Sure cellphone plans in Western Canada aren’t as low cost as they as soon as had been previous to the Rogers-Shaw merger, Canada’s competitors watchdog says.
Jeanne Pratt, the Competitors Bureau’s senior deputy commissioner of mergers and monopolistic practices, says the company hasn’t seen proof displaying Rogers Communications Inc. is providing comparable pricing for bundled wi-fi plans supplied by Shaw Cellular in Alberta and B.C. earlier than the $26-billion takeover closed final April.
Pratt was testifying on the Home of Commons’ trade committee on Monday together with representatives from the CRTC, as MPs research the accessibility and affordability of wi-fi and broadband companies in Canada.
MPs on the committee sounded the alarm in January, when Rogers confirmed costs had been going up by a median of $5 for wi-fi clients not on contract and a few Bell Canada clients had been additionally informed their wi-fi payments had been set to extend.
The committee has invited the chief executives of Rogers, BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. to testify at an upcoming assembly, nonetheless a discover of assembly this Wednesday lists different representatives of the Huge 3 carriers who’re scheduled to look as witnesses.
NDP MP Brian Masse tabled a movement Monday to summon the three CEOs to look if that invitation just isn’t accepted.
