Eastlink says claims are ‘inaccurate’ By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Third-party competitors using Eastlink’s network are asking the CRTC to find the cable company guilty of negligence when a network... Continue Reading
CALGARY – Rogers Communications and the City of Calgary announced Tuesday clients of the city’s Fair Entry subsidy program are now eligible for low-cost internet, wireless and TV services through the Rogers Connected... Continue Reading
TORONTO – The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC), with support and funding from SiriusXM Canada, announced Tuesday morning the launch of Words and Culture, a radio project designed to help... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said Thursday that the CRTC’s decision to force the large telephone companies to open access to their last mile fibre networks “levels the... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Rogers Communications announced Tuesday the launch of its new Connected for Success 5G Mobile Plan, available to eligible low-income Canadians for $25 per month. The new plan offers 3 GB... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout TORONTO – The CRTC approved Monday a limited and temporary regime in which competitors can force negotiations for access the last mile fibre services under the current... Continue Reading
By Doug Barrett, adjunct professor in the Arts, Media & Entertainment MBA Program at the Schulich School of Business. From 2004 to 2008 he was the chair of the Canadian Television Fund
Phil Lind was an unlikely hero, but a genuine one. Since his passing, much has been written about his decades’ – long service to Rogers Communications, his role as consiglieri to Ted Rogers, his determined recovery from a major stroke in his mid-fifties, his art collection, and his love of the Yukon.
However, scant attention has been paid to what I think is his greatest accomplishment: he was the…
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By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Rogers is arguing that the practice of bulk internet billing deals with residential buildings, which it says has been promoted by the CRTC, does not... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Telus, Montreal-based TerreStar Solutions (operating as Strigo) and U.S.-based Skylo announced Wednesday they have successfully used satellite connectivity to conduct voice calls and send text messages between smartphones... Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – A coalition of public interest groups has asked the CRTC on Friday to consider a financial plan for a fund that bankrolls their involvement in... Continue Reading