Post Tagged with: "crtc"

CRTC Modifies Telecom Complaints Body

The CRTC has made some changes to the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services Inc. It will now limit mandatory participation of telecom service providers to three years and capped the monetary compensation award to direct financial loss. Moreover, the maximum amount available for collective complaints will be $5,000, regardless […]

June 2, 2008 — 1 comment — News

National Post Calls for Greater Mobile Competition

The National Post has published an editorial emphasizing Canada's high mobile rates and the need for greater competition.

June 2, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — News

Tim Denton Appointed CRTC Commissioner

Tim Denton, a former colleague on the CIRA board, a recent graduate from the University of Ottawa's LL.M. in Law and Technology, and a thoughtful commentator on net neutrality, has been appointed as a Commissioner of the CRTC.

May 18, 2008 — 2 comments — News

CRTC New Media Consultation

I'll have much to say about the CRTC's New Media consultation in the coming days – I think it holds the promise of addressing net neutrality and the danger of promoting unnecessary new Internet regulation in the form of online Canadian content requirements – but in the meantime the document […]

May 15, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — News

CRTC Sets Timeline for Throttling Case

The CRTC this morning issued its promised plan for addressing the substantive issues raised by the CAIP complaint over Bell's throttling practices. The plan has an aggressive timeline with all submissions in by June 26th and a decision promised within 90 days. Bell and CAIP have been asked to respond […]

May 15, 2008 — 12 comments — News