Wind Mobile employees do ‘random acts of kindness’ while awaiting CRTC verdict

Wind Mobile is sending 400 of its employees out to help charities and buy strangers coffee instead of laying them off while it waits to see if it can operate in Canada.The new

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 27th, 2009 Brian Jackson

Thousands of new jobs at risk as result of CRTC’s Globalive decision

The decision by Canada’s telecommunications regulator to deny a new nation-wide wireless carrier a licence could result in the loss of thousands of new jobs and is being criticized for choking off competition.Globalive

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 3rd, 2009 Brian Jackson

CRTC decision on traffic shaping evokes praise and dismay

In the wake of a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision that regulates Internet traffic shaping, one large carrier will update its Web site FAQ, while another small carrier questions whether it

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 27th, 2009 Brian Jackson

CRTC says Canadian ISPs have the right to shape Internet traffic

Canada's telecommunications regulator yesterday issued a ruling upholding the right of major telcos and cable providers to manage the traffic of its Internet customers.The decision resulted from hearings held last July. At the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 22nd, 2009 Greg Meckbach

Telus says unfair advantage claim based on ‘half-truths and innuendo’

A campaign claiming the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has given incumbent telephone carriers an unfair advantage in offering broadband Internet services is “nothing but a collection of half-truths and innuendo,” according

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 11th, 2009 Brian Jackson

CRTC action against pesky telemarketers ‘too little, too late’

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) appears to be doing too little, too late, in its battle against pesky telemarketers, say privacy and consumer advocates.On Wednesday the Commission  released the identities of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 28th, 2009 Nestor Arellano

CRTC adjusts review process after new wireless entrant complains of delays

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has corrected a public notice after a new entrant to the nation's wireless industry complained that about a possible delay to the launch of its network and

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 22nd, 2009 Brian Jackson

All network traffic is created equal, experts to tell CRTC

Advocates for an open Internet where all network traffic is treated equally are hoping a bevy of experts will convince the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) of this in an appearance this

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 8th, 2009 Brian Jackson


“Poor enforcement against telemarketers making Do Not Call list ineffective”

Privacy activists across Canada, last week, applauded the proposal of a new anti-spam bill presented to the House of Commons, which would penalize the distributors and facilitators of spam. But the bill had

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 1st, 2009 Michelle MacLeod

Canada leads the world in online video viewership

A growing number of Canadians are tossing aside the remote control and TV guide, and turning to their personal computer or smart phone for entertainment. More Canadians watch videos online than any other

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 17th, 2009 Michelle MacLeod

Some small Canadian ISPs say traffic throttling is necessary

Some smaller Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) are concerned about their ability to maintain service levels if the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) upholds Net neutrality by banning the ability to throttle

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 5th, 2009 Brian Jackson

Traffic throttling by Canadian ISPs not required, experts tell CRTC

Canada's Internet service providers (ISPs) have no reason to throttle peer-to-peer (p2p) traffic and can use other network management techniques that have minimal end-user repercussions instead, according to top Internet experts.Net neutrality advocates

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 27th, 2009 Brian Jackson

Canadian ISPs, artist groups butt heads over new media funding proposal

A Canadian Radio, Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) proposal that more Canadian programming for the Web be funded by taxing ISP profits has sparked a heated debate – with ISPs and members of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 20th, 2009 Michelle MacLeod