Etiket: Telecommunications
Telecommunications | Telus uses “toxic and Machiavellian” tactics, says Pierre Karl Péladeau
(OTTAWA) Quebecor President and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau on Wednesday denounced the “toxic and Machiavellian tactics” employed by Telus to try to undermine Videotron’s purchase of the wireless telephone operator…
Telecommunications | Manon Brouillette leaves Verizon
Less than a year after taking office, Quebecer Manon Brouillette left her position as vice-president and chief executive officer of Verizon Consumers Group, the largest division of the American telecommunications…
Telecommunications | The United States bans equipment of Chinese origin
(Washington) The US telecommunications regulator (FCC) announced on Friday the banning of equipment and services provided by nearly half a dozen Chinese companies, including equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE. Posted…
Telecommunications | Proposed Rogers-Shaw merger generates more optimism
Investors show more confidence in the completion of the merger of Shaw and Rogers the day after the conditions imposed by Ottawa and immediately accepted by Quebecor in connection with…
Telecommunications | Quebec will map its “cellular deserts”
(Quebec) Faced with “the insufficiency of cellular coverage in Quebec”, which “constitutes a security issue and a brake on development”, the government has just launched a call for tenders to…
Telecommunications | You are paying dearly for a network that has crashed
PHOTO COLE BURSTON, CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES People enjoy free internet at a Toronto cafe during the major Rogers network outage on July 8. Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot The Press You pay a…
Telecommunications | Protections unknown to consumers
Do you have an idea of the three codes that protect Canadian consumers in telecommunications? Don’t worry if you answer no: you are among the 76% who have never heard…
Telecommunications: the federal government wants to make internet and mobile plans more accessible
The Trudeau government on Thursday gave new instructions to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) with the aim of lowering the price of telecommunications services. “While the progress we…
Telecommunications | Globalive agrees with Telus to share its network and spectrum
(Toronto) Globalive Capital announced Thursday that it has signed a network and spectrum sharing agreement with Telus, hoping it will improve its offer to buy Freedom Mobile. Posted at 5:02…
Competition | Telecommunications experts call for stricter measures
As the Competition Bureau seeks to block Rogers Communications’ takeover of Shaw Communications, fearing the $26 billion deal will reduce competition in wireless, some industry watchers say steps are yet…
Complaints against telecommunications groups down
(Ottawa) Complaints from Canadian consumers of telecommunications or television services decreased by 26% between the 1er August 2021 and January 31, 2022, compared to the same period a year earlier,…
Telecommunications: Exodus of Ebox customers after its acquisition by Bell
Bell’s acquisition of the Monteregian Internet service provider Ebox caused a flight of many Quebec Internet users to other discount providers such as Oxio or even Fizz, a brand that…
Telecommunications: Web giants finance citizens’ war against C-11 and C-10
Google, TekSavvy, Twitter and other digital companies have actively funded in recent years an organization that oversees citizen mobilization campaigns against bills aimed at tightening the regulation of the Internet…
9% increase in telecommunications complaints
Customer who receives a bill of $ 55 instead of $ 45 as promised for their cellular plan, and who must also pay $ 45 to change their number. Consumer…
Telecommunications: Pierre Karl Péladeau wonders what’s going on at Rogers
The president and CEO of Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau, did not want to reveal his game on the potential acquisition of Freedom Mobile, but he recognizes that the family saga…