Cable / Telecom News

By Ahmad Hathout CRTC commissioners Nirmala Naidoo and Ellen Desmond have been reappointed by Order in Council last week to their respective posts for another five years. The terms for Naidoo, commissioner for Alberta and the Northwest Territories, and Desmond, commissioner for the Atlantic region and Nunavut, are effective on

Bell and Virgin Plus last week announced new time-limited roaming deals for families travelling on March Break and spring getaways. The discounted rates apply automatically on Bell’s Roam Better and Virgin Plus’s Roam Sweet Roam plans with home data until May 29. Under the offer, the first account member roaming

By Ahmad Hathout Two of Canada’s largest telecoms are warning the CRTC against implementing a uniform internet subsidy for the far north or risk increasing internet service prices in rest of the country. Others are saying the subsidy contribution would be a negligible amount to support those in need of

The commissioner and CEO of the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) is leaving the watchdog at the end of the year. Howard Maker, who was a founding commissioner of the organization in August 2008, announced the decision on his LinkedIn page, saying he is not retiring from work.

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC has ordered Telus on Wednesday to provide additional monetary compensation to customers in certain remote British Columbia regions who will lose access to landline service dependent on spectrum licenses the telco will lose next month. The Vancouver-based telecom, which is the dominant provider in the

Northwestel announced Tuesday its high-speed fibre internet service is now available to customers in Smith’s Landing and Fort Fitzgerald in northern Alberta. Residential customers in both communities can access Northwestel’s unlimited internet packages offering download speeds of up to 700 Mbps, while businesses can benefit from speeds up to 750

By Ahmad Hathout Telus CEO Darren Entwistle said in many words Thursday he expects the CRTC to reaffirm its decision to allow the three largest telecoms in the country to have access to the wholesale internet regime, and that some of the company’s decisions in the east will depend on

Telus and the Calgary Airport Authority announced Wednesday a 10-year, multi-million-dollar partnership that will transform YYC Calgary International Airport into the first airport in Canada to be equipped with a 5G private wireless network. “This ultra-fast, low-latency network will deliver consistent, enterprise-grade connectivity throughout the airport campus,” a Telus press release says,

Ericsson on Wednesday announced the launch of the Cradlepoint X20 5G router with network slicing capabilities, enabling service providers to offer differentiated fixed wireless access (FWA) connectivity services to small- and medium-sized businesses. In addition to plug-and-play FWA 5G connectivity and network slicing, the Cradlepoint X20 features advanced security capabilities and

Freedom Mobile announced Tuesday it is expanding its selection of wireless rate plans in Manitoba to include larger data buckets at affordable prices. Freedom said it has added three new 60 GB rate plans along with new Roam Beyond features on existing in-market plans in the province. Manitoba customers can now choose