What is moving Bell’s stock this week?

It is up more than a buck in the last 3 trading sessions – not that big a move relative to TELUS or Rogers, but that is a lot for BCE. Up until this week, the biggest driver of BCE may have been TELUS’ Income Trust announcement from 3 weeks ago. TELUS had kept its income trust announcement under extremely tight wraps until the announcement was released.

Let’s hope that we’re not seeing trickles of inside information moving BCE.

From the title, you may have been expecting this post to discuss mobile cellular phones. No, I am not reporting on a new study linking cel phone use to higher idling and increased release of green-house gas.

I saw a news clip about the Canadian Environment Minister summoning Canada’s car manufacturers to a meeting, where sources say she’ll lay out plans for regulating car emissions.

And you ask, how does this relate to telecom? This is from a conservative government – one that might be expected to keep hands off industry – let market forces rule. If consumers want cleaner cars, then the market will produce them and people will reward the manufacturers that produce them. Right?

According to an unidentified Conservative insider quoted in the story:

Canada has to have regulations that are valuable, enforceable and implementable – to do what they’re supposed to do.

As we watch for the implementation of the recommendations of the Telecom Policy Review Panel, it is perhaps worthwhile watching how this government deals with another of Canada’s key economic industries.