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It's time to break the _stranglehold
on wireless
Today three large players dominate the wireless market in Canada.
This stranglehold on competition leads to higher prices and less innovation.
The Experts Agree:
"There's no doubt that wireless data pricing is higher
in Canada."
ANDREW McLAUGHLIN,
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY, GOGGLE INC.
National Post, July 7, 2007, page FP1
"It is the lack of wireless competition that..leads
to pricing that places Canadians at a significant
disadvantage compared with other developed
countries."
MICHAEL GEIST, CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR,
INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE LAW, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
National Post, July 10, 2007, page FP2
"They've got these entry-level service plans (in
Europe] that they're putting out there that you're not
seeing here in Canada." DON MORRISON,
COO OF RIM
National Post, July 7, 2007, page FP1
"Canadian deployment of 3G wireless systems lags
not only the US...but also significantly lags deployment
in Europe, South Korea and Japan"
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY REVIEW PANEL
March 22, 2006
"Clearly, Canadians feel that they are paying too much
for wireless service."
DIMITRI PANTAZOPOULOS,
PRESIDENT, PRAXICUS PUBLIC STRATEGIES INC.
June 12, 2007
Support more competition among wireless service providers
Find out more at:
COALITION FOR WIRELESS COMPETITION
www.wirelessfuture. ca
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