Report questions federal policy to promote fourth mobile wireless carrier

CALGARY – Not only does Canada does not need a fourth national wireless carrier, the data used by the federal government in its assertions to the contrary is flawed, according to a new report from the University of Calgary’s The School of Public Policy.Wireless Competition In Canada: Damn The Torpedoes! The Triumph Of Politics Over Economics, by economists Jeffrey Church and Andrew Wilkins, maintains that the Canadian wireless sector is “sufficiently competitive” and that the government is out of line to use policy to try to “force” a fourth carrier. The report is a follow up to its Wireless Competition in...