MPs Challenge Telecom Execs’ Defence of Phone Plan Pricing

MPs Challenge Telecom Execs’ Defence of Phone Plan Pricing
A man speaks on a mobile phone outside Rogers Communications Inc.'s annual general meeting of shareholders in Toronto on April 22, 2014. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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The top executives of Canada’s three largest telecom companies argued before a parliamentary committee that they have been lowering mobile prices to accommodate customer needs, despite criticism that Canadians pay more due to a lack of telecom competition.

The chief executive officers of Bell, Rogers, and Telus defended industry pricing while testifying before the Commons industry and technology committee on March 18. MPs on the committee had called the CEOs to address concerns about high mobile plan prices in Canada.