Manitobans worry BCE/MTS deal will mean price hikes, data caps

TORONTO – Manitoba consumers are concerned that BCE’s proposed merger with MTS will result in higher wireless and internet service rates as well as the implementation of expensive data caps, according to a new poll.The Environics poll was released Tuesday by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (Ottawa), on behalf of the Consumers’ Association of Canada, and the Public Interest Law Centre (Manitoba), on behalf of the Manitoba branch of the Consumers’ Association of Canada. It was conducted via an Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR) telephone survey of 1,048 residents of Manitoba age 18 and over on May 31 and June 1,...