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‘Unlimited’ plans, financing options reducing need for regulation: Entwistle 

Removing wireless data caps and giving customers the option of financing devices at $0 upfront is further driving away the need for regulation, Telus Corp. CEO Darren Entwistle said Friday.

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CRTC reviewing 36-month device financing plans

The CRTC said Friday afternoon that it thinks the 36-month smartphone financing plans that have entered the market in recent weeks may be out of line with the wireless code.

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Telesat to detail supplier contracts for LEO constellation this year

A week after Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced an $85-million investment and a memorandum of understanding that tips as much as $600 million in federal government investments over the next 10 years into its low-earth orbit satellite [LEOS] division, Telesat Holdings Inc. is poised to make a “very disruptive offering” in the wireless broadband market, according to CEO Dan Goldberg. 

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Three-year financing an ‘affront’ to Wireless Code, Shaw says

Shaw Communications Inc. is blasting the move by the wireless industry’s titans to provide customers with a three-year device financing option, claiming the plan locks customers out of the market for longer than the rules allow. 

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Bell says ‘unlimited’ plans put network quality in focus, will move to 3-year financing 

BCE Inc. said the race to “unlimited” wireless data plans has placed a renewed focus on carriers’ network performance and has unleashed a competitive dynamic that will also see it follow competitors with its own 36-month device financing options. 

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