Wireless mobile accessibility still largely out of reach: CRTC study

OTTAWA - Canadian wireless service providers are at least partly compliant with the CRTC’s accessibility policy, but gaps in handset accessibility remain. That’s the gist of Assessing the Compliance of Wireless Service Providers with the CRTC Accessibility Policy, conducted by Connectus Consulting Inc. and released Wednesday by the CRTC.The study was undertaken to accomplish three interrelated objectives: provide the CRTC with a better understanding of the level of compliance by WSPs with the requirements set out at paragraphs 44 and 46 of Broadcasting and Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-430 (the Accessibility Policy); identify on-going gaps in the provision of wireless handsets compliant...