Cable / Telecom News

Business coalition doesn’t like Commission decision either


OTTAWA - The Coalition for Competitive Telecommunications said today it too believes the CRTC’s VOIP decision wrong-headed. "The Coalition argued that users ultimately pay for the entire telecommunications cost structure and we should have more say in the regime governing our freedom of choice in technology and service providers,” said Ian Russell, coalition chair (and senior vice president, Investment Dealers Association of Canada). “Regrettably, this is a decision about picking winners rather than leaving customers and markets generally to determine outcomes. The CRTC has once again ignored the users. “It appears the CRTC is far more interested in settling the...