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Marketing businesses should remain aware of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules and take steps to ensure that their marketing campaigns remain in compliance with that program.

Days before the hammer is raised for the 700 MHz auction, the Canadian government has already announced its next spectrum auction.

In June 2008, the blue-ribbon Competition Policy Review Panel appointed by the federal government issued its report, Compete to Win, on how to raise Canada's standard of living through greater competition and productivity.

To most people, myself included, the word "spam" conjures up images of unwanted and annoying emails covertly finding their way through our e-mail filters.

Following a series of hearings this fall, a Parliamentary Committee has recommended that the Canadian government revise Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) to clarify a number of key provisions...

This year, the CRTC noted that Canadian telecoms that charged unlocking fees made $37.7 million last year alone. Rogers, Bell, and Telus, the big three as we call them, stand by their unlocking fees.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the "CRTC") has launched a consultation to examine market dynamics among small, medium, and large programming, distribution...

In addition to the involvement of the CRTC and the OPC, the memorandum was signed by 9 international agencies, from the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands, the UK, Korea, New Zealand and South Africa.

The issue of whether compensation should be paid to Canadian local over-the-air (OTA) television stations by the broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) (e.g., cable, direct-to-home satellite) that distribute the television stations’ programs has been the subject of discussion for many years and, more recently, was the subject of a proceeding before the industry’s regulatory body, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, the Commission).

The CRTC has overturned a 2018 staff finding that two online advertising intermediaries aided an unknown party with respect to the installation of malware ...

The CRTC staff have recently held an informal consultation with industry and consumer groups following the October 2012 release of CRTC’s guidelines regarding the interpretation of its CASL regulations.

In the first case considered by the appointed members of the CRTC under Canada's Anti-Spam Law (CASL), the Commission has significantly reduced the size of the penalty previously issued by staff...

In less than six weeks, the e-communications landscape in Canada will undergo a seismic shift.

In Provincial Budget 2020, measures were announced that would require businesses not otherwise carrying on business in British Columbia ("BC") to register for and collect PST.

In the latest chapter in the ongoing battle between incumbent wireless service providers and the federal government over government policies intended to stimulate more competition in the wireless market, the Federal Court has dismissed an application by Telus Communications Company (Telus) for judicial review of the Minister of Industry’s authority to impose conditions on spectrum licences issued pursuant to the Radiocommunication Act.

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada ("ISED") has taken a significant step toward establishing a framework for authorizing satellite operators to partner with terrestrial wireless providers...

On March 4, 2010, The Honourable James Flaherty, Minister of Finance, delivered the federal Conservative government’s 2010 Budget. Of particular interest to the telecommunications industry is that the budget provides for the removal of the existing restrictions on the foreign ownership of Canadian satellites.