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Government vows to address corporate privacy worries in proposed cybersecurity law

Parliamentary hearings opened Monday into proposed new laws that would give Ottawa authority over the cybersecurity readiness of critical infrastructure providers, with the government...

Bell and Québecor spar over MVNO access service agreements

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,...

Ericsson and Telus partner to launch 5G standalone network across Canada

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...

Samsung launches AI-powered Galaxy S24 series

For the first half hour of Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event Wednesday, one could be forgiven for thinking that it was a software launch, as...

Rogers, Bell most complained-about provider, issues rising across the board: CCTS study

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) accepted over 14,000 complaints about phone, internet, and TV services in Canada in 2022-2023, the CCTS’...

Bell remains the fastest provider in Canada, performances improve across the board: Ookla Speedtest report

Bell remained the fastest provider in Canada, Ookla’s Q4 2023 Speedtest report revealed, as it topped the mobile and fixed broadband download speeds, fixed...

2024 Telecom predictions: 5G, AI, sustainability and messaging trends to guide innovation

Next year, the telecommunications ecosystem will be guided by four key themes: 5G, artificial intelligence, sustainability and the messaging evolution, a report by Juniper...

CRTC to bring high-speed internet to remote communities including Nunavut for the first time

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...

Rogers and Lynk complete satellite-to-mobile phone call, 2024 launch anticipated

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...

Competition Bureau to investigate Rogers’ marketing claims about its ‘Infinite’ unlimited data plans

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...

5G spectrum auction concludes; Bell, Rogers and Telus bag the most licenses

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...

Canadian group gets $2.2 million to research AI threat detection for wireless networks

A group consisting of Canadian university researchers and Ericsson Canada is the latest to have won government funding under the National Cybersecurity Coalition for...

Channel Bytes November 24, 2023 – Open source maintenance service launches; KPMG in Canada & Chainalysis partner against crypto fraud; Protera offers enterprise cloud...

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Mitacs celebrates researcher spearheading the development of next-gen AI networks

Nonprofit research organization Mitacs conferred the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership on Georges Kaddoum, a top researcher at Montreal-based École de Technologie Supérieure...

Bell seeks interim relief from Bill C-11, says traditional broadcasters are suffering

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...

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