Founded in 2001 in the UK, One Stop Communications (OSC) is a privately owned Telecom consultancy company that provides telecommunications and Cellular advice and services to business and residential customers throughout the UK and Canada.
   
Utilising key strategic partnerships with “Tier 1” Carrier Networks and Telecom Resellers, we are able to offer a series of high quality products and services. Some of our partner’s services include Toll Free, charge cards, Internet access, broadband (ADSL), telephone systems, call loggers and mobile services.

Our expertise in the telecommunications and cellular phone market has enabled us to offer our customers competitive deals on the various cellular networks. We are completely dedicated to our customers satisfaction. If you need to get in contact with us at please e-mail us on 
info@osc-telecoms.ca

   
Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CRTC) began allowing more and more areas of telecommunications to escape the influence of regulation. Beginning in 1979, the CRTC allowed private lines to be interconnected with the public telecommunications network. Three years later, subscribers were allowed to purchase their own terminals from any supplier and plug them in like electrical appliances.

Perhaps the most important decisions in terms of their long-term impact on the future of telecommunications in Canada occurred in 1984 and 1985, respectively. In the first decision, the CRTC agreed to deregulate "enhanced services." While the "enhanced services" decision had the benefit of allowing many more information service providers into the market, it also capped the concept of universal service. Historically, the policy of universal service has governed POTs and other basic communication technologies such as television and radio and contributed to their widespread availability and affordability. The fact that 99% of Canadians have access to these technologies attests to the success of this approach.

In 1985. the CRTC accepted the principle of competition in long-distance telephone service. However, if rejected the application of CNCP (the telecommunications company formed by the integration of CANADIAN NATIONAL and CANADIAN PACIFIC's communications wings) to initiate competition on the grounds that CNCP would be unlikely to succeed while at the same time contributing to universal service goals. By 1992, the CRTC had become so enamoured with competition that it agreed to permit Unitel (a company jointly owned by CNCP and ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS) to compete on the market.

On the one hand, there is no doubt that the cost of long-distance service in Canada has dropped precipitously to the benefit of all who make such calls. In addition, a host of new companies, including Sprint, AT&T, London Telecom and over 150 resellers have entered the market to compete with the old regional monopolies. The decision also opened the door to additional regulatory changes and mounting pressure for competition to be allowed in local telecommunications. Under this pressure, the former alliance of regional monopolies, Stentor (BELL CANADA, BCTel, Telus, SaskTel, MTS, NBTel, NfldTel, Island Tel and Telesat), has come under pressure and reduced its role in co-ordinating the national telecommunications system. The competition that is taking place is mainly between the former monopolies and a few large competitors. Bell continues to retain around 70% of all long-distance revenues while the three main competitors, Rogers, Alstream and Telus, share most of what is left  although there are now new up and coming companies starting to compete for their business.