Cable / Telecom News

Is the Competition Bureau attempting to hijack the CRTC’s wireless review?

GATINEAU – A Competition Bureau request for the CRTC to facilitate a big data dump from Canadian wireless service providers has flummoxed the Commission and caused at least one carrier to accuse the Bureau of attempting to “hijack” the CRTC’s recently announced review of Canada’s mobile wireless services market.On March 8, the Competition Bureau filed a procedural request with the CRTC under the proceeding, saying it planned to conduct three of its own analyses of the Canadian wireless market, but in order to do so, it needs the CRTC to demand Canadian wireless service providers file detailed data, some dating...