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Bell Denied by Court to Temporarily Halt CRTC Fibre Access Ruling

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Bell’s plea for a stay against the CRTC’s decision to allow independent ISPs wholesale access to the latter’s fibre network. The court decision was made on Friday, after Bell announced job cuts of 4,800 positions, blaming the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) for causing it to slash...

Rogers Ignite TV and Streaming Gets BritBox App

Rogers announced on Monday Ignite TV and Ignite Streaming now have access to the BritBox app. BritBox is a streaming service that offers British entertainment and now the app can be accessed within Ignite TV. According to Rogers, it is the first telecom provider in Canada to partner with BritBox for supporting the latter’s app....

ArriveCAN App Cost Taxpayers $60 Million or More: Auditor General

An audit conducted by the Auditor General of Canada has uncovered mismanagement beyond what anyone could imagine in the contracting, development, and implementation of the ArriveCAN app by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Public Services and Procurement Canada. The report, released on Monday, following a motion passed...

Nearly 50% of Cogeco’s Network Users Controlled by the ‘Big 3’

Starting today, the CRTC is launching its public hearing to review the wholesale high-speed access framework, set to conclude on Friday. Major telecoms, smaller independent ISPs (those remaining anyways) and public advocacy groups are set to appear at the hearing, to present their arguments. Today will see OpenMedia and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre appear....

Google One Surpasses 100 Million Subscribers

Google has officially surpassed the 100 million subscriber mark for its Google One service, as announced by CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday. "We just crossed 100M Google One subscribers! Looking forward to building on that momentum with our new AI Premium Plan (launched yesterday) offering AI features like Gemini Advanced, plus Gemini in Gmail, Docs...

Fido Sells Internet Again–But from Rogers and Shaw

Earlier this month, Rogers revealed it had stopped selling Fido-branded home internet back in October for new customers (then raising prices for good measure). Existing Fido internet customers still have service and have been able to negotiate for deals by threatening to leave. The decision to axe Fido Internet comes after Rogers and other big...