OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Ten-digit dialing will come to the 418 area code on in 13 months, the CRTC announced today. The transition to 10-digit dialing will be gradually implemented beginning on... Continue Reading
VANCOUVER – Telus Corporation president and CEO Darren Entwistle has put to rest rumours the company is still considering throwing its hat in the ring to buy BCE. “After a... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Canada’s major phone markets will soon be free from most local residential phone service controls as the CRTC has opened the floodgates to more deregulation. The commission has... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Telus Corp. has reportedly shut down its Amp’d Mobile service after just five months in Canada because the U.S. parent filed for bankruptcy. According to the Globe and... Continue Reading
TORONTO – BCE Inc. posted modest growth in the second quarter of 2007, posting revenues of $4.438 million, up 1.5% compared with the same period last year. BCE’s operating income... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – A coalition of consumer advocacy groups is petitioning the federal cabinet to overturn the CRTC’s approval to raise payphone rates from 25 to 50 cents per local call.... Continue Reading
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is deregulating the first residential telephone markets in Canada, in Fort McMurray, and parts of the Maritimes. The ILECs, TELUS and Bell Aliant, will no longer... Continue Reading
COMING OFF A SUCCESSFUL free trial that saw 43,000 subscribers sign up for its OneZone WiFi service in downtown Toronto, Toronto Hydro Telecom moved to a subscription-based service in late... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Canada’s telecommunications companies have launched an agency to hear complaints from consumers that can’t be resolved by the telcos or the CRTC. The office of the Commissioner for... Continue Reading
MONTREAL - Telus has brought its faster wireless speeds to Quebec, including more than a dozen cities such as Granby, Laval, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec City, Rimouski, Saguenay and Sherbrooke. Building upon... Continue Reading
