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As part of its plan to auction rights for the 700 MHz spectrum band, the Canadian government announced yesterday that it plans to amend the Telecommunications Act to lift foreign investment restrictions for telecommunications companies holding less than a 10 per-cent share of the total Canadian telecommunications market
In a significant decision released yesterday, the Federal Court of Appeal has restored a Federal Cabinet Order that found that Globalive Wireless Management Corp. (Globalive) meets Canadian ownership requirements to operate as a telecommunications common carrier
As noted in the last Telecommunications Law Update, the Speech from the Throne delivered on March 3 raised expectations by revealing the federal government's intention to "open Canada's doors further to venture capital and to foreign investment in key sectors, including the satellite and telecommunications industries, giving Canadian firms access to the funds and expertise they need."
In June 2008, the blue-ribbon Competition Policy Review Panel appointed by the federal government issued its report, Compete to Win, on how to raise Canada's standard of living through greater competition and productivity
Canada's federal telecommunications regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or Commission), has recently released the stunning decision that Globalive Wireless Management Corporation (Globalive) is not currently eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier (TCC
