Canadians Can Change Mobile Service within 2.5 hrs

24 March 2011

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recently simplified the process for consumers who want to change providers for their television, home telephone, wireless or Internet services.

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European Parliament: no Overall Agreement on Telecoms Issues with Council

23 April 2009

A user’s internet access cannot be restricted without a prior ruling by the judicial authorities, the Industry Committee of the European Parliament (ITRE) insisted yesterday. The Committee also agreed on setting up a new regulatory body, comprising the heads of all national European telecommunications NRAs.

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Google Backs Project to Connect 3bn People

12 September 2008

Google has thrown its weight behind ambitious plans to bring Internet access to 3 billion people in Africa and other emerging markets, the Financial Times reports. The Internet search giant has joined forces with cable TV magnate John Malone and HSBC to set up a new company, O3b Networks, named after the “other 3bn” people for whom fast fiber Internet access networks are not likely to be commercially viable.

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Related: West Africa: Consumer Broadband Prices Continue to Tumble…

Source: FT.com


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