The Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) legalese-free "bill of rights" - covering local telephone service - has been lauded as a pro-consumer initiative.
While the Canadian Radio-Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) legalese-free "bill of rights" - covering local telephone service - may be lauded a pro-consumer initiative in that it untangles confusing rules and regulations, it fails to offer protections to cell phone and Internet service users, says a consumer advocacy group.
Enterprise telecom managers might face some tough choices in the near future as carriers battle for control of the voice-over-IP (VoIP) market, said one industry analyst, speaking on the very day that two new IP phone offerings hit the street.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is ramping up the VoIP debate, suggesting that local VoIP phone service should face the same rules as does plain old telephone service.
Set-top digital cable boxes from Motorola Inc. will include Nortel Networks Corp. technology for making inexpensive Internet phone calls, once the fruit of a collaborative agreement between the two companies announced Monday hits the market.