OTTAWA – Bell Mobility has lost another bid to overturn a ruling holding it liable for charging customers in the northern territories a 911 fee without actually offering the emergency-call service.
According to a Canadian Press report, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear the company's challenge of a Northwest Territories Court of Appeal ruling. A trial judge had previously ruled that Bell Mobility had breached its contractual obligations, a decision that was upheld by the appeal court.
There is no 911 service in most of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon and Nunavut, however, continues the report, monthly bills have included a 75-cent charge for several years, prompting a class-action lawsuit by subscribers.
