Bell MTS no longer needed to provide reports following Winnipeg landline outages
Bell MTS is no longer required to provide monthly information regarding landline outages that were reported earlier this year, according to the federal regulator.
In May 2022, complaints started to come in regarding landline service in the Winnipeg area provided by Bell MTS.
"The company indicated that most of the issues were in relation to legacy copper infrastructure, which was heavily impacted by weather issues. The company also indicated that it was working on the deployment of fibre, which is a more resilient and reliable technology," the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said in an email to CTV News Winnipeg.
In June, the CRTC called on the communications company to supply monthly reports on the outages until October.
On top of the monthly reports, the CRTC said it monitors service quality for large phone companies, including Bell MTS.
"Over the course of our monitoring, the outages have significantly reduced. In its most recent reporting, Bell MTS indicated that its open trouble tickets continue to remain low and it continues to monitor the situation and remains committed to addressing voice outages as expeditiously as possible."
As a result of the improvement that the CRTC has seen, it said Bell MTS no longer has to provide monthly reports. The CRTC added it will continue to monitor any concerns.
Bell MTS is owned my Bell Media, which is the parent company of CTV News Winnipeg.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Bodies found by U.S. authorities searching for missing B.C. kayakers
United States authorities who have been searching for a pair of missing kayakers from British Columbia since the weekend have recovered two bodies in the nearby San Juan Islands of Washington state.
Amid concerns over 'collateral damage' Trudeau, Freeland defend capital gains tax change
Facing pushback from physicians and businesspeople over the coming increase to the capital gains inclusion rate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his deputy Chrystia Freeland are standing by their plan to target Canada's highest earners.
'It's discriminatory': Individuals refused entry to Ontario legislature for wearing keffiyeh
Individuals being barred from entering Ontario’s legislature while wearing a keffiyeh say the garment is part of their cultural identity— and the only ones making it political are the politicians banning it.
BREAKING Police will not be charged in death of Indigenous man in B.C., mother says
Three Mounties in British Columbia will not face charges in the killing of a 38-year-old Indigenous man on Vancouver Island in 2021, according to the man's mother.
Douglas DC-4 plane with 2 people on board crashes into river outside Fairbanks, Alaska
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said.
Tom Mulcair: Park littered with trash after 'pilot project' is perfect symbol of Trudeau governance
Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair says that what's happening now in a trash-littered federal park in Quebec is a perfect metaphor for how the Trudeau government runs things.
'It's just so hard to let it go': Umar Zameer still haunted by death of Toronto police officer
“It's just so hard to let it go. I mean, everyone is telling me, ‘you have to move on,’ but I know someone is not here [anymore]. So I don't know how I will move on." That’s what Umar Zameer, the man recently acquitted in the death of a Toronto police officer, told CTV News Toronto in a sit-down interview on Tuesday.
NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 again in a way that makes sense. The most distant spacecraft from Earth hadn't sent home any understandable data since last November.
Saskatchewan households will continue to receive carbon tax rebate: Trudeau
Households in Saskatchewan will continue to receive Canada Carbon Rebate payments, despite the province refusing to remit the federal carbon price on natural gas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.