Canadian operators to step-up anti-Verizon campaign2013-08-20 09:36 by DanielaTags: Verizon
Several major Canadian ISPs, Telus, Bell Mobility and Rogers Communications are considering a new ad campaign highlighting Verizon's involvement with U.S. phone surveillance. The planned campaign, which has yet to be approved, will focus on how Verizon's entry into Canada could open the door to overreaching surveillance and a loss of privacy for Canadians, said sources, who declined to be named as the plans are not yet public. Thus far, the Canadian government has refused to back down from regulations that it argues will ensure greater competition in the Canadian wireless market. Canada's government last year relaxed restrictions on foreign ownership in small telecom companies with market share of 10 percent or less, in the hopes of increasing competition for incumbent carriers. The government also released new rules that will require all spectrum transfer requests to be reviewed. Read more -here-
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