Cable / Telecom News

Do not call registrations dip by more than 26,000 in April

OTTAWA – Canadians registered 41,745 new numbers on the national do not call list (DNCL) in April, down from a high of 68,597 numbers in March.According to the CRTC’s latest status report, there are now 12,291,595 telephone and fax numbers on the list.The number of telemarketing complaints also dipped in April, from 13,641 registered in March to 11,653.  Since the DNCL’s 2008 launch, a total of 818,744 telemarketing complaints have been logged.Six new investigations were opened in April, bringing the number of active investigations to 197.  No new notices of violation were issued last month, so the total issued to date remains at...