On April 4, 2012, the federal CRTC announced that it was calling for public comments on the state of competition in the Canadian wireless sector to decide whether to develop a national code for wireless services (see: CRTC seeks views on the state of competition in the Canadian wireless sector).
In making the announcement, the CRTC said:
“Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it is seeking views on whether the wireless market has changed enough to warrant its intervention in the development of a national code for wireless services. The CRTC recently received several applications suggesting that one be established.
In 1994, the CRTC decided it would not regulate the wireless sector. It was convinced that there was enough competition in the marketplace to guide the industry’s growth and provide Canadian consumers with a choice of innovative services.”
Comments can be submitted online at: Telecom Proceedings Open for Comment.
In its Notice of Consultation accompanying its news release, the CRTC describes applications made by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Rogers Communications Partnership, as well as comments received from TELUS, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and others, as the bases for considering whether to develop a national wireless services consumer code.
The CRTC’s notice also describes the history of its decision to forbear from regulation of the Canadian wireless industry beginning in 1994 and reliance on market forces in the wireless sector.
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