Regulation & Policy

Anthony Gabryluk

As the feds open Canada's satellite market, a Harvard author comes to Canada with some advice on how Canada can get up to speed, the CRTC says it is misunderstood, the U.S preps for "Internet Policy 3.0," and  Britain's pension regulator fights for Nortel assets.

Staff

The door is now open to increased foreign ownership in the $30 billion satellite and telecommunications sector, the government said Wednesday in its Speech from the Throne.

Staff

A compilation of news from the past month on the Regulation and Policy front.

Tim Wilson

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has congratulated the Canadian wireless industry and the public safety community for having improved 911 services over the last year.

Staff

Globalive Wireless Corp had barely finished celebrating the federal government’s overturning of the CRTC’s foreign ownership ruling, when newcomer Public Mobile opened a salvo against the decision.

Tim Wilson

Public Mobile announces it will be rolling out “in the first half” of 2010, and the now-irrelevant CRTC is set to conduct a closed door session to  examine influence of US-based funds Columbia Capital and M/C Venture Partners.

Tim Wilson

With the predictable decision by Industry Minister Tony Clement to overturn the CRTC, the federal government has admitted in deed, if not in words, that the Telecommunications Act is dead. As we wrote at the end of October: "this may turn into a political football, with the Conservatives seizing on the opportunity to weaken the CRTC".

TM Staff

Cogeco Cable has appeared before CRTC hearings November 24, adding its opinion after Quebecor presented its suggestions last week on the fee-for-carriage debate, and after Leger Marketing came out with data showing that Quebecers place high value on conventional TV.

Tim Wilson

In conducting its review of the internet traffic management practices of internet service providers, the CRTC has sought views as to whether additional rules are required to contribute to the protection of personal privacy and the impact of any such rules.

Tim Wilson

The CRTC has imposed administrative monetary penalties totalling $7,000 on All Points Solutions Inc for initiating seven telemarketing telecommunications to consumers whose telecommunications numbers were registered on the National Do Not Call List, in violation of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules.

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