Why Canadian Telecom Companies Must Defend Your Right to Privacy
In today’s communications driven world, no one collects as much information about its customers as telecom companies. As subscribers increasingly rely on the same company for Internet connectivity,...
View ArticleThe Case Against the Bell Coalition’s Website Blocking Plan, Part 6:...
As the public concern over the Bell coalition website blocking plan continues to grow (both the Canadian Press and CBC this weekend covered the thousands of interventions at the CRTC), the case against...
View ArticleTelus’ Website Blocking Submission: No Copyright Expertise Needed and No Net...
Telus was not a charter member of the Bell website blocking coalition, but there was never much doubt that the last of the big incumbents would side with the application. Most of the independent and...
View ArticleTelus vs. Telus: Who Do You Believe on Wireless Competition in Canada?
The state of Canadian wireless competition has been a much-discussed issue in recent years with numerous reports providing evidence that Canadians pay some of the highest rates in the world. In fact,...
View ArticleCelebrating High Wireless Prices: Telus-Backed Report Claims Comparing...
Several years ago, Telus had a message for consumers discouraged by repeated studies that found Canadians pay some of the highest wireless rates in the world. In a blog post responding to an OECD...
View ArticleSupporting a More Competitive Canadian Wireless Market: Speak Out on Navdeep...
Last month, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains took his most significant policy step to date to address telecommunications concerns by issuing a proposed policy...
View ArticleThe LawBytes Podcast, Episode 21: Why Canada Has Some of the World’s Highest...
Canada has a well-earned reputation for some of the highest wireless prices in the world with numerous comparative studies finding that consumers pay relatively high prices for low amounts of data....
View ArticleDeja Vu All Over Again: Looking Back at Two Decades of Bell, Telus and Rogers...
In the weeks leading up to the CRTC hearing on wireless services, there was no shortage of corporate lobbying, opinion pieces from telecom company consultants downplaying concerns about the...
View ArticleWho Runs Canadian Telecom Policy Anyway?: Why the Telus Threats at the CRTC...
The big headline story from the first week of the CRTC hearing into the wireless market was undoubtedly Telus CEO Darren Entwistle closing hours of testimony with a threat to slash investment and jobs...
View ArticleBains’ Other Wireless Affordability Problem: The Broadcast Panel Plan for...
Navdeep Bains, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry today promoted the government’s plans for wireless affordability. The effort was largely an attempt to reiterate its wireless...
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