CWTA CEO Robert Ghiz to speak at CTS
TORONTO — Organizers of the 2022 Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS) announced today Robert Ghiz, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA), will give a keynote speech at […]
CTV to air news special Expelled: My Roots in Uganda with Omar Sachedina
TORONTO – Bell Media announced today it will air the one-hour documentary Expelled: My Roots in Uganda with Omar Sachedina on CTV, CTV News Channel, CTV.ca, CTVNews.ca, and the CTV […]
C-11 passes second reading in senate, TRCM commences full study
OTTAWA – Earlier this week, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, passed second reading stage in the senate and was referred to the senate transport and communications committee (TRCM) for […]
Telecom sector contributed $75B to Canada’s GDP last year, PwC report says
OTTAWA – Canada’s telecommunications sector contributed nearly $75 billion to the country’s GDP in 2021 and supported over 650,000 Canadian jobs, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), commissioned by […]
Feds, Ontario invest over $56M for Bell, Cogeco to bring high-speed Internet to 16,000 eastern Ontario homes
BRIDGENORTH, Ont. — The governments of Canada and Ontario today announced more than $56 million in combined funding for two projects by Bell and one by Cogeco Connexion to bring […]
Telus concerned about losing telecom services agreement with B.C. government
The province is moving away from an old methodology on telecom procurement By Ahmad Hathout VANCOUVER – Telus Corp. CEO Darren Entwistle sent a seven-page letter to British Columbia premier […]
Signing up for wireless service is a top priority for newcomers to Canada, says SRG report
Internet, cable/TV subscriptions are lesser priorities TORONTO — More than 80% of newcomers sign up for a wireless account within a month of arriving in Canada, according to consumer research […]
COMMENTARY: Redefining Canadian content in Bill C-11’s brave new world
By Len St-Aubin RICHARD STURSBERG’S OP-ED in Monday Oct. 24’s Globe and Mail put forward the British system of defining domestic content as a model for redefining TV CanCon when […]
Northwestel launches “fastest-in-the-North” 500 Mbps home Internet plan
WHITEHORSE — Northwestel announced today the launch of what it calls “the North’s fastest home Internet plans”, which offer download speeds of up to 500 Mbps with unlimited monthly data. […]
Long-time CRTC senior manager Tandy Yull joins CAB
OTTAWA — Tandy Yull has joined the Canadian Association of Broadcasters as its vice-president of policy and regulatory affairs, according to her LinkedIn profile. Yull joins the CAB from the […]