DTH Policy Hearing: CRTC chair stunned to hear Bell nowhere close to MPEG4 transition
GATINEAU – The CRTC kicked off hearings into the Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV policy yesterday with chair Konrad von Finckenstein questioning why Bell TV hasn’t yet started to transition to […]
Mobile payments just hitting the starting line, says Rogers
OTTAWA – Developments in the mobile payments space have been slow and ongoing for a number of years but those efforts are beginning to bear some fruit, said vice-president of […]
Canadians want to pay with their mobiles, says PayPal
OTTAWA – In a presentation to the 2010 Mobile Money Forum in Ottawa last week, PayPal Canada said that mobile will be the next, and preferred, payment platform for a […]
Mobile Money: Much work, time, before mobile payments go mainstream in Canada
OTTAWA – Mobile payments are going to be a rather tough sell in Canada, a conference in Ottawa this week heard. Not only are merchants reluctant to support and potentially […]
Despite concerns, anti-spam legislation gets quick pass through Industry Committee
OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology fast-tracked proposed anti-spam legislation last week with very little debate. Bill C-28, which proposes a number of new provisions on […]
Obligation to Serve: Bell Aliant threatens to cut off services if the subsidy isn’t fixed
GATINEAU – Bell Aliant Regional Communications says that if the obligation to serve subsidy regime isn’t fixed, it may have no choice but to cut off certain services to some […]
Obligation to Serve: Small ILECs tell CRTC cablecos don’t know what they’re talking about
GATINEAU – The small incumbent telcos in Ontario lashed out at the cable companies during the rebuttal phase of the obligation to serve hearing Wednesday, telling the CRTC that it […]
CRTC reverses course, kinda, on usage based billing; new ISP organization, CNOC, emerges
GATINEAU – Perhaps not a full U-turn, but the CRTC did alter the way it allows Bell Canada to implement usage-based billing on certain wholesale gateway access service (GAS) customers. […]
Obligation to Serve: Broadband obligation will wreck small ISPs — and what about that doughnut?
GATINEAU – Expanding the basic service objective to include broadband would have substantial negative financial impacts on their businesses, a group of small independent ISPs told the CRTC on Monday during […]
Obligation to serve: Discussion turns to subsidy “perversion” potential
OTTAWA – Talk of the contribution regime and the appropriate level for a high-cost serving area (HCSA) subsidy became heated at times during the fifth day of testimony at the […]