The government of Canada has announced significant investments to improve connectivity in British Columbia and Alberta over the past two days. That includes combined federal and provincial funding of C$112 million to bring high speed internet access to more than 22,500 households in Alta. and another $37 million for 7,500 households in B.C.. The households, […]
Bluewaves Mobility Innovation (BMI), a North York-based startup that specializes in ORAN (open radio access networks) solutions, this week announced a partnership with Intel at MWC 2024 in Barcelona. ORAN is a nonproprietary version of the Radio Access Network (RAN) system that allows interoperation between various pieces of cellular network equipment provided by different vendors, […]
Canada has joined international partners including the United States, Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, and the United Kingdom in endorsing the Joint Statement of Principles for 6G. 6G is the successor to 5G cellular technology and is expected to be significantly faster, while enabling new applications using Internet […]
Two senior Canadian cabinet ministers have told a parliamentary committee that the government is willing to make changes to its proposed cybersecurity legislation for federally regulated critical infrastructure providers to strengthen the bill. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made that pledge Thursday before the House of Commons national security committee […]
Canadian federal financial institutions suffered almost three times as many serious reportable IT incidents in 2023 as in the year before, a parliamentary committee debating proposed cybersecurity legislation for overseeing the country’s critical infrastructure providers was told Monday. In 2023, there were 28 Priority 1 incidents reported to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial […]
The smartphone is one of the most remarkable inventions in contemporary human history and is currently the most widely utilized electronic device globally. Its evolution has transformed modern communication technology, allowing us to communicate efficiently and instantly across vast distances worldwide. This series delves into the historical evolution of the modern smartphone, shedding light on […]
Bell has accused Québecor of refusing to enter into necessary mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) access agreements. This comes a month after Québecor accused Bell, in a Part 1 application to the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), of undue delays in granting access to its network for the launch of its MVNO service. The CRTC […]
Ericsson has partnered with Telus to launch and optimize its 5G standalone (5G SA) network from coast-to-coast. To date, Telus delivered 5G SA only in select locations. Rogers also began deploying its 5G SA, powered by Ericsson, in December 2020, and rolled out the service two years later, although just on the Google Pixel 6 […]
The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has disbursed $39.7 million from the Broadband Fund to bring high-speed internet to 28 remote communities in Northern Ontario, Northern British Columbia, and, for the first time, in Nunavut. The CRTC said that municipalities, residents, businesses, and non-governmental organizations in Nunavut submitted letters to the commission emphasizing how high-speed […]
Rogers and Lynk Global have announced that they have completed Canada’s first successful satellite-to-mobile phone call, using Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphones. The two companies also tested SMS, data, and emergency alerting services. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey conducted the call with a NL Search and Rescue volunteer, using Lynk’s low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites and […]
The Competition Bureau is investigating whether the marketing claims made by Rogers that its Infinite wireless phone plans have unlimited data are deceptive. The Federal Court of Canada has, therefore, granted the Competition Bureau a court order requiring Rogers to produce records and information pertaining to that investigation. Rogers launched Infinite in 2019, introducing a […]
Twenty-two Canadian carriers collectively paid over C$2.1 billion for a record 4,099 licenses in the 3800 MHz spectrum auction. Bell, Rogers and Telus won the majority of the licenses. Telus acquired 1,430 licenses for around C$619 million, Bell won 939 licenses for around C$518 million, and Rogers won 860 for around C$474 million. Together, the […]
Bell has asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to create a news fund that would subsidize broadcasters, and which will force foreign streaming services to contribute to the fund through their Canadian content spending. Foreign streaming services, the company argued, “continue to grow and expand”, while traditional broadcasters “are in trouble” and “no […]
According to a new Opensignal report, Canada has one of the fastest average 4G download speeds, taking on European markets like Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. But when it comes to 5G download speed, Canada is lagging behind. Specifically, Canada has a 5G spectrum capacity of 47.1 MHz, resulting in 5G download speeds of 146.4 […]
Canada’s telecommunication companies gloated as StatsCan reported a 17 per cent drop in wireless services prices. But do our bills tell a different story? That was the key debate during a panel at the 22nd annual Canadian Telecom Summit. For Navdeep Bains, Rogers’ newly minted chief corporate affairs officer and former federal Industry minister, “facts […]
At the 22nd Canadian Telecom Summit, the Canadian Radio-television Commission (CRTC) Chair, Vicky Eatrides, announced that large cable and telephone companies will have to share their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks with competitors in order to increase competition and lower prices for customers. This ruling follows a public proceeding launched in March of this year. As part […]
A report released today by enterprise software provider SOTI found that 52 per cent of organizations do not have the budget to ensure real-time visibility over their employees’ mobile devices, including phones, tablets, printers and other mobile solutions. The report, which seeks to examine the state of the mobility industry amid accelerated digital transformation and […]
Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) cater to greater demands on network capacity and performance, as mobile user expectations on the quality of 5G skyrocket. Use cases such as gaming, video conferencing, live broadcasting, remote-controlled machines/vehicles, and so forth are putting higher requirements on the network to […]
Telus has announced that it has successfully used satellite connectivity to conduct voice calls, send text messages between smartphones and connect to IoT devices, in a groundbreaking trial. The successful demo, the company says, paves the way to eliminating no-coverage zones and providing ubiquitous connectivity. Telus partnered with non-terrestrial-network (NTN) service provider Skylo and wholesale […]
In an interview with IT World Canada, chief executive officer of Acronym Solutions John Papadakis discussed how the business needs of the mid-market became a key target for the company, following its rebranding in 2021. The Toronto-based company has graduated from being mainly a connectivity player as Hydro One Telecom to providing a host of […]
On Tuesday, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which manages the .CA internet top-level domain (TLD), and SIDN, its counterpart in the Netherlands which manages the .NL TLD, announced a partnership to develop, promote, and support the CIRA Registry Platform. Under the agreement, the code base and intellectual property of the CIRA platform will be […]
Quebecor today announced the launch of its Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service, as well as the expansion of the service territories of its Videotron, Fizz, and Freedom Mobile brands in Canada. This is a gradual expansion that will allow the three brands to offer their services to millions of additional Canadian consumers. Related: Companies […]
Bell, Verizon and Vodafone have successfully conducted the first live transatlantic meeting featuring holograms of employees from Toronto, New York, and London, via each of the telcos’ 5G networks and using multi edge computing (MEC) technology. “Multi-party holographic calling can make people feel more connected and productive, whether collaborating across classrooms, offices, hospitals or at […]
Today, virtually everyone needs wireless connectivity, be it cellular or Wi-Fi; that link to the outside world is crucial for both work and play. But, as with any technology, it takes a lot of work and cooperation to make an industry play nicely together so users can take advantage of it. Several years ago, Claus […]
