The Economic Impact Of The New Telecommunications Legislation
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Canada has been transformed in recent years into an information based
society. Nearly half of the labour force in Canada works in occupations
involving the collection and processing of information. In a society in which
information has become a commodity, communications provide a vital link that c ....
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.... granted in large urban centres. More than 98
percent of Canadian households have a telephone, and there are more than 15
million telephone lines for a population of nearly 27 million(Dept. of
Communications, 1992, p7). It is therefore not surprising that Canadians are
among the biggest users of telecommunications in the world. For example, in 1990,
Canadians made more than three billion long-distance calls (Dept. of
Communications, 1992, p8).
Innovations made possible through telecommunicat ....
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