{"id":6636,"date":"2013-09-02T17:08:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6636"},"modified":"2013-09-02T17:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T21:18:13","slug":"whats-next-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=6636","title":{"rendered":"What’s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of Bloomberg reporting<\/a> Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam’s statement that \u201cVerizon is not going to Canada,\u201d it is perhaps time for the government to pause and reflect on its telecommunications policy.<\/p>\n

Over the past year and a half, between Industry Canada and the CRTC, Ottawa has liberalized foreign ownership regulations, implemented a stringent code of conduct for wireless providers, added new mandatory roaming and tower sharing rules and changed the conditions for transfer of spectrum licenses. None of these changes have been in place long enough to have yet had a significant effect.<\/p>\n

The government may wish to consider whether the spectrum auction rules and the other policy and regulatory changes are appropriate for encouraging capital investment and sufficient to ensure consumer protection in a competitive market. <\/p>\n

It is perhaps time for the government to take a deep breath<\/a>, as I wrote earlier this summer. <\/p>\n

With a number of market participants seeking and needing investment to stay afloat, let alone grow, that breath may need to be taken quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the wake of Bloomberg reporting Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam’s statement that \u201cVerizon is not going to Canada,\u201d it is perhaps time for the government to pause and reflect on its telecommunications policy. Over the past year and a half, between Industry Canada and the CRTC, Ottawa has liberalized foreign ownership regulations, implemented a stringent …<\/p>\n

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