Cable / Telecom News

Commission to include wireless in symmetry proceeding after all

GATINEAU – The squeaky wheel gets the, well, the expanded regulatory proceeding.Today the CRTC said it would restart its look at regulatory symmetry in the telecom world when it comes to the handling of customer cancellations and transfers (BTNC 2010-406) so that it will include wireless as well.As reported by Cartt.ca here and here, Rogers Communications repeatedly asked for the Commission to expand the scope of the proceeding, arguing it didn’t make any sense to examine how the transfer of TV, land-line telephony and internet customers from one company to another is handled, but to exclude wireless.“Given that it is...