Cable / Telecom News

DNCL registrations top 12.2M after steady growth in 2013-14: report

OTTAWA - The CRTC’s National Do Not Call List levied $3,050,595 in fees in the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to its annual report released Thursday.During the 2013-2014 reporting period, from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014, Canadians registered 750,521 numbers, bringing the list’s total to 12,239,563 numbers, or about 29% of Canadian households.There were 666 telemarketer registrations, bringing the total to 10,877. Telemarketer registrations to the National DNCL have increased by 14.5% since 2011-12, and by 23.2% since 2010-11. Telemarketers also bought 2,090 subscriptions to the List, ranging from one area code for one month to all area codes...