The CRTC, wireless prices and MVNOs: an explainer

The Liberal promise of lower wireless rates is simple; making that happen is not.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is responsible for making good on the government's promise to lower wireless rates in Canada, but the arm's-length CRTC is in charge of regulating the sector. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANJA KARADEGLIJA

February 10, 2020

OTTAWA—In a week’s time, a panel of CRTC commissioners will meet in a windowless room in Gatineau, Que., to hear from the country’s biggest telecom companies, small and aspiring players, and advocates about how to improve Canada’s wireless market. The most contentious issue of the two-week ...

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