OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has announced that telecommunications service providers will no longer be asked to track or report certain data in order to lighten the reporting requirements. "As part of our ongoing efforts to reduce the regulatory burden on the industry, we reviewed the value of the reports that are submitted to us," said Leonard Katz, the CRTC's vice-chairman of telecommunications, in the announcement. "Today's announcement is an example of how we continue to seek more efficient and proportionate ways of regulating the Canadian telecommunications industry." Effective immediately, requirements such as reporting on pay telephone competition, telemarketing, and tracking customer...
