TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Canada http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:12:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wireless Playing Field Finally Leveled in Canada http://www.teleread.com/cellphone/wireless-playing-field-finally-leveled-in-canada/ http://www.teleread.com/cellphone/wireless-playing-field-finally-leveled-in-canada/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:25 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=86185 In this era of cloud-everything, Michael Geist reports on a hugely important story for Canadians—the CRTC, the regulatory body that deals with telecommunications issues, has released a new ‘Consumer Wireless Code’ that addresses a number of consumer complaints about cell phones. Significantly, it effectively eliminates onerous three-year contracts by phasing out the cancellation fee for customers [...]

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