In some ways, BCE's move reflects the broader scramble under way by telephone, Internet and cable TV companies to offer content in packages of telecommunications services to consumers.
The first paragraph of the treaty states: "These regulations do not address the content-related aspects of telecommunications".
Especially, as evident in this program, we see that a small amount of telecommunications operations, content providers and pornographic websites have already built a profitable chain that creates a web enabling the space and the place for smutty material.
Moreover, from a commercial point of view, traffic information is also a valuable content for modern applications in the field of telecommunications.
This refers to technology that can be used to examine the content of traffic that passes through telecommunications networks.
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Akamai hooks computer servers to dozens of telecommunications networks to speed the delivery of customers' content.
Mr Clarke stressed that the compulsory scheme would not mean spying on the content of any email or text message: "Telecommunications records... which record what calls were made from what number to another number at what time are of very important use for intelligence.
The Tupperware of telecommunications.
"This demonstrates the power of telecommunications.
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