Photo: CRTC opens Canada’s North to local telephone competition

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced Dec. 14 that it will open Canada’s North to local telephone competition. This means people in many parts of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut will have the option to choose from competing telephone service providers as of May 1, 2012. “For the first time, many northern residents will be able to choose an alternate local telephone service provider,” said Leonard Katz, the CRTC’s vice-chairman of telecommunications. “Competition will be introduced as soon as possible to bring choice and innovative options to Canada’s North.” Read about the decision on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (FILE PHOTO)