Quebecor who owns Freedom Mobile has filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau against grocery store chain Loblaws, which incidentally along with grocery chain Sobeys is the subject of another Competition Bureau investigation, and Glentel who runs retail brands including WIRELESSWAVE and tbooth wireless and manages Costco Canada with WIRELESS etc. Here’s why Quebecor has gone this route:
Quebecor has filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau regarding an agreement between Loblaw and wireless carriers Bell and Rogers, through their joint venture Glentel, that would give them exclusive selling rights at The Mobile Shop. This agreement would shut Freedom Mobile out of 180 Loblaw-owned grocery stores and further strengthen the stranglehold of the telecom oligopoly which, based on available data, would henceforth control 62.5% of all third-party retailers in the Canadian wireless industry.
Quebecor is confident that the Competition Bureau will investigate the grocery giant’s practices and the business model of joint ventures such as Glentel, which create further concentration to the detriment of Canadian consumers.
Well, I have to admit that I was skeptical when Freedom Mobile was bought by Quebecor after Rogers was forced to sell the carrier when they bought Shaw. But I have to admit that Quebecor is seriously trying to be a big player in the wireless space in Canada. Something that Canada desperately needs. And assuming that their claims are accurate, it appears that they are making the “big three” telcos nervous. Thus here we are talking about it. I will be keep an eye on this as if this moves forward, some people will have some explaining to do.
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Quebecor Files A Complaint With The Competition Bureau About Loblaws And Glentel Shutting Them Out Of Loblaws Stores
Quebecor who owns Freedom Mobile has filed a complaint with Canada’s Competition Bureau against grocery store chain Loblaws, which incidentally along with grocery chain Sobeys is the subject of another Competition Bureau investigation, and Glentel who runs retail brands including WIRELESSWAVE and tbooth wireless and manages Costco Canada with WIRELESS etc. Here’s why Quebecor has gone this route:
Quebecor has filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau regarding an agreement between Loblaw and wireless carriers Bell and Rogers, through their joint venture Glentel, that would give them exclusive selling rights at The Mobile Shop. This agreement would shut Freedom Mobile out of 180 Loblaw-owned grocery stores and further strengthen the stranglehold of the telecom oligopoly which, based on available data, would henceforth control 62.5% of all third-party retailers in the Canadian wireless industry.
Quebecor is confident that the Competition Bureau will investigate the grocery giant’s practices and the business model of joint ventures such as Glentel, which create further concentration to the detriment of Canadian consumers.
Well, I have to admit that I was skeptical when Freedom Mobile was bought by Quebecor after Rogers was forced to sell the carrier when they bought Shaw. But I have to admit that Quebecor is seriously trying to be a big player in the wireless space in Canada. Something that Canada desperately needs. And assuming that their claims are accurate, it appears that they are making the “big three” telcos nervous. Thus here we are talking about it. I will be keep an eye on this as if this moves forward, some people will have some explaining to do.
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