CRTC won’t consider Videotron’s application to dump its fastest internet
New one is coming, though GATINEAU – On October 11, 2019, Videotron filed an application to the CRTC to decommission its fastest Internet service, saying it would cease offering its […]
Post election analysis: What’s next for our sector
WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION done, Canadians can go back to really important matters: will the Montreal Canadian make the playoffs. In all seriousness, we know the Liberals will be forming […]
City of Gatineau wins municipal access dispute
GATINEAU – The Telecommunications Act allows the CRTC to order “telecommunications facilities to be provided, constructed, installed, altered, moved, operated, used, repaired or maintained on any property.” Furthermore, “No Canadian […]
Videotron bucks carrier trends and cancels its fastest internet speed
GATINEAU – In what’s being described as a puzzling move by many (all of whom declined to go on the record with us), Videotron has filed a tariff modification with […]
Three-year device plans raise new barriers where the CRTC planned none, say consumer groups
Competition Bureau has its worries, too GATINEAU – In the summer Rogers Wireless introduced 36-month device financing plans into the Canadian wireless marketplace. The service providers which introduced these new […]
CRTC must be careful if it’s going to allow Bell’s AI-powered call block test
GATINEAU – As part of the unrelenting effort by Canada and other jurisdictions to put an end to fraud and scam calls, last December, the CRTC launched a proceeding that […]
Facing better than expected revenues, Corus asks to delay Cancon spending
GATINEAU – Corus has recently filed an application to the CRTC to amend its conditions of licence to be allowed to delay spending on Canadian Programming Expenditures for 2020. By […]
CRTC Broadband Fund applications call for big investment in Far North broadband and wireless
GATINEAU – The first call for applications for Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and all other satellite-communications-dependent communities in Canada closed on October 3. While the CRTC confirmed that it […]
Quebecor vs Bell: Quebecor asks Competition Bureau to investigate Cablevision
Alleges monopoly in northern of Quebec OTTAWA – After asking the CRTC to force Bell to provide access to its cable network in the region of Abitibi-Témiscaminque (which is branded […]
TPIA: Despite stay, TekSavvy will carry on with price reductions
OTTAWA – Reactions were quick after the Federal Court’s Friday announcement to grant a temporary stay of the CRTC’s third party internet access rates decision. On September 13, the cable […]