I have to admit that I am very happy to see that the Canadian government has decided to appeal the ruling by a Federal Court that stopped them from allowing Wind Mobile to operate in Canada:
Ottawa will appeal a Federal Court ruling on Feb. 4 striking down cabinet’s 2009 decision allowing Globalive to launch its Wind Mobile wireless brand, Industry Minister Tony Clement said Tuesday.
Clement said Globalive — majority-funded by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s Orascom empire — does qualify as a Canadian company under the Telecommunications Act, and the government wants to foster consumer choice and competition.
If you read the rest of the story, you’ll see that other telcos (namely Public Mobile) as well as a former CTRC chairman saying that this isn’t fair. My answer to that is that both of them is get a clue. I’ve been saying for ages that what Canada lacks is competition in the telco space. There seems to be no desire for the big three telcos in Canada (being Rogers, Telus, and Bell) to offer their services at a reasonable price. As a result, there are third world countries that have lower cell phone and Internet rates than Canada does.
I for one want this appeal to succeed. If it doesn’t, the Government should change the laws that prevent non-Canadian companies from entering the telco space in Canada. Then let the best telco win. My guess is that under that scenario, it won’t be Rogers, Telus, or Bell as none of those companies would have any clue how to compete against real competition. I guess that’s why they’re secretly hoping that this appeal fails.
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Canadian Government To Appeal Wind Mobile Court Ruling
I have to admit that I am very happy to see that the Canadian government has decided to appeal the ruling by a Federal Court that stopped them from allowing Wind Mobile to operate in Canada:
Ottawa will appeal a Federal Court ruling on Feb. 4 striking down cabinet’s 2009 decision allowing Globalive to launch its Wind Mobile wireless brand, Industry Minister Tony Clement said Tuesday.
Clement said Globalive — majority-funded by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s Orascom empire — does qualify as a Canadian company under the Telecommunications Act, and the government wants to foster consumer choice and competition.
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