The federal government, and frankly all Canadians, should be very concerned about Rogers’ anti-competitive process toWhen the process began, Globalive saw an opportunity to buy back Freedom Mobile, the company we founded in 2008 as WIND Mobile and operated until 2015, to bring more innovation and better pricing and services to a starved mobile market in Canada.
Take, for example, when Globalive operated WIND Mobile. We introduced industry-changing innovation, including unlimited data and unlimited, low-fee U.S. roaming, services that are still relevant today and offered by all major incumbents. During WIND Mobile’s time in the market, average wireless prices in Ontario, B.C., and Alberta, where WIND operated, decreased by 21 per cent, translating to an average household savings of $400 per year.
Introduced to the market as the “Un-carrier,” T-Mobile has continued to disrupt the American wireless industry, bringing U.S. consumers nearly-free international roaming, unlimited data and more transparent pricing via eliminated wireless service and access fees.
Could you imagine Rogers having to provide services at a fair price? The very idea seems laughable
TS likes some of that sweet, sweet capitalism only when a monopoly is creeping down their throat.
They're not just afraid, they're not concerned about it in the slightest. As long as the CRTCeng continues to be run by big telco cronies with a vested interest in the price-gouging status quo, nothing will change. The CRTC must be ended.