The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that Canada's telecom regulator has ruled against a billing practice by cellphone providers that exempts certain television content streamed on wireless devices from customers' monthly data caps. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes that the decision applies specifically to mobile television applications offered by BCE's Bell Mobility and Quebecor's Videotron. It sets a new limit on how companies that own both media and communications businesses can use television and sports content to bolster their wireless or Internet divisions. The apps attracted controversy because, for a fee of about $5 a month, the wireless data they use to stream up to 10 hours of TV programming do not count against a user's monthly data cap, while watching similar content on sites such as Netflix or YouTube does. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concluded Bell and Videotron were giving unlawful preference to their own mobile TV services by excluding the data usage from standard monthly caps. The CRTC says: "This decision isn't so much about Bell or Videotron. It's about all of us and our ability to access content equally and fairly."