Spectrum licence renewal fees for local multipoint communications systems (LMCS) spectrum are too high, wireless network operators have told Industry Canada. They point to the failure of licensees to use the spectrum in any significant way and the $172 million paid for the bandwidth in the 1999 spectrum auction as evidence the proposed rate isn’t appropriate.

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Internet providers should be able to police spam, according to a senator who has introduced anti-spam legislation in the upper chamber. It’s the second anti-spam bill to hit Parliament in less than a week.

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