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CRTC scolds Bell for new $40 ‘device handling’ fee

| 05/06/2026 9:16 pm EDT

CRTC scolds Bell for new $40 ‘device handling’ fee

The CRTC is reprimanding BCE Inc. for its new one-time $40 charge applied to any Bell Mobility products purchased alongside a wireless plan. In a letter obtained by The Wire Report, CRTC vice-president Scott Hutton suggested the new fee could violate recently-imposed...

Bell accuses Telus of misleading CRTC regarding Manitoba outage

| 07/14/2025 1:23 pm EDT

Staff reductions hit Telus and Bell Media

BCE Inc. is alleging that Telus Corp. is misleading the CRTC on details about a March service outage in the Brandon region of Manitoba, during which a man died after his family was unable to make 911 calls to first responders. Both telecom providers responded to requests...

Build voice and data support at same time in NG911 system: Freedom

Media | 01/19/2017 11:22 pm EST

GATINEAU, Que. — There are unique considerations for wireless carriers when contemplating the switch to next-generation 911 (NG911) services, a CRTC panel was told on the penultimate day of a...

Low-income access to affordable Internet is ‘poverty issue’: Bell

Media | 04/19/2016 11:20 pm EDT

Canadians who can’t afford Internet access don’t face an “affordability problem,” but a “poverty issue that is in need of a social safety net,” which should be addressed by different levels of government, Robert Malcolmson, BCE Inc.’s senior vice-president of regulatory...