Wireless Code "will" take effect Dec. 2, but CRTC expects carriers "should" implement it sooner

OTTAWA – While the CRTC’s recently introduced Wireless Code states that it will apply to new wireless contracts beginning December 2, 2013, it now appears the Commission expects Canada’s wireless carriers to begin operating by the spirit of the code well before that date. “The six month transition period was established to allow the industry to adjust its business practices to bring them into line with the Code. Carriers are free to implement any part or parts of the Code prior to the 2 December 2013 implementation date,” the CRTC wrote in a letter this week to the Canadian Wireless...