Canada mandates broadband operators to provide open access networks

Canada’s telecommunications regulator is requiring the country’s broadband companies to wholesale their networks to competitors in open-access-type arrangements, angering some of the largest service providers such as Rogers Communications and Bell Canada. In 2024, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission made a decision to require broadband operators to lease their broadband networks to rival companies to allow for more competition on existing networks for high-speed internet services across the country. Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly said that the government has chosen not to overturn CRTC’s earlier ruling.