Telcos mount charge before CRTC to restore device-locking - The Wire Report

Canadian wireless service providers are rallying behind Telus Corp.’s appeal for the CRTC to reinstate device-locking capabilities.

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Telecoms can teach other sectors about AI adoption: expert - The Wire Report

Shalima Bhalla, an expert on enterprise customer experience and agentic AI, told The Wire Report about the technology's impact on telecoms.

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OPINION: Canada's broadcasting policy is solving yesterday's problem — Part II: Defining Success - The Wire Report

"In Canada’s case, the primary objective must be clear: helping create Canadian stories that Canadians actively choose to watch," writes John P. Roman.

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Q&A: CCTS head wants TV, wireless customers to feel less pain - The Wire Report

Josée Bidal Thibault leads Canada's independent agency tasked with mediating disputes between individual consumers and telecom companies — and she's got her hands full.

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OPINION: What losing Hockey Night in Canada should make us ask - The Wire Report

"As exclusive broadcasting agreements become more common, Canadians should ask whether there are certain moments that deserve broader public access," writes Raj Shoan, executive director of Friends of...

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Cultural groups still waiting on government funding after Liberals scrap streamer tax - The Wire Report

Two months ago, Canadian Identity Minister Marc Miller said he was "impatient" to support cultural groups — but no money has yet left the government’s coffers.

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Federal Court dismisses Terrestar’s appeal of CRTC spectrum revenue decision - The Wire Report

The dispute began in 2022, when Terrestar tried to subtract spectrum sale and subordination earnings from its Canadian telecom service revenues.

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Bell still plagued by copper theft in first half of year - The Wire Report

"Copper theft is a criminal act that targets critical infrastructure and leads to service outages that can endanger public safety, particularly by disrupting access to emergency services,” Bell’s chie...

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Federal, provincial politicians enraged by Liberal retreat under Online Streaming Act - The Wire Report

The Liberal government is facing an onslaught of criticism from all sides of the political spectrum over its plan to “eliminate” contribution requirements facing U.S. streamers.

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BREAKING: Ottawa to scrap all contribution requirements for U.S. streamers - The Wire Report

In a recent letter to the Federal Court of Appeal, the government outlined its intention to “eliminate the base contribution requirement on streaming services and to provide government funding to repl...

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Prime Video acquires rights to Wednesday night hockey from Rogers - The Wire Report

The games will be broadcast in both French and English beginning on Sept. 30, 2026.

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OPINION: Canada's broadcasting policy is solving yesterday's problem - The Wire Report

"Canadians increasingly consume media from wherever compelling stories are being told. The competition is no longer between Canada and the United States. It is between Canada and the world," writes Jo...

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Telcos, municipalities at odds over federal cell tower policy - The Wire Report

ISED’s suggested 45-day timeline for communities to issue a final determination on proposed builds has angered municipal officials across the country.

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911 down for three hours in Manitoba as Bell scrambles to modernize system - The Wire Report

Last week, a third party doing construction accidentally sliced through a Bell MTS fibre cable, affecting the Public Safety Answering Point in Brandon.

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Bell, Telus push back on proposed public hearing into wireless fees - The Wire Report

Canada’s largest telecommunications companies have drawn battle lines ahead of an upcoming CRTC investigation into whether the companies are violating a new commission policy.

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TekSavvy and co. ask CRTC to review and vary wholesale access rates - The Wire Report

After the CRTC set the final rates for wholesale access in April, independent ISPs said the policy will do nothing to aid competition, which remains the basis of the coalition's argument to review and...

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Q&A: Sheri Somerville can feel the CRTC shifting on competition - The Wire Report

Sheri Somerville, CEO of the Canadian Communications Systems Alliance, spoke about her belief that the CRTC is moving in a positive direction on competition and previewed the CCSA’s upcoming summit in...

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Sportsnet once again raises cost of streaming service - The Wire Report

On Thursday, Sportsnet+ subscribers received an email notifying them that monthly subscriptions will jump from $29.99 to $34.99.

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Local radio fund campaigns for $30M in Budget 2026 - The Wire Report

“We give billions to the CBC, and there’s no point where I argue against that, but let’s see if there’s a way we can also support community broadcasting," said Alex Freedman, executive director of the...

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Q&A: Streamers, social media, and cabinet shuffles — a digital policy check-in with Josh Tabish - The Wire Report

We caught up with one of Canada’s leading digital policy commentators to discuss what he’s watching ahead of the House of Commons’ autumnal return.

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Nearly 70 per cent of Canadians think the country should be able to launch satellites from home soil: poll - The Wire Report

According to the survey, expanding Canada’s space activities does not carry much political risk, as support for the issue is strongest among Liberals, but extends across party lines to Conservative an...

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CBC/Radio-Canada expands foreign coverage, opening bureaus across the world - The Wire Report

The public broadcaster is reestablishing bureaus in Beijing and Jerusalem and operating outlets in Los Angeles and Mexico City.

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Canada moves to finalize new audiovisual coproduction treaties with U.K., Spain, Jamaica - The Wire Report

The federal cabinet recently approved three orders-in-council authorizing government officials to sign new agreements.

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Bell scoops up more than 70 per cent of government spending on phone lines: data - The Wire Report

The feds spent $172.8 million on traditional and wireless phone lines in 2024-25.

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Q&A: As Canadian private radio falters, how are public stations beating the odds? - The Wire Report

Barry Rooke, executive director of the National Campus and Community Radio Association, theorized why the commercial and public radio industries are moving in two different directions

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No jurisdiction to investigate network migration, CCTS says - The Wire Report

The CCTS received a complaint when Telus consolidated dedicated IP addresses into a single address after deploying fibre in B.C.

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Corus defends restructuring plan in CRTC documents - The Wire Report

Corus is lashing out at critics of its proposed restructuring plan, some of whom are calling for tangible benefits to be paid and demanding a public hearing into the new fiscal arrangement.

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Harper-era cabinet minister joins community broadcasters foundation - The Wire Report

Prior to entering politics, Kent worked as a journalist for Global, CTV, NBC, and CBC.

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Feds pump $1.89 million into Indigenous broadcasting in Saskatchewan - The Wire Report

The funding is part of the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting component of the Indigenous Languages program.

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Proposed indefinite radio licences wins support from Bell, Rogers, Corus - The Wire Report

Sirius XM Canada and numerous independent media companies also endorsed the proposal, which received nearly unanimous industry approval.

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