Canadians are paying 13% more for cell phone service than they did last year – this while Canada’s overall inflation rate holds steady at 1%. That’s according to a study…
DC-Fees_200x200_130423.png Cell phone prices rising 13% more quickly than inflation WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: J.D Power & Associates released a study that…
Thanks to factors like better prices and competition, we see places where individuals can, and often do, own more than one phone. Many people like to have more than one…
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: This week we discuss the Bell Astral Takeover, a $3.4 billion deal that would increase concentration of media ownership in Canada. After Bell’s proposal…
Another company has jumped in line for a chance at gaining Canada’s independent cell phone companies. Canadians clearly desire more competition and choice, but we need the government to fix…
Another company has jumped in line for a chance at gaining Canada’s independent cell phone companies. Canadians clearly desire more competition and choice, but we need the government to fix…
Michael Froman has just been appointed chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership—an international agreement that could criminalize many everyday uses of the Internet. If you haven’t already, send him a…
Vancouverites have an exciting opportunity to reimagine copyright at an event taking place on Thursday, May 16. Remix This: A Copyright Cabaret has been organized by FreshMedia (a project of…
Vancouverites have an exciting opportunity to reimagine copyright at an event taking place on Thursday, May 16. Remix This: A Copyright Cabaret has been organized by FreshMedia (a project of…
“The Biggest Global Threat to the Internet”: That’s how legal experts describe the controversial international agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).1 The TPP agreement threatens to criminalize use of…
Did you know that the high prices in our cell phone market mean that you can own about four phones in Portugal for the same price as having one device…
Last year telecom giant Bell unleashed a new $3.4B plan to take control of Astral Media, one of Canada’s largest media companies. Canada already has one of the most highly…
Takeover_210x150_120816.png Today is beginning of a week-long hearing to determine whether Bell should be given more control over Canada’s media system WHO: Steve Anderson, Executive Director, OpenMedia.ca Lindsey Pinto, Communications…
The 17th round of negotiations for the TPP, a secretive and extreme trade agreement that would criminalize your daily activities on the Internet, are fast approaching. More info: http://bit.ly/112TiNG //…
Les grandes compagnies de télécom ont conclu une entente secrète qui étouffera les choix futures en matière d’accès à Internet et fera grossir votre facture de téléphone cellulaire. Nous méritons…
CISPA, a U.S. warrantless online surveillance bill, would turn the websites you use into legally immune government spies. It’s stalled in the Senate right now, but it looks like they…
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week, OpenMedia is encouraging Canadians to speak out on new telecom fees. You can help…
What a response! We at OpenMedia.ca are absolutely thrilled by how many of you took the time to write letters to the editor of your local newspapers. Well over 1,300…
Are you part of a business that will be negatively affected by rising telecom costs? Are you an innovator or entrepreneur that relies on open and affordable Internet access to…
Big Telecom is trying to tell us everything is fine in Canada’s cell phone market. Canadians know different. Big Telecom wants to take scarce wireless assets meant for independent mobile…
