News Analysis Canada is abound with industries dominated by a handful of players, resulting in higher prices for consumers, less innovation, and weaker economic growth. Ottawa aims to increase competition by revising its outdated legal framework, but a veteran economist says it’s government actions that have been undercutting competition and continue to do so. “It’s…

Rogers Communications and Elon Musk’s SpaceX plan to connect mobile phones to satellite-based services aiming to expand coverage to remote areas in Canada, the companies said on Wednesday. The service, which will be delivered via the space company’s Starlink satellite network, will cover 4G and 5G phones starting with SMS text and will eventually expand…

Rogers Communications Inc. has announced additions to its executive team, including former industry minister Navdeep Bains, as it moves to integrate Shaw into its operations. Rogers got the approval to buyout Shaw on March 31, and it has selected Shaw’s head of operations and technology, Zoran Stakic, to oversee “a seamless transition” in bringing together the…

Rogers Communications Inc. has announced it will expand its latest high-speed wireless network across Toronto’s entire subway system. The company said this will include access to 911 for all riders. Rogers said subway riders with any wireless provider can currently call 911 only where the cellular network exists—on station platforms, concourses and about 25 per…

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has approved Rogers Communications Inc.’s $26-billion buyout of Shaw Communications Inc. with a number of conditions. Champagne’s approval of the buyout on March 31 ends over two years of the Rogers-Shaw deal moving through various regulatory hurdles after it was initially announced over two years ago. Champagne told reporters in Ottawa…

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will conduct a “forensic level technical review” of the Rogers Communications Inc. blackout in July 2022 that affected millions of Canadians and left many without internet access and ability to make phone calls for days. “The CRTC is seeking to evaluate the resiliency of Rogers’ telecommunications network architecture and…

The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is vowing to expel all Chinese goods and materials from the United States’s defense supply chains. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said that he would lead the effort to expunge China-sourced goods during a Feb. 8 hearing of the committee on the subject of defense-industrial base security. “The…

An economics professor says the big winners of Rogers Communications Inc.’s $26-billion proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. would be the telecoms’ families and that low–income Canadians would be hit the hardest. Speaking before the Competition Tribunal Friday, Dalhousie University’s Lars Osberg said low–income Canadians, who are already facing inflationary pressures, will feel the most pain if…

Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau says he intends to accept the conditions laid out by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne around the sale of wireless carrier Freedom Mobile to Videotron Ltd., which is part of the proposed $26-billion deal between Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. Péladeau said in a statement Tuesday evening that…

The federal industry minister says Canada’s major telecom companies have reached a formal agreement to “ensure and guarantee” emergency roaming and other mutual assistance in the case of a major outage. The deal comes after a massive Rogers Communications Inc. service disruption on July 8 that affected millions of Canadians. In the days after the…