Competitive Network Operators of Canada
Appearance
The Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) (French: Opérateurs de Réseaux Concurrentiels Canadiens (ORCC)) is an organisation of over 30 independent Canadian telecommunications providers.[1][2] It often lobbies to the CRTC and other regulatory bodies to represent the interest of its members in matter of high-speed Internet accessibility, VoIP industry regulations, anti-monopoly market competitiveness, and privacy of customer information.[3][4][5][6] CNOC's current president and chairman is Paul Andersen, also President of Egate Networks.[7][8]
Members
As of March 2022[update],[9] companies which are active CNOC members are:
- ACN Canada
- B2B2C
- City-Wide Communications
- Coextro
- Distributel
- dotmobile
- Egate Networks
- Execulink Telecom
- Fidalia Networks
- InnSys
- ISP Canada
- Kingston Online Services
- LOGIX
- Netcrawler
- Odynet
- Oricom Internet
- Oxio
- Packetworks
- Rally Internet
- Sentex Communications
- SkyChoice Communications
- Start.ca
- Storm Internet
- The Wire Inc.
- Transat Telecom
- VIF Internet
- VMedia
- VSOFT
References
- ^ Surveillance law could close small ISPs: Lawyer, IT World Canada (November 16, 2011)
- ^ Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
- ^ Canada’s wireless operators hit back at CRTC access mandate, The Globe and Mail (May 15, 2018)
- ^ CRTC rejects appeal by small Internet players over wireless access, The Globe and Mail (May 16, 2018)
- ^ Telcos square off over traffic pumping after allegations of gaming the system, Financial Post (March 9, 2017)
- ^ Canada’s ICT industry says no to more police powers to access subscriber data, IT World Canada (December 19, 2016)
- ^ Pushing for competitive market, CRTC slashes wholesale fees charged by incumbent ISPs, The Globe and Mail (April 3, 2017)
- ^ CNOC Elects New Leader of Board of Directors, Canadian Network Operators Consortium Inc. (Press Release dated Jun 19, 2018)
- ^ "CNOC Members". CNOC-ORCC. Retrieved 21 January 2020.