Cable / Telecom News

Fix roaming and we’ll be your fourth national player, Quebecor CEO tells government

TORONTO – There were no federal politicians that we could see in the audience at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Wednesday and just a handful from the CRTC and Industry Canada, but the message sent by new Quebecor CEO Pierre Dion was certainly meant for the ears of those in charge in Ottawa:If the CRTC moves to dramatically lower the roaming rates the Big Three extract from smaller wireless newcomers to roam on their networks in Canada – and if Industry Canada can fix the tower sharing problems with better rules, Vidéotron will be that fourth national wireless company the...