Industry committee  In terms of the roaming rates as they stand now between carriers, as Ms. Miller stated, the carriers right now are charging other carriers a rate that is much higher than what they currently charge their own customers on average.

Industry committee  That is correct. On average when the government announced its intention to move forward with this measure in December it was stated that the roaming rates that Canada's largest wireless companies are charging for the customers of new entrants can in some cases be more than 10 ti

Industry committee  Right. I would reiterate again, as Ms. Miller said, for clients of that new entrant, for example, when those customers roam outside of that provider's network when their provider is being charged those high roaming rates by the other provider, they either need to absorb those co

Industry committee  We don't have data on the incremental costs of—

Industry committee  Do you mean in terms of the amount that they're billing the other company or their own clients?

Industry committee  In terms of what they charge their own customers, obviously that's a function of competitive dynamics in the marketplace. In terms of what they charge other companies, that's also a function of—

Industry committee  As Pam said, the Competition Bureau indicated in their submission to the CRTC that—I'll read you exactly what they said because it's relevant to your question.

Industry committee  In their submission to the CRTC the bureau stated: The terms of such roaming agreements— —that is, what they're charging the other company for their customers to be there in that area— —are a strategic tool that incumbents can use to protect their market power. Furthermor

Industry committee  In terms of the impact on new market entrants, new market entrants have stated through consultations that have been conducted that these wholesale roaming rates are a significant factor in their ability to provide competitive services to Canadians.

Industry committee  In terms of the enforcement, first of all, the section adds this new cap that's in the section, to subsection 27(3) of the Telecommunications Act. This section gives the CRTC the power to enforce the section, as well as other sections. Subsection 27(3), right now, applies to othe

Industry committee  I'll let Pam speak.

Industry committee  The formula is a metric of the average retail rate of the providing company. It's a function of the revenues that the provider gets from the services. The three services that are covered by this section are: wireless voice, wireless data, and wireless text services. For a compan

Industry committee  You may have heard about the CRTC's wireless code. In December of last year, the CRTC implemented a mandatory code of conduct for wireless services. In that code, providers must suspend national and international data roaming charges and services when these reach $100 per month,

Industry committee  In that case, because these are company-to-company arrangements, we talked about the example of a client of company A roaming in an area of company B. Those two companies have an agreement with respect to what company A will charge company B for the customer being there. The legi

Industry committee  The legislation addresses the wholesale roaming rates between carriers. It doesn't address retail roaming rates.