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Canada Opens Wireless Industry To Competition

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-the-waves-eh dept.

FreeKill writes "The Canadian government on Wednesday paved the way for new cellphone companies by announcing new rules for an auction of radio airwaves designed to spur competition in the wireless industry. About 40 per cent of the spectrum will be reserved for new entrants with the remainder open to all bidders, including Canada's big three providers — Rogers, Bell, and Telus. The government will also mandate roaming area agreements which will force existing carriers to share their networks with newcomers for five years, plus another five if the new entrants can build up their own networks nationally."

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  1. This makes me happy! by B3ryllium · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Canadian Cellphone companies make Satan look like a Buddhist Monk.

    They are THAT evil.

    Anything to force them to compete on merits and features must be a good thing.

  2. A very interesting article by director_mr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That was a great article. I loved how they had the response of at least three different perspectives (a current telecom exec from Bell, the Allstream exec looking to go in the market, and a liberal critic) in the article without slanting the information towards a particular point of view. I wish newspapers and reporting agencies would do that kind of reporting more often. I know absolutely nothing about the wireless telecom situation in Canada, so I can't really contribute anything that insightful, but I enjoyed reading that article. It somehow makes me want to find out and learn more about the subject.