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Canadian government announces liberalized foreign ownership restrictions in the telecommunications sector and new spectrum auction rules

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada
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  • June 14 2012

On 14 March 2012, the Minister of Industry announced that the Canadian government would lift foreign investment restrictions for telecommunications companies that hold less than a 10 share of the total Canadian telecommunications market by revenues

Proposed changes to foreign ownership of Canadian telecoms

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada
  • -
  • August 3 2010

The Canadian Federal Minister of Industry, Tony Clement, has confirmed the Government's intention to move forward with the reform of the foreign investment restrictions placed on Canadian telecoms companies

Foreign ownership of Canadian telecoms

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Canada
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  • June 7 2010

The Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), Konrad von Finckenstein, has told a Canadian parliamentary committee that allowing increased foreign ownership in either the telecommunications or broadcasting sectors risks turning Canada into a "branch-plant communications industry."

Canadian government to review telecommunications sector foreign ownership restrictions

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 19 2010

The Canadian Government has announced that it intends to "open Canada's doors" to foreign investment in the telecommunications sector