Cable / Telecom News

By Ahmad Hathout The Competition Bureau’s deceptive marketing practices lawsuit against Rogers unfairly singles out the cable company’s “unlimited” wireless plans, cherry-picks out-of-context material, and doesn’t square with the fact that the plans have followed CRTC rules since they launched in the summer of 2019, according to the company’s reply

CNOC calls move “disappointing” but not surprising By Ahmad Hathout Bell CEO Mirko Bibic announced Thursday the telco is again cutting its fibre buildout target after the CRTC earlier this week refused to ban the largest internet service providers from using its last-mile fibre network in Ontario and Quebec. Bibic

United Steelworkers union (USW) Local 1944, which represents approximately 4,000 members at Telus, said Wednesday the Vancouver-based telecom’s latest round of voluntary severance packages (VSPs) is part of an ongoing practice that raises concerns about the integrity of Canada’s telecommunications system. USW Local 1944 said in a press release Telus last week

Videotron’s Fizz announced Wednesday the official launch of Fizz TV, its all-digital and fully customizable television service, following a successful beta period. Available now to Fizz Home Internet customers in Quebec, Fizz TV offers a pick-and-choose model that lets users build their own TV plan. Starting at $7 per month, for a

By Ahmad Hathout Rogers has filed an application requesting that the CRTC reverse its decision to expand the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) regime to internet of things (IoT) and enterprise services. The market for those services, claims Rogers in its application to review-and-vary posted last week, “is likely one

The CRTC announced last week it has approved more than $14 million in funding via its Broadband Fund for CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. to build approximately 253 kilometres of fibre infrastructure to bring high-capacity transport services to two communities in northern British Columbia and one in southern Yukon. Totalling approximately 113

The regulator now moves to challenges against final wholesale decision By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC said large provider access to the aggregated last-mile fibre facilities of mainly Bell but also Telus in Ontario and Quebec have proven to increase consumer choice and competition between internet service providers, rejecting a cabinet

The CRTC said it will not alter the Feb. 13 implementation deadline for Telus, Bell and SaskTel to provide competitors with workable access to their fibre networks in a decision last week that rejected Telus’s October 2024 request for a four-month extension to the implementation date in British Columbia and Alberta. In arguing for

By Ahmad Hathout Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said more customers than expected used the company’s credit card to finance handsets in the fourth quarter, which saw lower net adds in the postpaid wireless segment. The cableco added 69,000 net new postpaid customers, far less than the 184,000 it added in

Continuing the expansion of its all-fibre network in the York Region area north of Toronto, telMAX announced last week its advanced internet service, featuring symmetrical upload and download speeds up to 4 Gbps, is now available in the community of Richmond Hill. TelMAX first announced the launch of its fully symmetrical 4 Gbps residential