There was considerable press and editorial coverage of Industry Minister Clement’s decision to intervene in the Globalive ownership issue. No need to rehash that ground here. I spoke to a couple reporters from Canadian Press talking about consumer and policy issues.
There was a common thread in the decisions; the government continues to support a model of facilities-based service providers being the means to deliver sustainable competition in world of converged communications.
The three decisions from Friday support a theme of fostering an environment favouring private sector investment in advanced telecommunications infrastructure.
In its decision to send speed-matching back to the CRTC, the Government said that it wants the Commission to consider the impact of its Decision on incentives for investment.
Will Industry Canada keep this in mind when it is developing its auction policy for the next major swath of mobile wireless bandwidth?
IC Schedule – Globalive http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=23985717&access_key=key-11xt7pmkzsdnfisrdx5g&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list
MTS Allstream Order in Council
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Bell / TELUS Order in Council http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=24015688&access_key=key-bbo0ezlgp1h11zd8gap&page=1&version=1&viewMode=list