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Canadian telcos pin poor subscriber growth on new immigration policy

by Harry Baldock | May 12, 2025

Canada’s crackdown on immigration is hamstringing growth for the nation’s telcos, according to a report in The Toronto Star.

Rogers strikes $7bn deal with Blackstone-led group to boost balance sheet

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 7, 2025

Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telcos, has agreed a CAD $7 billion equity investment with Blackstone and a group of major Canadian pension funds.

“Perfect storm”: Wildfires knock out services in the Yukon

by Harry Baldock | May 14, 2024

Last week, ongoing wildfires in Canada’s Yukon territory severed critical fibre lines, leaving customers in parts of the Yukon, British Columbia, and the Northwestern Territories leaving customers unable to communicate or access emergency services.

Canadian pension fund to take slice of TIM’s NetCo

by Harry Baldock | Mar 11, 2024

On Friday, the CPP announced that they would be the latest company to invest in the highly prized fixed network assets of Italian incumbent operator TIM.

TELUS doubles down on Samsung to build Canada’s first Open RAN network

by Harry Baldock | Feb 19, 2024

TELUS and Samsung Electronics announced today that they will build Canada’s first commercial virtualized and open radio access network (RAN) — an intelligent, next-generation technology that offers enhanced performance, flexibility, energy efficiency and automation.

Rogers prepares to lock out unionised workers ahead of strike

by Harry Baldock | Nov 6, 2023

Having been in negotiations since February, two months ago around 300 former Shaw technicians voted 99.6% in favour of a striking over fears of job security, saying that they were increasingly being replaced by contractors.

“It’s not like the work has disappeared,” said Jayson Little, spokesperson for the United Steelworkers union, which represents the workers. “They’ve just started to rely more and more on contractors to do that work.”