Critics question the TTC’s quiet extension of its Rogers deal.
A boost to an already-controversial contract is being called a sweetheart deal after the TTC announced the rights to bring cellphone service to Toronto’s subway system would be extended by a decade.
But days after that deal was done—with other telecom giants decrying the arrangement in favour of a consortium model—the TTC board approved a 10-year extension to the plan. “Does the TTC offer an extension and get proper [cell phone] service to people quickly, which I think is the goal here, or do they wait 10 years and put it out to open tender?”
The TTC said extending the term nearly doubled the guaranteed revenue of the original 20-year contract, with a net benefit of at least $49 million.
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