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The OECD has recently released the 2013 Communications Outlook, a major international report issued once every two years with detailed comparative data on telecommunications throughout 34 countries that make up the OECD. That report confirmed what most of us already know – that Canadians do indeed pay some of the

Stephen Harper’s new Cabinet was announced yesterday morning, and Canada has a new Industry Minister – James Moore, M.P. for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam. I for one welcome Mr Moore to his post, and look forward to working with him on the digital policy priorities that matter to Canadians. As some

Canada, you gave Big Telecom a chance to listen and provide better service – but they’re still up to their old tricks. Don’t you think it’s time to open up our networks for affordable indie options like other countries have? It’s time to Demand Choice at http://DemandChoice.ca Article by Daniel

Big Telecom is up to its old tricks again. They’ve invested some of their record profits into an expensive PR campaign, including misleading full page newspaper ads, in a clear effort to try to convince Canadians that cell phone service is not as bad as we know it is. Earlier

On July 10, 2013, Rogers introduced a new $15 ‘connection fee’ to replace its previous ‘activation fee’ and ‘hardware upgrade administration fee’. Article by Ian Hardy on MobileSyrup: A few days ago we let you know that Rogers would be introducing a new “Connection Fee” today. You can see the

As you probably know, the Big Three mobile providers, joined by SaskTel and MTS, have announced they are taking on the CRTC and Canadians in court to delay much-welcomed changes to cell phone contract lengths. read more

We’ve had some great feedback from our community about the recent move by Big Telecom to challenge the ‎CRTC Code of Conduct for cell phones in Canada. Here’s our own Steve Anderson on CBC News discussing the implications of Big Telecom’s challenge for Canadians. Share this video and speak out:

Here in Canada, Big Telecom is taking Canadians to court to try to delay the end of expensive 3-year contracts until nearly 2017. Meanwhile, over in Europe, the E.U. has forced cell phone networks to dramatically slash the cost of roaming fees between E.U. members. If you believe Big Telecom’s

5896595610_b93570b235_z.jpg Cell phone providers have filed a motion with the Federal Court of Appeals in an attempt to delay new rules from being implemented until nearly 2017 July 3rd, 2013 – Late last night OpenMedia.ca received this notice from our lawyers notifying us that Bell, Rogers, and Telus had filed

Industry Canada has created new cell phone rules in response to 56,000+ Canadians who took part in OpenMedia.ca’s Demand Choice campaign. The new rules will help stop Big Telecom from gobbling up resources that affordable indie cell phone companies need to deliver us services. This only happened because you spoke

You’ve probably heard about Canada’s new rules to protect cell phone users, which were recently published by the CRTC. While not perfect, the CRTC’s new Code of Conduct is definitely a positive step forward for Canadians. The new rules mean an end to most three year contracts, a cap on

Telus is abandoning its acquisition agreement with Mobilicity less than a week after Industry Minister Paradis blocked the company’s attempt to acquire Mobilicity’s spectrum – a highly valuable public asset which enables cell phones to communicate. Telus is refusing to comment on whether it plans to make a second bid