Ottawa last week ordered a review of Rogers, Bell and Telus reselling services on each other’s networks
That decision, which has since been expanded nationally by the regulator, allowed smaller internet providers to sell services to their customers through fibre networks in Ontario and Quebec owned by Bell Canada and Telus CorpBell had argued the CRTC’s direction, while meant to stimulate competition for internet services, reduced its incentive to continue building out its fibre network.
While Ottawa upheld that decision, it said the CRTC should “reconsider a discrete aspect” – whether major players such as Bell, Telus and Rogers Communications Inc.should be prohibited from using each other’s fibre networks to sell internet service to customers. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the government had concerns “about fostering the viability of small and regional internet service providers that provide alternatives and about maintaining investments in internet infrastructure, particularly in underserved areas including rural, remote and Indigenous communities.”Report a technical issueStudy and track financial data on any traded entity: click to open the full quote page.
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