CCT222H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Woodbridge Company, Planned Obsolescence, Canadian Content
13 May 2016
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Crtc is short for canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission. The crtc is a public organization that acts as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications. Its mandate is to enforce the telecommunications act. The crtc follows four main principles which are transparency, fairness, predictability, and timeliness. The crtc has avoided interfering or regulating mobile services, retail internet services, long distance services, and international services. The crtc largely lets market forces or the way in which business is conducted determine the telecommunications landscape in canada. As a regulatory body the crtc is significant to the political economy of communication, culture and technology because its lack of interference has led to the monopolization of internet and mobile services. A few companies, mainly rogers and bell determine the price of internet and mobile service. As a result canadians are subject to higher fees in comparison to americans.
