Standardization of Canadian broadband boosts regulatory risk, says Moody’s

OTTAWA - Competition in both the wireless and fixed-line segments will intensify now that four of Canada's five largest cable companies offer wireless services, and, with telephone companies simultaneously investing in fibre-optic upgrades, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.According to the Moody’s report "Broadband Communications - Canada: Cross-Platform Efforts Fuel Competition, but Also Risk More Market Concentration”, the degree of cross-delivery platform investment makes the Canadian broadband market unique; none of the major U.S.-based cable companies offer wireless services, for example, and only two major U.S. telephone companies are over-building their fixed-line networks with fibre. However, because...