Critics warn the deals will be bad for competition but a Star analysis suggests the surprising side effect of all this consolidation could be lower mobile fees for customers in Toronto — at least in the short term.
More than 600 days after Rogers and Shaw announced plans to combine their family-owned communications empires, they will head
It would be another chapter in the long history of telecom consolidation in Canada: Rogers will own a virtually national cable TV and internet business, giving it more power than ever in the broadcast industry.in the wireless industry over the past decade, will be extinguished. According to numbers collected by the CRTC at the end of 2021, the cheapest deals for four plans in Montreal ranged from $31 to $50 and were each $4 to $10 cheaper per month than equivalent plans in Toronto.
“I would like to reiterate our commitment and motivation to extend our telecom services across Canada through the acquisition of Freedom Mobile,” Péladeau said Thursday during an investor call after Québecor reported quarterly results. The company has bought wireless spectrum in other provinces and has said it could also use new CRTC rules for smaller telecom players to become “virtual” operators in areas where they don’t yet have their own networks.
There are also questions about what levers the government can pull to hold Vidéotron to that 20 per cent lower pledge, said Matt Hatfield, campaigns director with internet and consumer advocacy group OpenMedia. In early 2020 the federal government demanded a 25 per cent drop in certain wireless prices and by this year,, pointing to data showing plans in the range of 2 GB to 6 GB per month did come down in price for users who bring their own devices.
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