Mark Goldberg

Another newsy edition of my weekly newsletter.

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #204 - mailchi.mp/e8e1d4ae86a1...
• OECD Economic Survey of Canada
• CRTC stands by its earlier decision
...and more

#CDNtech #CRTC

A particularly newsy newsletter this week.

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #203 - mailchi.mp/a2f848c39098...
• Consumer broadband labels

#CRTC #INDU

My preview of the #CRTC Hearing this week: Consumer broadband labels • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19158

Stream the hearing starting now: video.isilive.ca/crtc/2025/en...

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #202 - mailchi.mp/7acaa0469394...
• CRTC needs Solomon's wisdom
• Building a stronger, more productive economy

#CRTC #INDU

Building a stronger, more productive economy • Telecom Trends Is sustained investment in telecommunications infrastructure essential to building a stronger, more productive economy in Canada? That is one of the • June 3, 2025

"Telecoms is more than just connectivity. It is economic infrastructure — as vital to Canada as roads, railways, and ports." | @RobertGhiz

Building a stronger, more productive economy • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19137

#CRTC #INDU

CRTC needs Solomon's wisdom • Telecom Trends I've come to believe that the CRTC needs Solomon's wisdom to solve the issue of mandated fibre wholesale: cut the baby in half. Captain Kirk followed a • May 28, 2025

CRTC needs Solomon’s wisdom • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19110

Are we seeking to drive more telecom competition, or do we just want a little bit of arbitrage operating on the fringes?

#CRTC

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #201 - mailchi.mp/b859f3c22213...

• Public participation at the #CRTC. Who pays?

... and more

Public participation at the #CRTC. Who pays? • Telecom Trends How should we increase the scale and scope of public participation in CRTC proceedings? That is the subject of a public consultation launched recently by • May 21, 2025

The #CRTC has a history of failing basic due diligence before handing out cash to a purveyor of hate.

I have concerns. You should too.

Public participation at the #CRTC. Who pays? • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19104

April Consumer Price Index released by Statistics Canada:

• All Items UP 1.7% year over year
• Cellular Services DOWN 10.8%

Celebrating the 200th edition.

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #200 - mailchi.mp/80381e598c81...

• A legislative gap for wireless

#CRTC #INDU

Shared Infrastructure, Shared Future • Telecom Trends Next Tuesday (May 13), there will be a free one-hour webinar hosted by the International Telecommunications Society looking at Shared Infrastructure, • May 5, 2025

Shared Infrastructure, Shared Future • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19094

"The future of telecom won’t be built by spectrum alone—it will be built on steel, fiber, and shared infrastructure."

Whither fixed wireless broadband? • Telecom Trends What is the future of fixed wireless broadband? I saw two recent stories on the growth of fixed wireless (also called fixed wireless access - FWA) in the • May 7, 2025

Fixed wireless is deployed in Canada primarily as a rural broadband solution. Why is the US also using wireless broadband as an urban or suburban residential broadband option?

Whither fixed wireless broadband? • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19087

#CDNtech #CRTC

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #198 - mailchi.mp/722dc0e6de58...

• Forward looking - looking forward

#INDU #CRTC

Looking forward - forward looking • Telecom Trends I'm looking forward to forward looking from Canada's newly elected minority government. It may be important to focus on the minority nature of the • April 30, 2025

As TD Securities recently wrote, I see no reason for Canada's new government to focus on telecom regulation. Will the minority Liberal government continue to liberally embrace policies from the Conservative playbook?

Looking forward - forward looking • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19071

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #197 - mailchi.mp/7588a4b8f133...

• Delete, delete, delete

#CRTC @ISED_ca

Delete, delete, delete • Telecom Trends In mid March, the FCC launched a deregulatory initiative In re: Delete, Delete, Delete (GN Docket No. 25-133). The public notice says: "Specifically, we • April 23, 2025

"Oppressive regulation has been the major stumbling block to investment in Canada"

Government red tape costs businesses billions, and therefore consumers pay billions in higher prices and opportunity costs.

Delete, delete, delete • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19063

#CRTC

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #196
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• Rethinking foreign ownership
and a few other thoughts...

#crtc #indu

Rethinking foreign ownership • Telecom Trends A month ago, in a post entitled "Foreign ownership restrictions in turbulent times", I asked "In view of the current international trade tensions, what • April 16, 2025

In view of the current international trade tensions, what are your thoughts on foreign ownership restrictions in Canadian telecom?

Should government broadband subsidies consider the ownership structure of funding recipients?

mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19055

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #195 - mailchi.mp/94f0b19011ad...
• Minister of Communications

#CRTC

Minister of Communications • Telecom Trends Should the next Canadian government have a Minister of Communications? For 27 years, between 1969 and 1996, the Minister of Communications was a • April 9, 2025

A recent OpEd in the @thestar.com argues “Canada urgently needs to re-establish a critical portfolio for the digital age and appoint a federal minister of communications.”

Do we?

Minister of Communications • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19048

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #194 - mailchi.mp/c171175655af...
• How can we tame the World Wild Web?

#CRTC

How can we tame the World Wild Web? • Telecom Trends Nearly 4 years ago, I wrote Taming the World Wild Web, saying "It’s no longer a question of whether the World Wild Web can be tamed. The key question is • April 2, 2025

It’s no longer a question of whether the web can be tamed. The key question is how.

How can we tame the World Wild Web? • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19037

#INDU #CHPC #CRTC

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #193 - mailchi.mp/4ae219ede7ec...
• The right number of mobile operators

#CRTC

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #192 - mailchi.mp/6fd9aa7973b1...
• The CRTC’s 2025 Telecommunications Market Report
• Workshop on Innovation and Telecommunications Policy

#CRTC

In a changed world, Canada faces an information war. There is an answer To fight misinformation, we need to re-establish a critical cabinet portfolio for the digital age.

Canada must fight the war on information |
@PeterMacleod

@Taylor_Owen
thestar.com/opinion/cont...

"As Canada enters a federal election campaign, the stakes couldn’t be higher."

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #192 - mailchi.mp/6fd9aa7973b1...
• The CRTC’s 2025 Telecommunications Market Report
• Workshop on Innovation and Telecommunications Policy

#CRTC

Workshop on Innovation and Telecommunications Policy • Telecom Trends What should be the role for telecommunications policy? What should top Canada's telecommunications policy agenda? Those topics are being explored in a • March 19, 2025

What should be the role for telecommunications policy? What should top Canada’s telecommunications policy agenda?

Workshop on Innovation and Telecommunications Policy • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=18957

May 21. Register early. Space is limited.

The CRTC's 2025 Telecommunications Market Report • Telecom Trends The CRTC recently released its "Canadian Telecommunications Market Report 2025", available online or as a 73-page 1.0 MB downloadable pdf. You may recall • March 18, 2025

If you can read past its biased commentary, #CRTC's latest Market Report has valuable, authoritative data. Just be prepared for a report written with a not-so-hidden agenda.

The CRTC's 2025 Telecommunications Market Report • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19012

A particularly meaty issue:

Telecom Trends Weekly - Issue #191 - mailchi.mp/0a9f0d0ca17b...
• The inefficiencies of regulatory arbitrage
• Foreign ownership restrictions in turbulent times

#CRTC #CDNpoli

Foreign ownership restrictions in turbulent times • Telecom Trends In view of the current international trade tensions, what are your thoughts on foreign ownership restrictions in Canadian telecom? That was a question • March 13, 2025

Would Canadian communications infrastructure face increased risk of disruption with lightened foreign ownership restrictions? Benefits? Risks? Are concerns real?

Foreign ownership restrictions in turbulent times • Telecom Trends mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=19019

#CRTC