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Canada's cell phone "monopoly" is 3 companies wearing 8 costumes. Fido, Chatr = Rogers. Koodo, Public Mobile = Telus. Virgin, Lucky = Bell. ~90% of the market. Every challenger Ottawa created since 2008 got bought. Prices are rising again. The 18-year fight, documented ↓
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Canadians commonly call it the cell phone monopoly. Technically it is an oligopoly: Bell, Rogers, and Telus, together with the flanker brands they own — Fido, Chatr and Cityfone (Rogers), Koodo and Public Mobile (Telus), Virgin Plus and Lucky Mobile (Bell) — control roughly 90% of the Canadian…
Canada's Cell Phone "Monopoly" Is Actually Three Companies, and It Wasn't an Accident. Ottawa Helped Build It — Then Spent 18 Years Trying and Failing to Build a Fourth Carrier.
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