Canada's media regulator grants Google a five-year Online News Act exemption and orders it to pay CA$100M to the Canadian Journalism Collective within 60 days
Google will pay this year's contribution to the Canadian Journalism Collective within the next 60 days. Michael Geist / @mgeist : Fine print of CRTC's Online News Act Google exemption: 1. Calculation ...
Canada's Online Streaming Act passes its final Senate vote; the law requires streaming services to support Canadian content and gives the CRTC regulatory power
as we will repeal this law. #Pierre4PM #SenCA https://twitter.com/... Anja Karadeglija / @anjakaradeglija : Now that #C11 has passed in the Senate @pablorodriguez says the Liberal government will “pro...
Rogers experienced an 18+ hour outage on Friday, affecting internet and phone services, including 911 calls, in parts of Canada
One of Canada's largest service providers had a major outage this morning. Voice of America : Millions of Canadians Lose Mobile, Internet Services Jem Aswad / Variety : The Weeknd's First Stadium Tour...
Canada's telecom regulator CRTC orders all new devices be unlocked, bans unlocking fees, effective Dec. 1
Wireless providers will no longer be allowed to sell locked mobile devices or charge Canadians to unlock their phones for use on rival's networks, according to new rules that will erase millions in an...
Canada's telecom regulator CRTC declares internet an essential service, mandates 50Mbps down, 10Mbps up for all, creates $750M fund to subsidize rural rollout
With its declaration that high-speed Internet a basic service, Canada's telecom regulator is shifting its regulatory focus from voice to broadband.
Canada's telecom regulator CRTC declares internet an essential service, mandates 50Mbps down, 10Mbps up for all, creates $750M fund to subsidize rural rollout
With its declaration that high-speed Internet a basic service, Canada's telecom regulator is shifting its regulatory focus from voice to broadband.
Netflix refuses CRTC demand to hand over subscriber data
Video streaming company not ‘in a position to produce competitively sensitive information’ — Netflix was ordered last week to give confidential subscriber data to the Canadian Radio-television and T...
Scrap the CRTC, petition urges
An online petition to dissolve the CRTC has attracted hundreds of signatures in the wake of the regulator's ruling against independent internet providers last week. — The petition, at dissolvethecrt...
Hands off our network, Bell tells CRTC
BY PETER NOWAK — Bell Canada Inc. is calling on the courts to scrap mandated access by competitors to its network, a move that could jeopardize some smaller companies that sell phone and internet serv...
Who controls how you use your Internet access? Vonage Canada challenges Shaw "VoIP tax"
Internet phone service company Vonage Canada warns that cable and phone companies could restrict "network neutrality" by limiting Canadians' freedom of choice on the Internet; requests CRTC investigat...