UPDATE: Bell dinged for $1.3M after caught violating telemarketing rules

OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Bell Canada has paid a $1.3 million fine for violating the national do not call list rules, the CRTC announced late Monday.Independent telemarketers hired by Bell Canada to promote and sell its television, telephone, wireless and Internet services made calls between January and October to consumers who had registered their numbers on the national Do Not Call List (DNCL), or who were, or should have been, on Bell Canada's internal do not call list, acording to a CRTC investigation."All telemarketers must respect the wishes of Canadians who have registered their telephone number on the National DNCL or requested that...