RoW Editorial
telecom | 02/19/2002 5:00 am EST
The opinions expressed in this editorial are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Decima Reports. Mike Kedar is once again asking the federal government to open up access to the country's wireless carriers' networks, all in the hope that this will spur deployment into rural and remote regions of Canada (see lead story). While laudable in concept, mandating third-party access would do little to help speed up deployment of services into the hinterlands.Kedar has gone to bat on this issue before and struck out. Back in 1995, he asked the CTRC to mandate third-party access. Three years later, the commission refused to set interconnection fees, thus thwarting his bid.In his most recent foray, there's no question he's raised some interesting points and makes a compelling argument. On the surface his assertions are logical: more players, more choice, increased competition. He says 'let me have access to already allocated spectrum at a reasonable cost in the urban areas and I'll use profits from
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