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Competition Bureau, telecoms MVNO stance unchanged by COVID-19

News | 06/03/2020 6:00 pm EDT
Competition Bureau legal counsel Derek Leschinsky, Matrix Economics expert Tasneem Chipty, senior competition law officer Laura Sonley, Competition Bureau commissioner Matthew Boswell, and deputy commissioner Anthony Durocher, testify at the CRTC Wireless Review hearing in Gatineau, Que., Feb 18, 2020./ Photo courtesy CPAC.

The Competition Bureau says its advocacy for a temporary hybrid mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) model has been unchanged by COVID-19, as telecoms and stakeholders say the global pandemic has only strengthened their positions. 

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