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As Verizon considers possible investment in a wireless provider in Canada, the CEO at Rogers, the Toronto-based communications giant, has concerns that there might not be a level playing field for Canadian companies who might want to do the same.
"What we're absolutely against is a tilted or stacked playing field where you have a massive incumbent U.S. carrier that would be given favorable treatment, and frankly better treatment than Canadian incumbents," Rogers' Nadir Mohamed said on his company's quarterly earnings call this week, Canadian Press reported.
Mohamed worries that Verizon or other foreign businesses will be able to buy Canadian wireless companies on the cheap. Verizon recently confirmed that it's interested in getting into Canada's market, but wouldn't acknowledge rumors that it's pursuing Wind Mobile.
The concerns aren't without merit. Canada's government recently stopped comms behemoth Telus from buying Mobilicity, a smaller operator, in part because its spectrum license doesn't expire until next year. Rather than promote consolidation within the country, the government has said it wants conditions ripe for a fourth national carrier that will increase competition. It did away with restrictions that previously required foreign investors to pursue a wireless company with less than 10 percent market share.
Mohamed added that he's not sure a "four-player market can work in a country like Canada" due to its massive size.?
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