Competition law experts urge Ottawa to allow foreign ownership of telecoms to bring down prices

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Competition law experts urge Ottawa to allow foreign ownership of telecoms to bring down prices
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Three former leaders of the Competition Bureau and Competition Tribunal say rules protecting domestic telecom companies that date back to the 1960s no longer serve the country’s interests

Over the past five months, Rogers, Shaw and Quebecor successfully argued cellphone users will benefit from their deals, in cases before the Competition Tribunal and Federal Court of Appeal. Quebecor and Rogers offered the government guarantees on pricing, which Mr. Champagne is now reviewing.

Current Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell and his team also maintained, in court hearings, that selling Freedom to Quebecor will not result in significant reductions in cellphone fees. The C.D. Howe report said the lengthy and high-profile fight between regulators and telecom companies “brought real attention to the significantly higher prices paid by consumers in Canada for wireless telecom services.

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