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>f the Canadian telecom market were open to competition, why doesn't a new competitor move in and clobber the existing phone companies in the market? Barriers
by mnemonik 18y ago
>f the Canadian telecom market were open to competition, why doesn't a new competitor move in and clobber the existing phone companies in the market?
Barriers to entry. Infrastructure costs. Gov't incentives to provide better services where the incentives reward after the fact are the solution. Not throwing money at the problem with no oversight.
- electromagnetic 18y agoThe main is the barriers to entry. Although both the Liberals and Conservatives have said they plan to pass a bill enabling the entry of foreign companies. Virgin Mobile is in Canada As soon as companies like T-Mobile can enter the country I have little doubt Telus will go bankrupt, or near to it, as it's solely cellphone. Telus does seem to try and innovate, but it's trapped on the CDMA network but is releasing a HSPA in 2010. Rogers already has the HDSPA and has for a while, Bell has the CDMA high-speed mobile, which barely any handset manufacturers actually provide new phones in CDMA. I actually wish I could move near the Falls so that I could steal T-Mobile USA off my old T-Mobile UK phone. The ironic thing is that international text is cheaper than going with Telus or Bell.