Canada's wireless market may get more competitive

Canadians pay one of the highest mobile phone rates in the developed world. This is due to an oligopoly by the triad (Bell, Telus, and Rogers). The OECD says that Canada is 29th out of 30 countries when it comes to cost.

The government has realized this and is now opening the market to competition.

40% of the spectrum will be reserved for new entrants, who would have the right to rent towers from the incumbents at reasonable costs.

Let us hope that this happens, and that it causes more GSM and high speed data to be available at reasonable costs (e.g. unlimited data plans, like the USA has).

The new rules also make it mandatory to enable roaming between carriers. 

Via CBC.