Foreign ownership won't make wireless cheaper, says CEP

MONTREAL - The federal government's plan to increase foreign ownership in the telecommunications sector will not result in cheaper wireless service, and could serve to undermine plans for universal access, says Canada’s largest telecommunications union.Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP), said that CEP-commissioned research actually disputes claims that wireless services are more expensive in Canada than in other countries."Existing studies compare pricing in markets that have very different usage, that don't have special plans with unlimited minutes, or free phones, for example, like we do in Canada," Coles said. "When taking all of that into...