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According to leaked documents, it has been reported that several major stake holders in the wireless telecom industry are regrouping to challenge parts of the federal telecom regulator’s new wireless code. Among these key players of the industry are BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., SaskTel and MTS, who are poised to file a motion with the Federal Court of Appeal that will seek self-determination from certain facets of the CRTC’s wireless code.
According to the notice of motion and other legal documents obtained and reported by The Globe and Mail, it was highlighted that carriers are at par with issue of measures that give the code “retrospective application” to wireless contracts signed before the code is due to come into force. The documents, prepared by the applicants’ lawyers at Torys LLP, are yet to be submitted in court.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced the final version of its consumer code on June 3. The main focus of the new consumer code was a measure allowing Canadians to cancel their cellphone contracts after two years without incurring any cancellation fee. The newly announced rules implied that consumers who sign a contract shall be liable to pay the full cost of their handset within two years. The announcement detailed that the newly set code would take effect on Dec. 2, 2013. It also noted the code’s provisions would apply to all wireless contracts no later than June 3, 2015.
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