Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sammy Hudes
Publication Date: August 6, 2025 - 20:41
Ottawa upholds CRTC’s wholesale internet rules, says they will foster competition
August 6, 2025
Ottawa says it will uphold a ruling by Canada’s telecommunications regulator allowing the country’s largest internet companies to provide service to customers using fibre networks built by their rivals – as long as they do so outside their core regions.
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says in a statement the CRTC’s ruling “will immediately allow for more competition on existing networks for high-speed internet services across the country.”
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