The Canadian Competition Bureau is taking legal action against Canada’s big three mobile service providers, along with their main industry association, to force them to stop what it alleges is misleading advertising that promotes “costly premium texting services” that slam consumers with hidden fees.
Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc., Telus Corp., and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association are being sued for consumer refunds and possibly $31 million in fines.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Canadian Competition Bureau sues Big Three Telcos
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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