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Re: CRTC finds that Globalive does not meet Canadian ownership how is this different than rogers getting at&t backing and fido getting t-mobile backing way back when?
it seems to me you need a big partner to help small start ups off the ground |
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 BryceS
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| said by jam_bongo:how is this different than rogers getting at&t backing and fido getting t-mobile backing way back when? it seems to me you need a big partner to help small start ups off the ground This time they had too much foreign control.
I believe foreign control can't be over 47%. |
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| said by BryceS:said by jam_bongo:how is this different than rogers getting at&t backing and fido getting t-mobile backing way back when? it seems to me you need a big partner to help small start ups off the ground This time they had too much foreign control. I believe foreign control can't be over 47%. Try 25%
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said by BryceS:This time they had too much foreign control. I believe foreign control can't be over 47%. There's no hard limit set out anywhere. You will see this if you read the CRTC decision. In this case, it was a combination of multiple factors that led the CRTC to rule that a foreign party had "control" of Globalive. |
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