Industry committee  As I said, in 2006, we became operators using the Rogers network until we were able to purchase part of the spectrum and then build our own network, with Rogers, as part of a project we called Teamnet. If we worked with Rogers, it was also to offset “Bellus”, that is, Bell and Te

Industry committee  Yes, indeed. I mentioned that. Actually, I did not just mention it, it is required of us as a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO. We are required to build a network if we use the facilities of the current network owners, and we have a deadline to meet. As Mr. Staffieri sa

Industry committee  I will ask my colleague Jean‑François Lescadres to comment on what you have just said.

Industry committee  We haven't deployed all the spectrum we bought for the province of Quebec. We've been there. The last one was the 3,500 megahertz, which will be the key driver for 5G, and all companies in Canada are deploying it. Some are deploying it more quickly than others are. We're certainl

Industry committee  First of all, I would say that after buying spectrum in 2008, we've been investing a significant amount of money to build the network that we've built in Quebec and in servicing what we have today, which is roughly 23% of the market. That's significant against a very competitive

Industry committee  Our rates in Quebec are among the lowest in Canada. Let me give you some examples. For the same cellphone with six gigabytes of data, our subsidiary brand, Fizz, offers a bundle at $39 per month in Quebec and $45 in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Virgin, Bell's subsidiary

Industry committee  VMedia is a provider of Internet services and of regulated and unregulated television services that is already present in various regions, including Vancouver, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. We thought it would certainly be an asset for us to group a number of products together,

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Lemire, allow me to correct you. On the contrary, we have launched a third-party internet access or TPIA service on the Bell network, since Bell has a monopoly in Abitibi. We intend to build our own network and then migrate our current customers who have the TPIA

Industry committee  You're welcome.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Lemire. There are not 42 ways to succeed and we know full well that the issues surrounding rates are extremely important to the success of a company. In Quebec, we have certainly had a range of services: cable distribution, Internet, landline telephone and wirele

Industry committee  We've participated in the spectrum auctions since the first one took place in 2008. At that time—and today—we intended to be a national operator for the reasons that the auction went through the roof. One of the reasons was that Globalive was bidding with other people's money. In

Industry committee  First of all, we will find out what the CRTC does. We have a new chair right now. I guess it is important for her to make sure they ask if the prices for the TPIA are right or wrong. We don't know at this stage. We were partnered with Rogers in Quebec. We built networks together

Industry committee  Thank you very much for inviting us, Mr. Chair. It is an honour to join this committee meeting. My name is Pierre Karl Péladeau, and I am the president and chief executive officer of Quebecor. My colleague Jean‑François Lescadres is vice-president, finance, with Videotron. Abou

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a very good question, Mr. Champoux. Indeed, I raised this point because it is the one that seems most obvious to us. However, I think that we must also consider the whole ecosystem. It is important to emphasize this more and more. We must not think that Canadian broadcast

Canadian Heritage committee  It should also be noted that this is missing from the bill. Parliament should ensure that there is no unfair jurisdiction in this regard either. The advertising revenues I mentioned earlier represent a significant source of revenue for CBC, and they should now be devoted entirely