Canada’s wireless market has taken another step backwards. Yesterday, telecom giant Telus announced it has bought out Public Mobile, a small independent carrier with 280,000 customers in Quebec and Ontario.…
As we all know, Canada’s telecoms market is a mess – just three giant conglomerates control over 93% of the cell phone market, and this lack of choice means Canadians…
What an incredible response! It’s been just a few days since we launched our ‘No to Internet Censorship’ letter calling on world leaders not to sign away our fundamental digital…
Good things happen when Canadians speak out! For months, tens of thousands of citizens from right across Canada have stood up to demand the government take action for authentic choice…
Have you heard about the challenges facing some customers of independent Internet Service Provider TekSavvy? TekSavvy, a leading independent service provider with a customer-base of 235,000 subscribers nationwide, rents network…
These are worrying times for privacy in Canada. We’ve seen shocking revelations in recent months about the ways secretive Canadian government spy agencies like CSEC may be monitoring the everyday…
These are worrying times for privacy in Canada. We’ve seen shocking revelations in recent months about the ways secretive Canadian government spy agencies like CSEC may be monitoring the everyday…
Canadians have been speaking out for wireless choice and affordability for years now and, after years of telecommunications policy neglect, it looks like the government is finally starting to listen.…
Did you know that Canada’s Internet is democratically governed? The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), is a non-profit organization that manages the dot-ca registry and addresses many of the day-to-day…
Ensuring Canada has an accessible, affordable, surveillance-free, and open Internet is essential for our economy, culture, and global competitiveness. We now have a new, heavyweight Industry Minister in James Moore…
Canada’s Big Three telecom giants are sounding increasingly desperate as their expensive ad campaign fails to connect with Canadians – and now it looks like they’re taking that desperation out…
You’ve likely heard by now about the massive and misleading advertising campaign being run by Canada’s Big Three telecom giants, as they desperately try to stave off the prospect of…
More than 100 organizations from across the globe, including OpenMedia.ca, are taking a stand against unchecked communications #surveillance, calling for governments around the world to follow international human rights law…
Access to new affordable Canadian startup telecom providers is what OpenMedia.ca and its supporters have been pushing for for years – and it’s what Big Telecom is afraid of. That’s…
According to reports, it looks like Industry Minister James Moore is standing behind his policy of reserving vital spectrum resources for new entrants to Canada’s wireless market, despite enormous pressure…
Big Telecom is at it again – Telus is now actually threatening the government with legal action if they follow through on their commitment to stop the Big Three cell…
The OECD have just released their 2013 Communications Outlook – a heavyweight independent report that offers a detailed examination of the state of telecommunications across the world’s leading 34 industrialized…
Canada, you gave Big Telecom a chance to listen and provide better service – but they’re still up to their old tricks. Don’t you think it’s time to open up…
Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again. They’ve invested some of their record profits into an expensive PR campaign, including misleading full page newspaper ads, in a clear…
It’s been a fairly positive few weeks for Canada’s long-suffering cell phone users, who pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst service in the industrialized world.…
