Volume: 17 Issue: 1
(February 2017)
Keywords:
canadian
regulator
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broadband
internet
basic
telecommunications
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internet
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basic
telecommunications
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national
regulator
canadian
radio-television
telecommunications
Jurisdictions:
Canada
‘Modern telecommunications services - The path forward for Canada’s digital economy,’ Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-496, 21 December 2016
Broadband internet has been held to be a basic telecommunications service by Canada’s national regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (‘CRTC’) in a decision that sets out the actions being taken to help Canadians participate in the digital economy and society.