Last week, I posted a story about major VoIP developments happening in Canada.  The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) gave its initial assessment about the treatment of VoIP service providers in Canada.  Originally, the CRTC had indicated that there was an April 28th deadline for industry participants to make submissions and public consultation was planned to be held on May 19-20 in Gatineau, Quebec.

However, Jeff Pulver mentioned in his blog that there were rumors that the CRTC VoIP proceedings could be moved from the May19-20 date.  Following that story, Mark Evans posted in his blog that the CRTC announced that the April 28th deadline for submissions was put on hold. 

I can only hope that this extra time could eventually translate into an innovation friendlier stance regarding VoIP, and that the CRTC will, at least initially, refrain from regulating VoIP as a traditional communication service.  An initial classification of VoIP as an information service will encourage competition and promote growth in a still nascent industry.