Mobile TV is broadcasting, not telecom, says Bell

By Linda Stuart

Bell argues at Federal Court the CRTC made a jurisdictional mistakeTORONTO — Bell Mobility finally had its day in Federal Court on Tuesday, a year after the CRTC ruled the wireless provider had violated the Telecommunications Act by giving undue preference to its Bell Mobile TV subscribers when it exempted the mobile TV service from the data caps generally applied to customers of its wireless services.Shortly after CRTC Decision 2015-26 was issued in January 2015, Bell Mobility filed for leave to appeal the decision. (In the same decision, the CRTC also found Vidéotron was in violation of the Telecom Act...