Just one week after the federal government gave Globalive Wireless the green light to launch in Canada, the CRTC has said it will review the ownership structure of another wireless startup. It’s doubtful, however, the CRTC will find as much fault with Public Mobile Inc., which is getting the majority of its financing from one of Canada’s largest pension funds.

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With the Senate set to study the Conservative government’s anti-spam bill in the New Year, provisions around existing business relationships, the sharing non-sensitive customer information among business affiliates or partners and the ability of consumers to opt out of further email communications are likely to be major areas of contention.

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Canada’s 36 small telcos will have to wait a bit longer to find out if the CRTC will grant them financial relief to make up for revenues they lose to large established telcos that move into their territories.

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