TekSavvy ‘running on hope’ as it urges CRTC to allow wholesale fibre internet access

2024-02-16 11:54 PM by Tyler Fields

Independent telecom TekSavvy says the federal regulator must urgently level the playing field when it comes to internet competition amid a shrinking market for small providers. The Chatham, Ont.-based carrier appeared before the CRTC on Friday as the commission held the final day of a week-long hearing that heard from 22 groups, including major and …

TekSavvy calls out CRTC for its ‘flawed’ internet decision

2023-11-09 03:15 AM by Alex Smith

Canada’s largest independent telecom company is raising the alarm over the interim decision on internet services from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). On Monday, the regulator ordered Bell and Telus, the incumbent phone providers in Ontario and Québec, to allow smaller players in these two provinces access to their fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. TekSavvy is …