Cable / Telecom News

CRTC denies PIAC’s ask for a wireless number porting fraud proceeding


Denies request for confidential SIM-swap info, too GATINEAU — The CRTC informed the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) in a procedural letter last week it won’t be initiating a public proceeding into the issue of unauthorized mobile telephone number transfers and SIM swaps, also known as wireless number porting fraud. Furthermore, the Commission has denied PIAC’s request in July for the disclosure of confidential information submitted to the Commission by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) regarding measures being proposed to address unauthorized number porting and SIM swap fraud, as well as confidential data filed by wireless service providers regarding...