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Tag: Wireless
Rogers and Shaw to be combined in $26B transaction
Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications are to be combined in a $26 billion transaction, subject to regulatory approvals.
In a company announcement, Rogers said the...
Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – NAB Show cancelled following COVID-19...
NAB Show, which was set to take place in Las Vegas Apr. 18-22, says that after carefully monitoring coronavirus developments over the past few...
Shaw announces retirement of president Jay Mehr
Shaw Communications has announced the retirement of company president Jay Mehr, effective Apr. 9.
Mehr has been in the role since Mar. 2016 and with the...
Feds direct CRTC to bring down cost of internet, cellphone bills
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has tabled the final version of a policy direction that requires the CRTC to take steps to bring...
CRTC launches review of mobile wireless market
The CRTC is launching a review of the mobile wireless market to determine whether further action is required to improve choice and affordability for...
CRTC takes steps to make lower-cost data-only wireless plans available
The CRTC has announced that Bell, Rogers and Telus will offer data-only wireless plans for as low as $15/month, as part of the regulator's effort to...
Internet service complaints up 170 per cent over last five years:...
The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has published its 2017-18 Annual Report, noting a 57 per cent increase in the number of...
CRTC asks Canadians to weigh in on proposed code of conduct...
The CRTC says it's taking action to address increasing complaints about internet services.
The commission is seeking comments on the need for a mandatory code...
CRTC hearings on questionable telco practices wrap
CRTC hearings on misleading and aggressive sales practices by the country's telecom providers concluded Friday afternoon, with Shaw, Rogers and Bell disputing that questionable...
#CRTCforum hashtag reflects unfiltered exasperation of Canadian wireless consumers
Dozens of Canadians took the opportunity to chime in on the record via Twitter on day one of the CRTC hearings on aggressive and...
