Opinion: It’s time for Ottawa to focus on 5G investment by the largest telecom players, not worry about cellphone bills

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It’s time for Ottawa to focus on 5G investment by the largest telecom players, not worry about cellphone bills GlobeTechnology

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Consider this take on the multibillion-dollar challenge: An experienced telecom analyst predicts the spending needed to keep pace with the country’s three biggest 5G providers – Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. – will eventually force the fourth player in this game, Shaw Communications Inc., into a merger with Rogers.

The regulator already showed its hand, publishing a report that stated the country’s incumbents – BCE, Telus and Rogers – should be forced to sell network access to resellers. The CRTC’s logic is this move would lower bills across the board, including in rural areas. The analyst who predicts a combination of misguided government policy and soaring costs could drive Calgary-based Shaw into the arms of Toronto-based Rogers, Drew McReynolds at RBC Dominion Securities Inc., said in a recent report that introduction of 5G networks “should have a substantially broader economic impact for Canada than any other previous generation of wireless, or even telecom technology.

 

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