Cable / Telecom News

Bell Mobility loses challenge to class-action suit over 911 service fees

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...