Canada opens wireless industry to new competition

Canada opens wireless industry to new competition

Author JoeDigital

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.”

This is big relief to cell phone users all across Canada as we can all finally have a choice in a carrier that isn’t already owned by the big 3, and hopefully cell phone plan costing will also go down to the rates of our American counterparts (**COUGH/COUGH** Fido…) full article can be found here: http://canadianpress.google.com

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