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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>By Moira Warburton<\/strong>

TORONTO: Two recent decisions by Canada's telecom regulator are freezing out competition in the country's highly concentrated industry, critics argue, making it even harder to bring down prices for mobile and internet service<\/a>.

For years, Canadian consumers have complained about high cellular bills, which rank among the steepest in the world, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a>'s Liberal government has threatened to take action if the providers failed to cut bills by 25%.

On Thursday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission<\/a> (CRTC) ruled that it would not significantly lower the rates that small companies must pay to access the high-speed broadband networks of larger rivals, including BCE Inc, Telus<\/a> Corp and Rogers Communications Inc<\/a>, known as the Big Three.

That followed a CRTC ruling in April when it asked large telecoms firms to offer wholesale wireless access<\/a> to so-called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), smaller outfits that can then resell the capacity at reduced retail prices and pass on the savings to consumers, but with several stipulations that were seen as wins for big companies.

While the two decisions were intended to foster competition, critics say they will only marginalize the smaller players.

Thursday's ruling will allow the big carriers to charge rates similar to the prices originally set in 2016 for wholesale access to their broadband networks. The decision overturns a 2019 ruling - which was still under appeal - that would have forced large telecom operators to lower their wholesale rates and make retroactive payments to small companies.

The Thursday ruling will result in much lower retroactive payments.

TekSavvy, an internet service provider with around 300,000 subscribers across Canada, said it was petitioning the federal government directly to overrule the CRTC's decision on broadband access rates, one of several avenues open to contest the ruling. It is also asking that CRTC Chair Ian Scott be removed from his role.

Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a vice president at TekSavvy, told Reuters, \"I never heard this scenario discussed seriously, and never really considered that they would do this.\" He described the ruling as a \"tombstone on the grave of telecom competition in Canada.\"

The Big Three operators control 89.2% of subscribers and 90.7% of revenue in Canada's telecom industry. Lawmakers and analysts have warned the concentration will only intensify if Rogers' planned $16 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc<\/a> is allowed to proceed.
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Canada regulator will not lower broadband access fees, in blow to smaller firms<\/a><\/h2>

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted smaller companies access to the networks in 2016 with interim rates that they had to pay larger companies.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>By Moira Warburton<\/strong>

TORONTO: Two recent decisions by Canada's telecom regulator are freezing out competition in the country's highly concentrated industry, critics argue, making it even harder to bring down prices for mobile and internet service<\/a>.

For years, Canadian consumers have complained about high cellular bills, which rank among the steepest in the world, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a>'s Liberal government has threatened to take action if the providers failed to cut bills by 25%.

On Thursday the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission<\/a> (CRTC) ruled that it would not significantly lower the rates that small companies must pay to access the high-speed broadband networks of larger rivals, including BCE Inc, Telus<\/a> Corp and Rogers Communications Inc<\/a>, known as the Big Three.

That followed a CRTC ruling in April when it asked large telecoms firms to offer wholesale wireless access<\/a> to so-called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), smaller outfits that can then resell the capacity at reduced retail prices and pass on the savings to consumers, but with several stipulations that were seen as wins for big companies.

While the two decisions were intended to foster competition, critics say they will only marginalize the smaller players.

Thursday's ruling will allow the big carriers to charge rates similar to the prices originally set in 2016 for wholesale access to their broadband networks. The decision overturns a 2019 ruling - which was still under appeal - that would have forced large telecom operators to lower their wholesale rates and make retroactive payments to small companies.

The Thursday ruling will result in much lower retroactive payments.

TekSavvy, an internet service provider with around 300,000 subscribers across Canada, said it was petitioning the federal government directly to overrule the CRTC's decision on broadband access rates, one of several avenues open to contest the ruling. It is also asking that CRTC Chair Ian Scott be removed from his role.

Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a vice president at TekSavvy, told Reuters, \"I never heard this scenario discussed seriously, and never really considered that they would do this.\" He described the ruling as a \"tombstone on the grave of telecom competition in Canada.\"

The Big Three operators control 89.2% of subscribers and 90.7% of revenue in Canada's telecom industry. Lawmakers and analysts have warned the concentration will only intensify if Rogers' planned $16 billion acquisition of Shaw Communications Inc<\/a> is allowed to proceed.
\"Canada<\/a><\/figure>

Canada regulator will not lower broadband access fees, in blow to smaller firms<\/a><\/h2>

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted smaller companies access to the networks in 2016 with interim rates that they had to pay larger companies.<\/p><\/div>