The chair of Canada’s broadcasting regulator says there will be challenges along the way but the body is well equipped to iron out the details of a bill that seeks to regulate online news. Ian Scott, head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, told a House committee that he has already sought input from…
CRTC Head Is Confident About Managing Online News Bill Despite ‘Challenges’ Ahead
Major Telecoms Agree to Emergency Outage Deal: Minister Champagne
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…
Rogers Investigating After Wireless Customers Complain of Widespread Outage
A countrywide wireless outage left customers of Rogers Communications Inc. with intermittent access to call and texting services on Monday. The outage had broad economic ramifications across Canada, including impacting business operations, sales and payments and the ability for people to work remotely, experts say. “It’s a very big deal,” said Tyler Chamberlin, assistant professor at the…
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