CRTC opens review of basic telecommunications services

OTTAWA-GATINEAU - The CRTC kicked off a major proceeding Thursday designed to review basic telecommunications services in Canada.The first phase of the proceeding will see the Commission solicit information from Canadians to better understand their current telecommunications services and determine which areas are not being adequately served or not being served at all. Noting that its current policy dictates that Canadians in all regions have access to a low-speed Internet connection, the Commission said that it must review its policies on basic telecommunications services “in order to be in step with the future and the changing needs of Canadians”.Canadians are...