and mission-critical sectors where data residency, auditability and Canadian legal jurisdiction are essential, including public sector services, healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure and…
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Canadian Soccer Business and Corus Entertainment’s StackTV last week announced a new partnership designed to support the continued growth and visibility of the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and the sport nationwide.
The partnership will see StackTV featured as the front-of-kit sponsor for the CPL’s Inter Toronto Football Club (formerly York United FC), alongside digital content integrations across CPL and OneSoccer platforms, fan engagement and contesting opportunities to be rolled out throughout the season, and national visibility for the CPL across Corus’s media portfolio, including via on-air ads on both Global TV and Corus radio…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell is claiming that it has not been able to fully launch fibre internet service in British Columbia and Alberta because Telus has allegedly refused to provide adequate systems for the setup.
Bell CEO Mirko Bibic announced in November that the telco had been running a trial for internet service in Kelowna, British Columbia using Telus’s network, with the expectation that it would fully launch internet services – with plans to bundle content and mobile – this month.
But that has not happened yet, Bell claims, because Telus has failed to provide the requisite systems to…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Every-Day Computers Inc. (Ev-Com) is accusing Telus of blocking its ability to launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business.
Ev-Com, a facilities-based carrier operating a fixed-wireless and wholesale internet network in Terrace, British Columbia, says it wants to operate the MVNO with an initial service target being the Highway 16, known as the Highway of Tears. It says it has Tier 4 spectrum licences for the Skeena, Smithers, and Prince George service area and has applied for 3.9 GHz spectrum to “secure a long-term 5G path for this region,” including in rural communities.
Despite being a qualified wireless…
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Telus and RingCentral, a provider of AI-powered business communications solutions, announced Tuesday they are expanding their longtime partnership to bring advanced AI capabilities to the Telus Business Connect cloud-based communication platform.
“Businesses are looking for technology that works as hard as they do,” Katherine Emberly, senior vice president and president of small and medium business at Telus, said in a press release. “By integrating RingCentral’s advanced AI capabilities into Business Connect, we’re giving our customers a competitive edge, elevating every customer interaction while freeing up their teams to focus on growing their business and…
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By Ahmad Hathout
A judge ruled earlier this month that the Federal Court will not hear a complaint filed by Cogeco and Eastlink asking to review whether cabinet erred by denying their request to toss a CRTC decision to allow the three largest telecoms to access the wholesale internet regime.
In short, the court ruled that the regional telecoms have better avenues to challenge the underlying decision, effectively accepting the application of the attorney general to reject the request based on the same reasons.
While the complaint specifically challenged cabinet’s alleged lack of sufficient reasons explaining…
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