A call for telecom competition rings for the CRTC’s new boss
, saying it would move to full access for virtual operators “if needed” for competition. Unless that actually happens, Ms. Eatrides doesn’t really have much leeway to make a dent in cellphone prices. So, Ottawa and the CRTC will watch Videotron and see if the years-long effort to support a national No. 4 wireless name will succeed this time.
The goal of lower cellphone and internet prices is obvious. Making it happen has proven elusive. A truly big change such as opening up the market to foreign competition, typical in other countries, hasn’t been pursued by either the Conservatives or Liberals. Instead, there is tinkering, directed by Ottawa and enacted by the CRTC. Interventions that make a real difference are Ms. Eatrides’s first order of business.
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