Novatel Wireless, of San Diego CA, has signed deals this past week with Bell Mobility for its MiFi 2372 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot (Mi-Fi), and with Bell subsidiary Virgin Mobile Canada for its Broadband2Go Data Stick – two transitional technologies that, according to analysts, will drive data revenue and backhaul demand off Bell’s high-speed packet access (HSPA) network.

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Consumer advocates are telling the federal government that it must intervene to better protect individual’s rights to unfettered Internet services and champion consumers’ rights to a neutral Internet. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says consumers are frustrated by the actions of the ISPs to slow-down Internet connections as a way to deal with bandwidth congestion.

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Citing a need for more symmetrical and competitively neutral regulations, the CRTC will start allowing telecommunications service providers (TSPs) to share confidential customer information (CCI) with affiliate companies – a move that’s expected to make it easier for companies to offer service bundles to customers. But consumer advocates and one commissioner aren’t happy with the ruling.

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