Tag Archives: rogers

May 27, 2016

Four Year Mobile Cramming Case Ends With $11 Million Bell, Trade Association Settlements

Earlier today, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced two final settlements in its four-year year litigation against Canada’s major telecoms and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). See: Bell customers to receive up to $11.82 million as part of Competition Bureau agreement. In making the announcement, … Read the rest of this entry »

February 25, 2014

Canadian Court Takes Measured Approach to Imposing $500,000 Civil Fine Against Rogers in Performance Claims Case

In an interesting and important decision issued by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on February 21st, the Court has now imposed a $500,000 civil administrative monetary penalty (“AMP”) against Rogers for failing to have performed adequate and proper testing in some Canadian markets for … Read the rest of this entry »

August 21, 2013

Rogers Largely Wins Landmark Chatr Misleading Advertising and Performance Claims Case

Earlier today the Competition Bureau announced the fairly long-awaited decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (per Marrocco J.) in the Rogers Chatr misleading advertising and performance claims case (Canada (Competition Bureau) v. Chatr Wireless Inc., 2013 ONSC 5315 (Ont. Sup. Ct.)). In announcing … Read the rest of this entry »

January 23, 2013

Canadian Competition Law – 2012 Year in Review I – Misleading Advertising

Steve Szentesi & Kevin Wright (Davis LLP) Extract from a chapter to be published in CLEBC’s Annual Review of Law & Practice – 2013 ____________________ 2012 was a busy year for Canadian competition and foreign investment law, with significant developments in all major areas including … Read the rest of this entry »

October 11, 2012

CRTC Announces Public Consultations on New Mandatory Wireless Code

In the second of two recent major announcements (the first being yesterday’s release of the CRTC’s inaugural guidelines under Canada’s impending anti-spam legislation – see: here), Canada’s telecom regulator today announced public consultations on a new mandatory wireless code.  The thrust of the new consultations appears … Read the rest of this entry »

September 14, 2012

Competition Bureau Sues Canadian Telecoms for $31 Million and Restitution: Alleged Misleading Price Claims for “Premium Texting Services”

In what can only be described as a growing war against telecom advertising in Canada, the Competition Bureau announced on September 14, 2012 that it began proceedings in Ontario Superior Court against Bell Canada (“Bell”), Rogers Communications (“Rogers”), TELUS Corporation (“TELUS”) and the Canadian Wireless … Read the rest of this entry »