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Rogers announced in late December it has turned on five new cellular towers along B.C.’s Highway 16, known as the Highway of Tears, providing additional 911 access for all travellers and 5G wireless coverage for Rogers customers. This marks the substantial completion of the project, announced in April 2021, with nine

By Ahmad Hathout The Competition Bureau is suing Rogers at the Competition Tribunal for allegedly misleading customers by marketing its mobile wireless data as “unlimited” when speeds are throttled after the data cap has been exceeded. “Rogers has made, and continues to make, representations to the public that convey the

Bell announced Friday that it has successfully hit download speeds of 50 Gbps on its existing fibre infrastructure. The demonstration of the 50G PON (passive optical network) shows that the telco can get speeds of up to 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps and now 50 Gbps on a single fibre, it

York Region fibre internet service provider telMAX announced Wednesday the launch of its fully symmetrical 4 Gbps residential internet package. TelMAX says in a press release it’s the first ISP in its service areas — which include Brooklin, Stouffville, Newmarket, Aurora and Richmond Hill — to offer a 4 Gbps internet speed

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC said Thursday that it has streamlined the process by which it evaluates Broadband Fund applications to speed up the process and has given indigenous communities more flexibility and control over their subsidized builds. The regulator said it is implementing a new system that includes triaging

By Ahmad Hathout Representatives from the country’s largest telcos urged Senate members to consider legislation that would make copper theft a serious crime to deter what they say is becoming an increasing problem as the value of the element rises. Currently, the criminal code penalizes copper theft as “theft under

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced Monday a $45-million investment that will support the creation of a 5G testbed and living lab program as part of a $66-million project led by Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN). Based in Kanata, Ont., CENGN plans to develop eight living

Rogers announced Tuesday morning the launch of Rogers Xfinity Storm-Ready WiFi, what it calls “Canada’s first home internet back-up solution”. The new product combines Rogers advanced network technology with a device that automatically switches to the Rogers cellular network when there is an internet service or power outage. The product’s

By Ahmad Hathout A group of internet service providers has filed a petition to cabinet on a precautionary basis asking it to vary the CRTC’s wholesale framework decision from August in case the regulator decides, after its latest consultation, not to ban the three largest ISPs from accessing the regime.