Sentences with phrase «of cellphone contracts»

The telecom regulator is holding a week of hearings in Gatineau, Que., as it aims to set national standards for the content and clarity of cellphone contracts.

Much of the testimony so far has focused on the length of cellphone contracts, locked devices and roaming and cancellation fees.

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Google generated a lot of hype when it launched the Nexus One mobile device in mid-January because the Mountain View, Calif. - based company broke with convention and started selling its smartphone directly to consumers without a cellphone company contract.

-- Two of the country's largest telecom companies have some advice for Canada's telecommunications regulator as it considers imposing new rules for cellphone contracts: scrap the $ 50 cap.

So Canadians finally have a set of rules that will shield them from the worst practices of cellphone carriers — three - year contracts and exorbitant roaming rates among them — thanks to the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission and its new Wireless Code of Conduct.

Verizon is investigating complaints of sexual harassment filed by eight women against a Memphis firm it contracts with for shipping of cellphones.

After the deal — which Paul facilitated by opting in to the final year of his contract — he snuck a peek at his son's text - only cellphone.

Even though the cat had been unmistakably belled, Skelos father and son continued to talk about how to advance the interests of the sewer company, though the son did begin to use a burner cellphone, the kind people pay for in cash, with no traceable contracts.

Additionally, cellphones in the US and some other countries are sold on two - year contracts that subsidize the up - front cost of the devices.

mimagephotography / shutterstock To decide if you're financially trustworthy enough to follow through on a contract, cellphone providers typically launch what's called a hard inquiry, each one of which lowers your score by a few points for up to two years.

It's an irony that costs consumers hundreds of dollars as more people decide to buy a less expensive, subsidized phone with higher monthly fees on a two - year contract, instead of a prepaid phone plan that requires paying the full price for the cellphone but has lower monthly rates and no contract.

On heating housing markets in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal, the health of Canada's pension plans, cellphone contracts and shopping malls.

The act also includes provisions to help protect servicemembers against eviction, foreclosure, repossession, and civil court proceedings for the duration of their service, as well as allowing you to terminate certain obligations, such as cellphone contracts or vehicle leases, if you are called to service.

My blog usually sticks to law, but this got stuck in my craw: Recent media commentary about how cellphone contracts are now only 2 instead of 3 years long helps to keep the elephant in that room invisible.

In January, workers from Tianjin Hong Furui Electronics, a company LeEco contracted for after - sales cellphone repairs, sat on a patch of grass in front of LeEco's office tower to protest.

With no - contract cellphone packages, you pay the full cost of a phone up front.