By Ahmad Hathout
Foreign streamers are not really serious about pulling investments in Canada if they are required to make a base contribution to Canadian content, claimed the president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) on Thursday.
Over the course of the three-week hearing on whether online platforms should contribute a base financial amount to Canadian content funds, the CRTC has heard from significant foreign entities that such a requirement would either harm their existing partnerships with the Canadian partners or force them to reevaluate their presence in the country.
But the CAB thinks the claims are questionable.
“I have had a…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The country’s highest court has granted Thursday Telus’s request to hear its case that the CRTC has jurisdiction over wireless access to municipal infrastructure.
The Vancouver-based telecom is appealing from the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision that determined that Parliament did not intend for “transmission line” under section 43 of the CRTC-administered Telecommunications Act to include wireless technologies. Telus has argued that the wireless signals must route back to hard wires anyway.
“By focusing on the point that small cell antennas send and receive wireless signals, the court below failed to appreciate the importance of the physical connections between…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell has filed a trademark for the name “Bell Pure Fibre,” reflecting its drive to connect more homes directly with the advanced technology.
The trademark was filed late last month, according to the trademarks database.
While the telco uses the language “pure fibre” on its website, it is not used as a proper name for the internet packages – instead, it is used to characterize the technology behind the package.
Bell has said that it still has at least five million homes in its…
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MONTREAL – Telus announced Wednesday it will begin offering its Optik TV customers the option to subscribe to Videotron’s SVOD service Club illico for $10 a month — $5 less than a standalone subscription — beginning Dec. 7.
Optik TV customers who subscribe will have access to more than 6,500 French-language titles from Club illico that they can watch anywhere and anytime on the device of their choice, including via the Telus TV+ mobile app, a press release says.
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Telecoms note spectrum cap kept prices reasonable
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Innovation Canada released the results of the 3.8 GHz spectrum auction Thursday, with Cogeco getting a piece as it prepares mobile wireless market entry and Quebecor capturing a slice for its western Canada push.
Telus took home the largest number of licences with 1430 for a price of $620 million to cover 33 million Canadians. Bell was next with a spend of $518 million for 939 licences with expected population coverage of 34.6 million Canadians. Rogers spent $475 million for 860 licences with expected population coverage of 35 million. Videotron…
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OTTAWA – NDP MPs on Wednesday held a media event in Ottawa to call on the Liberal government to better support telecom workers across the country.
NDP labour critic Alexandre Boulerice (MP for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) and NDP deputy labour critic Matthew Green (MP for Hamilton Centre) stood with Donna Hokiro, president of United Steelworkers Local 1944, to call for better protections for jobs in Canada as, they said, big telecom companies continue to cut and offshore Canadian jobs.
The NDP and USW urged the Liberal government to quickly implement the anti-scab legislation tabled by federal…
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Telus Communications last week released its fifth annual Indigenous Reconciliation and Connectivity Report, which includes a new commitment to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into the telecom’s artificial intelligence (AI) and data ethics strategy.
The annual report includes stories about how Indigenous peoples are leveraging Telus’s connectivity and investments to improve education outcomes, revitalize languages, increase economic participation and drive long-term prosperity in their communities and beyond.
“Together, we are making tremendous progress toward a world where all Indigenous communities have the connectivity they need to support their unique, social,…
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WHITEHORSE, Yukon – Bell’s Northwestel is now the telephone service provider in Atlin, British Columbia after agreeing to take over the transport link from the incumbent Telus.
Telus told the CRTC during the April hearing on the far north that it had an agreement in principle that would see the transfer of the incumbency to Northwestel. The move made sense because Telus did not have its own transport route for that community, instead leasing a stretch of 1,300 kilometres from Northwestel.
“Atlin is a part of the north, it just makes sense for them to be a part…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Bell has filed Thursday a challenge to the CRTC’s decision to force it to negotiate access to its last mile fibre network, saying it will cause “irreparable harm through the loss of customers and revenues.”
The claim in the Federal Court of Appeal asks for an immediate stay on the CRTC’s decision until the court decides on the case. Bell said it meets the three-part legal test for a stay, including that this is a serious issue to be tried, that this will cause irreparable harm to it, and the balance of convenience leans in its favour over…
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Job Requisition ID: JR00000298
Status of Employment: Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term)
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