By Ahmad Hathout
TORONTO – CRTC chairman Ian Scott (above) said Monday the contested acquisition of 5G spectrum licenses by Quebecor’s Videotron in Western Canada is an example of what the regulator envisioned when it made the decision to allow regional competitors to force negotiations for wireless network space from the larger providers.
The regulator’s April decision allows regional carriers to negotiate access to the wireless facilities of the incumbents – Rogers, Bell, Telus and Sasktel – as long as they have spectrum and network facilities in the area they want to provide mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service….
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today OneSoccer, its dedicated soccer streaming service, will undertake its largest-ever production of a live sports event in Canada tomorrow for the Canadian men’s national soccer team’s FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Mexico at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.
OneSoccer is producing coverage of the match, part of the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup Qatar Qualifiers, for broadcasters in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, as well as multiple rights-holders worldwide.
According to a press release, nearly 100 technical and production crew members, working across three outside broadcast trucks at the stadium, will produce live…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC has officially denied the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to delay the hearing into the broadcast side of the deal between Rogers and Shaw.
PIAC-NPF had requested the hearing be delayed because of uncertainty around who was on the company’s board of directors, which arose when Edward Rogers, as chair of the Rogers Control Trust, decided to change five directors by written resolution – a move the company said was not valid. The matter ended up in front of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
In letters sent…
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TORONTO – Organizers of the Canadian Telecom Summit announced yesterday the moderator and panelists for the conference’s panel on what is next in spectrum policy.
The panel will be moderated by Rita Trichur (above), senior editor of The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business.
Panelists include Jacob Glick, vice-president of public policy at Telus, Ian Fogg, vice-president of analysis at Opensignal and Rupert Wood, research director at Analysys Mason.
The panel will take place Nov. 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET.
The Canadian Telecom Summit is happening as a hybrid event this year with the in-person portion being held at the…
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BLANC-SABLON, Que. — Telus announced today the company, its Telus Friendly Future Foundation and a team of partners have donated $350,000 to distribute 10 Lü systems featuring immersive audiovisual technology to schools in Quebec’s Lower North Shore via the Fondation Docteur Camille-Marcoux.
“The 600 students in these isolated communities and Innu territories can now learn, explore, and be active, thanks to a virtual environment that connects them with one another and to activities that develop their social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills,” reads a press release.
This donation, which includes $100,000 from Telus and $100,000 from the Telus Friendly Future Foundation,…
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VANCOUVER – Telus today reported its operational and financial results for the third quarter of 2021, which included total mobile and fixed customer growth of 320,000 – an increase of 43,000 from 2020.
This marks the company’s highest quarter ever, a press release says, and is inclusive of 135,000 mobile phones, 110,000 connected devices, 46,000 Internet, 30,000 security and 10,000 TV customer connections. “This was partly offset by residential voice losses of 11,000.”
At the end of Q3, Telus’s “PureFibre network covered more than 2.6 million premises, up from more than 2.4 million premises in the third quarter of 2020,” the…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — Cogeco Connexion, the Canadian cable subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, announced today it has hired Chris Burke as the company’s new vice-president of digital and analytics.
His appointment was effective Nov. 1.
Most recently, Burke served as vice-president of digital technology at Manulife’s Global Wealth and Asset Management business, “where he was in charge of the evolution of the technology that powers Manulife’s Global Digital ambitions,” reads a Cogeco Connexion press release.
“I am thrilled to welcome Chris into the Cogeco family,” said Frédéric Perron, president of Cogeco Connexion, in the release. “His over 25 years of expertise in…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today, after an extensive global search, John Raines (above) is joining the organization as president of Telus Agriculture, effective Nov. 29.
Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle welcomed Raines to Telus’s senior leadership team in a press release.
“With over 20 years of global experience in the agriculture sector, John is exceedingly well-positioned to lead the ongoing evolution of Telus Agriculture,” Entwistle said.
“Indeed, leveraging his tremendous expertise in respect of data science and digital agriculture, in concert with his genuine passion for farming and agriculture, John will further progress our goal of connecting the entire agricultural…
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LONDON, UK — UK tech repairs specialist iSmash announced yesterday it has finalized a new investment round, led by Telus Ventures, to accelerate its nationwide expansion across the UK.
Telus Ventures is Telus Corp.’s strategic investment arm. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.
iSmash says it will use the investment to develop its service channels, which includes the UK-wide rollout of walk-in service centres offering express repairs of smartphones, tablets and computers.
Telus already owns Canadian smartphone/tablet repair company Mobile Klinik, which it purchased in July 2020.
According to a press release, iSmash and Mobile Klinik “will collaborate on…
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Shaw asks CRTC to dismiss requests of “opportunistic proponents of delay”
OTTAWA – Bell and Telus both filed letters yesterday with the CRTC supporting the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to have the Commission’s public hearings into the broadcasting side of Rogers Communications’s purchase of Shaw Communications delayed.
The hearings are scheduled to begin Nov. 22. PIAC-NPF, Bell and Telus all argued there is too much uncertainty around who controls Rogers for the CRTC to conduct fair hearings that protect the public interest.
Bell, in its letter, called the situation “unprecedented” and said it “places…
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