Bell in legal battle with American firm over confidentiality of cell tower leases in Quebec

By Ahmad Hathout Bell is battling an American firm in the Quebec court system after the telecom accused it of breaching confidentiality rules by getting landlords to reveal the lease terms on which the telecom puts its cell towers on their properties. AP Wireless, a subsidiary of Radius Global Infrastructure, is an investment firm that gives landlords large lump sum payments in exchange for the collection of the rent telecoms pay the landlords to install cell towers on their ground. The California-based company entered the Canadian market in 2012, and, by May 2019, it had purchased 52 leases from landlords...