Bell asks CRTC for "regulatory symmetry"

OTTAWA – As Bell gears up to launch its new IPTV services this year in Toronto and Montreal, the telco is asking the CRTC to change rules that it claims have long favoured cable companies when it comes to signing up new subscribers."Decade-old rules that have ensured a competitive advantage for cable companies need to change, never more so than now as Bell prepares to enhance competition and consumer choice in television in Canada's largest urban markets," said George Cope, president and CEO of Bell Canada and BCE, in a statement. "We expect the CRTC to apply regulatory symmetry to...