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Before I went on vacation, I left a few posts to whet our appetites in anticipation of today’s filing of a report by the Competition Bureau<\/a>. In “Climbing the ladder of investment”<\/a> [November 12, 2019], I provided a number of quotations endorsing facilities-based competition from the past quarter century of Canadian regulatory proceedings. In “Do market results rule out the need to mandate MVNOs?”<\/a> [November 18, 2019], I cited a report from Scotiabank that said “regulators face a delicate act of balancing competition and investment incentives. A wrong move could have years of unintended consequences.”<\/p>\n

In its follow-up comments to the CRTC [pdf<\/a>, 2.4MB and Matrix report<\/a>, 3.0MB], the Competition Bureau withholds a wholesale endorsement of mandated MVNOs, instead recommending additional measures to support regional facilities-based competitors to derive the greatest consumer benefits. Indeed, the Bureau observed that MVNOs may drive lower prices and greater choice, but also could threaten the “progress in enhancing competition in this industry to date.”<\/p>\n

While MVNOs can have positive effects on pricing in the marketplace, they are unlikely to deliver the benefits of sustained and vigorous competition that facilities-based wireless disruptors are capable of providing. The Bureau is concerned that the introduction of MVNOs would disproportionately affect these wireless disruptors, putting at risk the positive effects that they have had on pricing, and may impact long-term incentives to invest in high-quality networks in Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Instead, the Bureau recommended that the CRTC should adopt policies focused on incentivizing and accelerating facilities-based competition from disruptors.” It suggests such measures as mandated seamless handoff, more effective tower sharing and site access rules, and updated roaming rates.<\/p>\n

The submission by the Competition Bureau appears to agree with my November 18 post, saying “there are promising signs that policies aimed at promoting facilities-based competition are paying dividends.”<\/p>\n

Further, the Bureau wrote “All else equal, facilities-based competition is the most sustainable and effective form of competition.” Further, the Bureau observed “A broad MVNO access criteria may also deliver competition, but at a cost.”<\/p>\n

As the Bureau concludes, “[facilities-based] competition has not yet reached its full potential and a mandated MVNO policy applied broadly risks undermining the steps taken by wireless disruptors, without much certainty that the MVNO policy will significantly decrease pricing.”<\/p>\n

As I indicated in last week’s post<\/a>, “Scotiabank believes the filing by the Competition Bureau will carry significant weight.” Rather than supporting the CRTC’s call for mandated wholesale services for MVNOs, the Bureau is endorsing measures aimed at accelerating and expanding competition from existing market participants, thereby promoting a climate that supports continued network expansion and investment. That appears to reaffirm support for a model of facilities-based competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I went on vacation, I left a few posts to whet our appetites in anticipation of today’s filing of a report by the Competition Bureau. In “Climbing the ladder of investment” [November 12, 2019], I provided a number of quotations endorsing facilities-based competition from the past quarter century of Canadian regulatory proceedings. In “Do …<\/p>\n

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