TORONTO – BCE and Bell Mobility could be hit by a $100-million class action lawsuit over expiry dates on its pre-paid wireless services.
According to a Canadian Press report, the lawsuit claims that pre-paid wireless services payments are “gift cards” as defined by Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act, and therefore expiry dates are illegal.
The suit is being handed by the Toronto-based law firm of Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP on behalf of Celia Sankar of Elliot Lake, ON. If the case is certified as a class action, Sankar will represent all persons in Ontario who purchased or otherwise acquired pre-paid wireless services under the brands Bell Mobility, Virgin Mobile Canada and Solo Mobile since May 4, 2010.
