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Wireless consultation for Canadians Plans to protect cell phone users were announced by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications (CRTC) Thursday. OpenMedia.ca said it’s pleased because the plan will invite public consultation for national rules for wireless. “We’re welcoming this consultation, noting that with only three large companies controlling 94 percent of the cell phone market in Canada, there simply isn’t enough choice to ensure Canadians are getting a fair deal,� OpenMedia.ca noted. The CRTC will be accepting comments until Nov. 20, and the public hearing will begin Jan. 28, 2013 in Gatineau, Que. Submissions can be mailed or emailed. “In light of the commission’s de-
termination that it is appropriate to establish a mandatory code to address the clarity and content of mobile wireless service contracts and related issues for consumers, the commission invites detailed comments, with supporting rationale, on the content of the wireless code, to whom the wireless code should apply, how the wireless code should be enforced and promoted, and how the wireless code’s effectiveness should be assessed and reviewed,� the CRTC said. “It is the preliminary view that the Wireless Code should address clarity of contract terms and conditions, changes to contract terms and conditions, contract cancellation, expiration and renewal, clarity of advertised prices, application of the code
to bundles of telecommunications services, notification of additional fees, privacy policies, hardware warranties and related issues, loss or theft of hardware, security deposits, and disconnections.� Through a form on the OpenMedia.ca website, Canadians have been asking the CRTC to put the public interest first in the development of these protections – to build on the proposed Ontario rules, as well as the protections in Manitoba and Quebec. “From price-gouging to tight contracts, Canadians have been targeted by unfair practices for a long time,� OpenMedia.ca executive director Steve Anderson said. “We already pay some of the highest cell phone fees and are forced into some of the
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most punitive, long-term contracts in the industrialized world. We’re pleased the CRTC is making plans to protect Canadians.� OpenMedia.ca will be scrutinizing the results of the proceeding, Anderson warned, adding, “we don’t want to enter into a situation where strong provincial rules (in places like Manitoba and Quebec) are superceded by weaker national rules.� OpenMedia.ca encourages all Canadians to participate in the proceeding. Information on how to submit a response is located at: https:// services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/instancesproceedings/Default-Defaut.aspx?S =O&PA=T&PT=A&PST=A&Lan g=eng.