This paper identifies and evaluates a range of arguments for host countries placing limits or restrictions on foreign ownership of facilities-based telecommunications carriers. Both economic and non-economic arguments are inferred and essentially rejected, either because foreign ownership...

This paper discusses recent regulatory and legislative changes affecting competition in local network distribution services in Canada. It highlights reliance upon vague or inappropriate criteria such as 'fair' and 'sustainable' competition, as well as the overwhelming importance policy-makers...

The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1989, could well prove to be a breakthrough in the liberalization of trade between the two countries. This paper highlights the provisions of the FTA that indirectly or directly affect the telecommunications industry,...

The growing worldwide trend towards deregulation in the telecommunications industry is raising concerns about anticompetitive behaviour by the dominant carriers. This article reviews some of these concerns and gives examples of alleged anticompetitive behaviour by Canadian carriers. The author...

A recent decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission allows entrants to interconnect with incumbent telephone companies for purposes of providing switched (public) long-distance service. The decision represents a potentially very important step towards promoting...