The CRTC said in a letter last Friday it is temporarily suspending the Nov. 4 implementation deadline for its new telecom service outage reporting requirements as it considers an Oct. 7 review-and-vary application jointly filed by major telecoms Rogers, Bell, Telus, Eastlink, Cogeco, Quebecor and SaskTel.
The group has requested changes be made to the new outage reporting requirements to address operational challenges and to reduce the administrative burden on them, while also asking the CRTC to extend the implementation deadline.
The CRTC is granting an extension,…
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The CRTC in an Oct. 30 letter has asked Bell and Telus to provide information in response to allegations of tariff violations the companies may have committed contrary to the commission’s wholesale fibre access regulatory policy.
It isn’t clear who complained against whom initially, but the telecom regulator gave Bell and Telus until Oct. 31 to provide copies of all communications between the two companies relating to any dispute involving the provision of wholesale high-speed access (HSA) fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) services at speeds of 1.5 Gbps or higher since Oct. 1, 2025.
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By Ahmad Hathout
The head of Cogeco said Thursday that the internet resale policy has not impacted the company’s ability to grow as a reseller nor has it turned customers off its brand.
“At a higher level, internet resale in Canada between the different players is a fact of life and it’s been a fact of life for quite some time,” said President and CEO Frederic Perron during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Thursday. “Two of the big three that we don’t already compete with on an infrastructure basis are already reselling our network in Quebec and Ontario and have…
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Telus and Indigenomics announced Tuesday a partnership supporting indigenous economic advancement and innovation, which will see Indigenomics leverage Telus’s Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec, to accelerate the development of its indigenous economic intelligence platform, IndigenomicsAI.
Through access to Telus’s high-performance AI compute power at its Rimouski facility, “Indigenomics will leverage the advanced GPU technology to train AI models, conduct research on the sizing of the Indigenous economy and develop AI-driven economic development tools that elevate Indigenous voices and perspectives in business and leadership,” reads a Telus press…
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Cogeco announced Thursday that it is rolling out its home internet service across most of Quebec, including Montreal, Laval, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, and Quebec City.
Residents in the new expansion areas can enter their address to confirm availability by visiting Cogeco’s website at cogeco.ca/en/internet/packages.
“After successfully bringing much needed competition to the wireless industry, today, we’re taking another critical step, expanding our home Internet service across the majority of Québec,” Frederic Perron, president and CEO of Cogeco, said in a press release. “Canadians have been clear: regional carriers, like us, are vital in providing a compelling alternative to the three…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The attorney general of Canada (AG) is asking the Federal Court to reject an application filed by Cogeco and Eastlink asking the judicial body to review whether cabinet did not provide the legally required justification for rejecting their request to send back a CRTC decision that allows the three largest telecoms to access the wholesale internet framework.
The AG said in a submission last week that the parties have already filed a review of the decision directly to cabinet and have won an appeal related to the CRTC’s decision that rejected their request to…
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Rogers announced Wednesday its Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver bundle is now available coast-to-coast with Rogers Xfinity and with Rogers 5G Home Internet.
The StreamSaver plan, which launched in August in the four western provinces, bundles together Netflix, Disney+ and Apple TV+ for $22 per month, delivering more than 30-per-cent savings compared to purchasing each streaming service separately, when added to a Rogers Xfinity Internet or TV plan, Rogers said.
“Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver is now available across the country, bringing Rogers Xfinity and Rogers 5G Home Internet customers an easier way to…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Several internet service providers have filed petitions asking cabinet to send back a decision by the CRTC this summer that refused to back down on letting Rogers, Bell and Telus (Big 3) access the wholesale internet regime.
Rogers, SaskTel, Cogeco, Eastlink, the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC), and TekSavvy filed petitions in September – made public on Friday – requesting that cabinet send back for reconsideration the decision by the CRTC in June refusing to heed their advice to review and vary the commission’s final framework in August 2024.
That framework allows…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC has approved final attachment rates for competitors to access Bell and Telus poles.
The rates, on a per unit per month basis, are higher than those approved by the commission many years ago but are less than what the telcos asked for.
After roughly 15 years renting out its poles in Ontario and Quebec for a rate of $1.04, Bell got a final approved rate of $1.32 – 77 cents less than what it asked for. Telus’s pole attach rates for British Columbia and Alberta were bumped up from $1.61 to $2.29, 20 cents less than what…
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Telus and WestJet announced Wednesday they have linked their loyalty platforms, allowing Telus Rewards and WestJet Rewards members to earn, transfer and redeem points across the programs when they link their accounts.
In addition to exclusive travel and connectivity benefits, members with linked accounts will also automatically receive WestJet seat selection vouchers and Telus Roaming Passes.
The linked loyalty platforms mean members will be able to earn WestJet points on their Telus bills, redeem WestJet points toward their Telus services and the Telus Rewards catalogue, and convert their Telus Rewards…
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