In light of the Commission’s determination on wholesale roaming rates in this proceeding, the Commission recommends that section 27.1 of the Act be repealed to allow the return to market forces for the provision of all other wholesale roaming as soon as possible. [...] The Bureau submitted that it is important to consider the competitiveness of the retail market in Canada when assessing the competitiveness of the wholesale market. [...] The Commission also stated that it would review the impact that the wholesale market has on the development of the downstream retail market, and the effect on sustainable competition in the retail market. [...] CNOC submitted that the state of retail mobile wireless competition in Canada is tenuous, and that the introduction of new players, by means of a complementary wholesale market, will strengthen the market and discipline the market power of the national wireless carriers. [...] Bell Mobility added that the relevant geographic market would have to consider the locations of the network of the wireless carrier requesting roaming service and of the wireless carrier providing service.
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