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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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