OTTAWA – The number of new telephone and fax numbers added to the country's national do not call list (DNCL) shot up in September, though telemarketing complaints increased only slightly over those in August, 2013.
According to the Commission's most recent status report just over 50,000 new phone or fax numbers were added in September, a marked increase from the 30,000 new numbers added during August. A total of 11,890,788 numbers were registered with the DNCL as of September 30.
The total of telemarketing complaints filed in September was just under 8,000, up slightly from August. Since the DNCL's launch in 2008, 740,701 complaints have been logged.
Nine new investigations were opened in September, and three were closed, bringing the number of active investigations to 147. One new notices of violation was issued in September, which means the total issued to date is 80. In addition, one administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) was imposed during this period, and to date, the CRTC has imposed 55 AMPs.
