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UPDATE #2: Sugar Mobile not so sweet for Rogers

OTTAWA – Ice Wireless and its affiliate Sugar Mobile are seeking the CRTC’s help to salvage both its roaming agreement with Rogers and what it says is “meaningful competition” for Canadian wireless consumers.In a Part 1 application posted Tuesday, Ice Wireless says that Rogers wants to terminate the reciprocal roaming agreement and to disconnect Ice Wireless and Sugar Mobile from roaming on its network, despite negotiations to resolve the dispute.Ice Wireless operates a mobile network that includes coverage in the three Canadian Territories and some communities in Northern Quebec.  Sugar Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that is an...