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CRTC orders telecoms to develop tools for blocking nuisance calls

News | 11/07/2016 10:07 pm EST

Telecom companies will soon be required to put in place measures to block “unwanted nuisance calls” on both wireless and wireline networks, the CRTC announced Monday.

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