OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Bell Canada has paid a $1.3 million fine for violating the national do not call list rules, the CRTC announced late Monday.
Independent telemarketers hired by Bell…
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WHILE WE’LL STILL be covering the news as it happens on Cartt.ca, our newsletters are taking a little holiday break. Today’s newsletter will be the final regular one until…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity announced early this morning it now has over 50,000 wireless customers. This milestone comes with the key holiday sales period still ahead and just one month…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – A direct marketing company has agreed to pay a $500,000 penalty after being caught violating the country’s do not call list rules.
Xentel DM Inc., which has offices…
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OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and the Canadian Bar Association locked horns this week in a Parliamentary committee over proposed amendments to the Competition Act, which would…
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WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is considering changes to The Consumer Protection Act that will in turn provide better regulation of cell phone contracts in the province.
A public consultation…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC has pushed back the date of the hearing to investigate vertical integration by six weeks.
In a notice on Thursday, the Commission said that the revised…
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OTTAWA – Budgets are set and regulations are being drafted for the new anti-spam law, an Industry Canada official told the Senate Transport and Communications committee this week.
Bill…
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OTTAWA – Despite the availability of new ways to acquire video content, there is not yet any sign of co-called “cord-cutting” among Canadians who continue to subscribe to Canadian…
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MONTREAL – Quebecor Media has priced its new senior notes due 2021 of an aggregate principal amount of $325.0 million.
The new senior notes will be sold at par, will…
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