Bell faces late payment class action

MONTREAL – Customers of Bell Canada and Bell Mobility are suing for faulty late payment charges, the company said today. In the final lines of its quarterly press release, it said: "On June 27, 2006, a motion to obtain the authorization to institute a class action in Québec was served against Bell Canada and Bell Mobility. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all physical persons and companies in Canada that were billed late payment charges by Bell Canada and Bell Mobility despite the fact that customers allegedly paid amounts owing to Bell Canada and Bell Mobility to a financial...