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Canada Watchdog Demands Answers From Rogers For Outage

By  |  July 12, 2022

Canada’s telecoms regulator said on Tuesday it has ordered Rogers Communications to respond to questions about last week’s network outage that impacted millions of Canadians.

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    Rogers needs to provide a detailed account as to “why” and “how” the outage happened, and what measures the company is putting in place to prevent future outages, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said in a statement.

    The company has until July 22 to provide its responses, after which the CRTC will decide what additional measures need to be taken.

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