Canada's telecommunications regulator on Friday approved new and more liberal rules to govern providers of local exchange phone service in more than a dozen municipalities from Rimouski to Victoria.

Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. introduced traditional local telephone service for residential customers in 14 large Canadian cities Monday, intended to complement its Internet-based local ...

Choice now available in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Inuvik for customers to switch while keeping their phone number; more to come with advanced Internet-based services for smaller communities slated ...