A cell tower is pictured in rural Ontario on July 15, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
The head of Canada’s telecom industry group says recent regulatory decisions have aimed to solve non-existent problems and added unnecessary burden at a time that the sector faces an “inflection point.”
Canadian Telecommunications Association president and CEO Robert Ghiz warned Tuesday that if the direction of the CRTC doesn’t change, it will lead to “structural” underinvestment by companies that build and manage telecom networks, slowing down the adoption of new technologies.
