Tbaytel is voicing its opposition to other mobility companies having mandated access to its infrastructure system.
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication Commission is considering the idea to increase competition.
Speaking to the CRTC on Monday, Tbaytel’s Kathleen Jones says that would impact on their own expansion plans.
“Mandating wholesale MVNOs (mobility virtual network operators) access that gives MVNOs the freedom to enter and exit our market without having to risk major investment capital, damages Tbaytel’s ability to recover capital expenditures made for our low density, rural and remote coverage area,” says Jones.
“Further, future expenditures for continued network expansion and technology upgrades could potentially be crippled by the presence of mandated MVNOs especially if market share losses are combined with the potential of no interconnection revenues.
Jones says Company vice-president Kathleen Jones told the CRTC Monday, it’s not that they’re against competition if it’s fair.
“When competition is something that is imposed and where the people that are coming to compete have absolutely no risk, no investment, and that they come forward to benefit their own companies and will harm those carriers that have already borne the burden of the cost of this very complicated business that’s where the competition we feel is unfavourable toward us.”
Jones feels its market is already competitive and future expansion should be done naturally without CRTC intervention.
