Bell Canada is calling for the wireless network in Toronto’s subway system to be a \u0022joint build\u0022 between telecom players. Read on
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Bell chief executive Mirko Bibic made the comments in a letter to Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne dated April 19, after the minister urged Canada’s telecom companies to provide an update on the arrangements being made to ensure service is available more broadly in the underground transit system.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“When we learned of this, we immediately expressed our interest in the project and urged the TTC to require as a condition of its approval of the transfer from BAI to Rogers, that an open access, joint-build model be adopted,” Bibic wrote, adding thatThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
“As we build out the network, we will work with other providers to bring them on board,” spokesperson Cam Gordon said.Recommended from Editorial
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