OPINION: Sugar Mobile decision shouldn't leave a bitter taste in consumers' mouths

LAST WEDNESDAY, THE CRTC ordered Sugar Mobile, a discount wireless services provider, to stop its unauthorized use of Rogers Communications’ wireless network. The telecommunications regulator found that Ice Wireless, Sugar Mobile’s sister company, had “improperly allowed the end-users of cellular network.”The CRTC’s decision is welcome news, and reaffirms its commitment to promote facilities-based competition in Canada’s wireless sector.Ice Wireless is a wireless service provider operating in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. It owns a wireless network in the territories, but has a roaming agreement with Rogers that allows its customers to use the Rogers network when travelling in other...