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TORONTO - Amid calls for the Big Three telecommunications companies to provide wireless phone service on the TTC following a recent wave of violence, experts say the federal telecommunications regulator should force Rogers, Bell and Telus to use the subway system's existing infrastructure.
Only Freedom Mobile has signed on to provide coverage to its customers through BAI’s network. Rogers, Bell and Telus have declined to do so.
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A wave of violence on public transit has generated calls for the CRTC to mandate telecommunications companies provide wireless service underground
The move comes after Bell and Telus said they would increase their daily prices in early March
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How telecommunications bandwidth, or spectrum, is allocated in Canada is a critical bottleneck to more competition and lower phone bills