FP's Terence Corcoran: Canada's data roaming fees look pretty cheapNational Post (blog) - 10 Jun, 2011In a classic display of knee-jerk reporting, Canadian news media jumped on an OECD paper on the pricing of international mobile data roaming. Actually, it's unlikely anybody actually read the OECD paper. Instead, reporters picked up the first couple of ... |
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Wireless data roaming fees are highest in Canada, US: OECDVancouver Sun - Hugo Miller - 10 Jun, 2011According to the OECD's comparison of wireless data roaming charges in 34 industrialized nations around the world, Canada's reputation of being expensive appears to be well-founded. ... |
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Canada's data-roaming charges highest in OECDVictoria Times Colonist - Jameson Berkow, Sandra Mcculloch - 10 Jun, 2011John Sehmer of Vancouver returned from a three-week vacation in 2009 to find that his iPhone bill had grown to $1400 because of wireless data roaming charges. Travelling abroad is expensive enough already, but Canadian vacationers should be wary of one ... |
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Cellphone charges: It's time to end roaming rip-offToronto Star - Jun 8, 2011Canadians are finally waking up to the fact that we're being gouged by cellphone companies when we step outside the country with our smartphones. If the industry doesn't address the problem quickly, governments should step in and fix it. ... |
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Canadians paying highest prices for roaming dataCTV.ca - Jun 8, 2011TORONTO â€" A new OECD report suggests Canadians are paying some of the highest prices in the world for roaming data usage. Pricing for 68 operators worldwide was compared and in one case, Canadians faced the priciest roaming charges. ... |
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Roaming Canadians taking costly wireless hitsGlobe and Mail - Jun 8, 2011Canadians pay some of the highest wireless-data roaming rates in the world when they travel beyond North America, according to a new report. The report, from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's science and technology arm, ... |
How Canada gets better, cheaper roaming than Europe: BellNational Post (registration) - Terence Corcoran - Jun 8, 2011The OECD news release selectively chose one ranking from a larger report that offers plenty of examples where both Canada and the US compare quite favourably. Many of those examples show Canada being one of the least expensive places to roam, ... |
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Canadian data roaming rates among cheapest: OECDNational Post (registration) - Jun 8, 2011Contrary to media reports, the cost of roaming to countries where Canadians mostly go â€" United States and Mexico â€" is among the lowest among OECD member states. In a classic display of knee-jerk reporting, Canadian news media jumped on an OECD paper on ... |
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Mobile roaming fees highest in Canada: OECDCBC.ca - Jun 8, 2011A chart compares average roaming fees, in US dollars, for one megabyte of data usage charged by top two wireless providers in each of the 34 OECD countries. (OECD) (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links. ... |
Data roaming most expensive for Canadian travellers: OECDCANOE - Stefania Moretti - Jun 8, 2011Canada has won the dubious distinction of being the most expensive mobile-data roaming country in the industrialized world, according to a new OECD report. The Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development looked at what travellers pay to ... |
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OECD wants crackdown on data-roaming costsZDNet UK - David Meyer - Jun 8, 2011Regulators need to create more competition between mobile operators in order to drive down data-roaming prices, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. ... |
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Canada's roaming fees among world's costliestGlobe and Mail - Iain Marlow - Jun 8, 2011Canada's wireless operators are some of the most expensive in the world for wireless data roaming charges tacked onto users who use their smart phones outside of the country, says a new survey from the OECD. The report, drafted by the Organization for ... |
Australia data roaming charges among the highest in the developed world, OECD ...SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - 10 Jun, 2011Australia is among the most expensive developed countries in the world when it comes to mobile data and voice roaming charges, with Canada topping the list, a new OECD report reveals. The new report comes just days after a separate set of ... |
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Final Wall Street: Dow closes 12124.36MetroNews Canada - 10 Jun, 2011WINNIPEG - The relationship some fickle Canadians have had with their ereaders may be waning â€" a short, passionate affair that came to an end when their eye was caught by something younger, sexier and more flexible. TORONTO - Canadians are paying some ... |
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OECD calls for lower global data roaming chargesV3.co.uk - Dan Worth - 10 Jun, 2011The mobile industry needs to give customers a better deal by lowering data roaming charges across the board, according to a Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy report (PDF) by the Organisation for Economic ... |
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More competition needed to cut data roaming costs: OECDMyBroadband - 10 Jun, 2011MyBroadband's Staff Writer is directly plugged into the South African Internet backbone, and spits out press releases and other news as he receives it. ... The high cost of mobile data roaming has been heavily criticised, with Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt ... |
OECD says regulation and more competition needed to cut mobile data roaming ratesiTWire - Stuart Corner - Jun 8, 2011The OECD has undertaken a detailed analysis of mobile data roaming rates between member nations, concluding that the prices are too high and that this signifies a lack of retail or wholesale competition, or both. ... |
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Canadians pay the highest data roaming fees in the worldNews1130 - Shane Bigham - Jun 8, 2011VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Despite Canada opening up competition in the cell phone industry, data roaming rates remain among the highest in the world. That's according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. ... |
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Canadian roaming fees among world's highest, international survey findsGuelph Mercury - Dana Flavelle - Jun 8, 2011TORONTO â€" Hours after an international survey revealed Canadians travelling abroad pay among the highest rates in the world to send and receive wireless data, one of the country's biggest carriers announced dramatic price cuts. ... |
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Canada among highest international roaming fees: OECDThe Wire Report - Jun 8, 2011Canada's wireless providers charge some of the highest prices in the world for international roaming, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says. In a new report on mobile wireless roaming released May 30, the OECD's science ... |
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OECD call for more competition and regulation to curb huge roaming costsLeft Foot Forward - Jun 8, 2011The price of international data roaming is too high and regulators and policy makers should step in to boost competition according to a new report by the OECD (pdf). The report looked at charges for mobile phone and laptop use while abroad, ... |
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OECD calls for lower data roaming costsTelecompaper (subscription) - Jun 8, 2011Regulators and policymakers should boost competition among mobile operators in order to drive down the cost of international data roaming, the OECD recommends in a new report. Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD countries indicates ... |
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Wireless Roaming Fees: Canadians Pay The Most, No Competition SeenHuffington Post - 10 Jun, 2011THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - Canadians are paying some of the highest prices in the world for wireless data service while away from their home turf, suggesting there isn't enough competition in this country, according to a report by the OECD. ... |
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Canada's roaming fees top in worldMontreal Gazette - Jameson Berkow - Jun 8, 2011TORONTO â€" Travelling abroad is expensive enough already, but Canadian vacationers should be wary of one particularly costly travel expense: their mobile phone. In a report released by the Organization for ... |
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Canada, U.S. Have Highest Wireless Data Roaming Fees, OECD SaysSan Francisco Chronicle - Jun 8, 2011June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian wireless carriers charge their customers more for wireless data outside their home country than phone companies in any other market, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. ... |
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Canadian data roaming fees among world's highest: OECDFinancial Post - Jameson Berkow - Jun 8, 2011Travelling abroad is expensive enough already, but Canadian vacationers should be wary of one particularly costly travel expense: their mobile phone. In a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday, ... |
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Regulators and policy makers should boost competition among mobile telephone ...Balkans.com Business News - Jun 8, 2011Regulators and policy makers should boost competition among mobile telephone operators to cut the high prices being charged for international data roaming, according to a new OECD report. Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD ... |
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OPINION: Another OECD wireless report raises predictable ire, questionsCartt.ca (subscription) - Greg O'Brien - Jun 8, 2011By Greg O'Brien We awoke Wednesday morning to a new report on wireless â€" this time on data roaming charges â€" from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The press release bellowed: “More effective competition and better regulation ... |
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