fibre

Today, Bell announced that it will invest $854 million to bring the fastest broadband fibre to more homes and businesses throughout Montreal. The Canadian carrier plans to reach over 1.1 million residences and businesses with their fibre to the home (FTTH) initiative. In a statement, Bell Canada's President and CEO George Cope said: "Bell was...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will officially announce the implementation of its decision to mandate wholesale access to its fibre network for smaller internet service providers. The first areas to benefit from the regulator's decision will be Ontario and Québec, reports the Financial Post. The decision was issued last summer, but the implementation...

A new CRTC ruling allows Canadians access to more affordable fibre internet than before: the regulator denied Bell’s application to overturn a landmark July 2015 ruling which granted access to the incumbents’ fibre networks. As such, smaller ISPs will be able to start offering fibre services within the next year or so (via OpenMedia). The...

Today marks a critical milestone for independent high-speed fibre Internet access in Canada. Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Navdeep Bains is supporting a CRTC decision that forces Canada's big Internet providers to share their high-speed infrastructure with smaller carriers at a wholesale cost. Bell Canada had asked the Liberal government to overrule the regulator's...

If you are dreaming of a better world with gigabit connections in Canada and hope it materializes soon, well, you may have to wait a bit more, as Bell is appealing a CRTC ruling that says big telcos must share high-speed networks with competitors, reports CBC News. The carrier has filed a petition to the...