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iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week.
Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week.
According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company,
Adobe to try and increase awareness within government for possible future procurement opportunities.
iPolitics By Janet E Silver. Published on May 17, 2021 11:20am West Block on Parliament Hill on May 12, 2021 (Jolson Lim/iPolitics)
Fernando Minna, who served as policy adviser to Conservative MP Phil Coleman for over four years before signing on with the Capital Hill Group last month, has had a busy week.
Minna registered for several California-based tech companies, as well as CyberNB Association Inc., which put him at the top of the list for most new registrations this past week.
According to the filings, he’ll be working with the California-based tech company,
Adobe to try and increase awareness within government for possible future procurement opportunities.
The Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunication Commission (CRTC) approved mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in Canada, but independent operators are not impressed.
The new decision announced on April 15 will enable regional providers ones that have purchased wireless spectrum licences and deploy network hardware to provide service over the infrastructures built by national carriers like Bell, Rogers and Telus for a wholesale fee.
The goal, according to the CRTC, is to increase competition and reduce mobile costs for consumers, which the Trudeau government has promised to cut by 25 per cent.
The CRTC has the final say on who can become an MVNO under several criterias, of which the most important being that the regional carrier must have purchased spectrum licenses that cover tier 4 areas or broader.
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Canada’s telecommunications regulator issued a landmark decision Thursday aimed at spurring competition in the wireless market, but some industry watchers say the changes will leave incumbents largely unaffected.
In a long-awaited ruling, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission stated it will mandate Canada’s Big Three wireless companies, plus SaskTel, to give regional wireless providers that invest in spectrum and infrastructure wholesale access to their networks for seven years.
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