Commission's reconsideration begins

OTTAWA – Told by Cabinet on Friday, Public Notice on Wednesday. The CRTC issued the required public notice today on the rethink it's been told to do on last May's voice over IP decision. The new federal government told the Commission on Friday that it was to reconsider last year's decision, in light of the current telecom market conditions and the Telecom Policy Review Report filed in March. The CRTC's decision determined that VOIP is voice and that existing regulations covering telecom would stand. That largely means that the incumbent telcos still had to file for tariff approval when they...