Industry committee  In terms of our previous consultations, in general, larger carriers have opposed any sort of caps on wholesale roaming rates. With respect to the particular legislation, I don't believe we've received public statements with respect to their position on the cap per se.

Industry committee  Would that change wholesale domestic roaming rates? Again, that 10 times factor, this will have a major impact on wholesale roaming rates. That will allow new entrants into the market to access much lower rates and that will support competition.

Industry committee  The clause does cap the amount that a company can charge another company for wireless roaming services, so that—

Industry committee  The only other thing I can point to is the CRTC's wireless code, which places a cap on the amount a carrier can charge in any given month before the customer needs to provide an agreement that they can go through that cap. This was imposed in the wireless code in December 2013.

Industry committee  There is no public dollar figure on the volumes between companies. These are obviously company-specific and company confidential volumes and prices, so there's no specific figure that I could quote.

Industry committee  Exactly. Overall, the intent of this measure is to improve competition, and obviously wireless prices and services in Canada for consumers are a function of competition.

Industry committee  They are, given that the prices being charged can be 10 or more times higher for those roaming services. When the customers of these companies roam outside of the company's network, their company is charged those high rates, which are higher than the retail rates, as we discussed

Industry committee  As the Competition Bureau stated, this is an industry that faces high barriers to entry. Obviously, industries that have high barriers to entry are more susceptible to lower levels of competition. Lower barriers to entry allow people to enter the market and provide services to co

Industry committee  No, that is not possible. There are provisions within Industry Canada's spectrum policies. Under the current roaming policies, under spectrum conditions of licence, it's a requirement that the carriers provide roaming to other carriers. They cannot be refused. That was put in

Industry committee  In terms of the benefits, I would go back to the statement that the roaming rates that Canada's largest wireless companies are charging other domestic providers could be more than 10 times what they charge their own customers for those specific services. Those companies and the

Industry committee  The act is a first step. Again, in terms of what the government has stated, the government announced in December 2013 and the budget plan indicated that the measure in the budget legislation will be in place until the CRTC makes its decision on roaming rates. It completely envisi

Industry committee  Thanks for that question. In terms of what I mentioned before, subsection 27(3) of the Telecommunications Act would give the commission the power to determine in any case, as a question of fact, whether a Canadian carrier has complied with the section. I'm not sure if that an

Industry committee  In terms of the interaction with the CRTC, the government's announcement in December and the budget plan indicated that the measure will be in place until the CRTC, which is now investigating the issue of roaming rates, makes a decision on roaming rates. The section has a claus

Industry committee  I would point back to the measure that we pointed to earlier in terms of the 10 times factor. This will have a significant impact on wholesale roaming rates, and that will support competition.

Industry committee  The measure relates to wholesale roaming rates. It doesn't relate to retail roaming rates. As was said in some of the earlier comments, the factor of wholesale roaming rates has been quoted by new entrants as being a significant factor in their ability to provide Canadians with c