Category Archives: Telecom
Canada, allies must confront China challenge united after two Michaels: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Canada owes no debts to its allies, including the United States, for their help in standing up to China and bringing the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair to a close, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada and the U.S. resolved
China envoy says Kovrig, Spavor confessed to crimes, warns against rejecting Huawei
OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor confessed to crimes before their release from his country's prisons this past September. Envoy Cong Peiwu also said Friday Canada will pay a price if it blocks Chinese teleco...
Chinese-controlled firm loses court bid to pause Ottawa’s divestment order
OTTAWA — State-owned China Mobile has lost a court bid for a temporary hold on Ottawa's order that its Canadian affiliate be divested or wound up over national security concerns. In a ruling made public Tuesday, Federal Court Chief Justice Paul
Chinese envoy urges Canada to approve Huawei for 5G, says concerns are U.S. ploy
OTTAWA — Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu is calling on the federal government to ignore "invented" warnings from the U.S. about the threat posed by Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Canada remains the only member of the so-called Five Eyes intellig...
Chinese envoy urges Canada to approve Huawei for 5G, says concerns are U.S. ploy
OTTAWA — China’s ambassador to Canada is calling on the federal government to ignore “invented” warnings from the United States about Huawei and allow the Chinese telecom giant’s participation in this country’s 5G networks. Ambassador Cong Peiwu made t...
CRTC says new technology will help fight spoofed telephone calls
OTTAWA — The federal telecommunications regulator says new technology will help reduce the frequency and impact of caller ID spoofing. Spoofing happens when a caller hides their identity by displaying fake or altered phone numbers on a call display whe...
BCE urges CRTC reject Rogers-Shaw deal, independents call for safeguards
GATINEAU, Que. — BCE Inc. urged the CRTC to reject Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. on Thursday, while independent operators have called for more safeguards. Speaking at the second-last day of heari...
Chinese telecom firm seeks stay of federal national security divestment order
OTTAWA — A state-owned Chinese telecommunications firm is asking a judge to pause a federal order to divest its stake in a Canadian subsidiary over national security concerns while broader arguments play out in court. After hearing submissions Wednesda...
Trudeau calls for clearing cyberspace of hate, disinformation at peace forum
OTTAWA — Hate speech, disinformation and online extremism can't be allowed to prevent people from enjoying the freedom that cyberspace offers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday at an international discussion on the internet. "There is no doub...
Champagne says Canada only wants ‘trusted’ AI partners as Huawei decision looms
OTTAWA — Canada only wants to deal with "trusted partners" in future artificial intelligence ventures, says a federal minister — a signal that the country's rejection of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei as a 5G provider is at hand. Industry Mini...