Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 2, 2009 as Consumer Choice Key To Ending This Fight For the past two months, Canadians have been subjected to a non-stop marketing campaign pitting two deep-pocketed industries – broadcasters and broadcast distributors – against each other. Television and radio commercials, full-page newspaper […]
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Liberals Call for Better Internet and Wireless Competition, Net Neutrality
The Liberals have issued a noteworthy release calling for better competition and service for wireless and Internet services in Canada. The party says there is a real competition problem that calls for "concrete proposals to lower prices and improve cell phone and Internet service for urban and rural Canadians." The […]
The Globalive Decision: Time To Pick Competition Over Canadian Ownership
The CRTC this afternoon issued its decision on whether Globalive, a new wireless competitor about to operate as Wind Mobile, complies with the foreign ownership restrictions currently found in the Telecommunications Act. While Industry Canada previously concluded that Globalive met the Canadian control requirements for the purposes of the Radiocommunications […]
CRTC Sends Message: Traffic Management Rules Apply To Wireless Too
CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein delivered the keynote address at the International Institute of Communications conference in Montreal yesterday. The speech reviewed last week's traffic management/net neutrality decision. On the issue of wireless, he stated: At some point down the road, we will need to review the regulatory measures that […]
CRTC Posts Updated Stats on Do-Not-Call
The CRTC has posted updated data on the experience with do-not-call. It reports that as of September 30, 2009, there have been over 7.6 million registrations and 200,000 complaints. The CRTC has 87 active investigations, issued 145 warning letters, 10 notices of violations, and imposed 7 administrative monetary penalties.
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