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…
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…
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…
It’s been a fairly positive few weeks for Canada’s long-suffering cell phone users, who pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst service in the industrialized world.…
Here’s how to let the NSA know when you’re having sex: 1.) Buy a Nike (or related) workout monitor, or keep your (smart) cell phone (or tablet) on your person…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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Last night as I was wrapping up my day, I took one last glance at my email and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was our public interest lawyer notifying…
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…
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…
Squeeze_DemandChoice_200x200_130122.jpg New rules may help address past government policy failures, but much more needs to be done to fix Canada’s broken cell phone market June 28, 2013 – OpenMedia.ca is…
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…
@davidakin Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I did not intimidate the officer. Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I received a ticket. I immediately paid the ticket. Ctd— Eve Adams (@MPEveAdams) June 18, 2013 @davidakin…
Some really excellent criticism of wide swaths of the MSM, from… Gawker??? Let’s be honest: Edward Snowden (pictured), the man who made a calculated decision to risk everything he has…
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…
The Verizon phone taps, to Yahoo, Google, Skype, and more all owned by the US Government. These were things suspected by many (thanks to WikiLeaks), and now confirmed by the…
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week the CRTC released the new Code of Conduct for cellphone providers, and Industry…
