Comments on: If by open you meant closed.. http://omovo.org/2007/05/if-by-open-you-meant-closed/ Thinking Open. Thinking Mobile. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gavin http://omovo.org/2007/05/if-by-open-you-meant-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Gavin Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:34:00 +0000 http://jhiltz.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/if-by-open-you-meant-closed/#comment-2 I find the anti-competitive nature of the Canadian cellphone industry to be absolutely attrocious. Canada (by way of Bell, Telus and Rogers) has essentially given up on inovation and leading end technologies because they own the market and do not require any effort to hold their market shares.<br/><br/>If there were a clearer case of an ogilopoly, this it is. While the CEOs are probably not dining with each other to plot their downfall of their consumers, there is a clear, unwritten rule of how to play the system.<br/><br/>The only thing more disgusting about this matter is how slow the government is in terms of dealing with this situation. Adding new players to the space may or may not not help the market as they may end up towing the industry line. Goverment needs to create an environment that demands competition. I find the anti-competitive nature of the Canadian cellphone industry to be absolutely attrocious. Canada (by way of Bell, Telus and Rogers) has essentially given up on inovation and leading end technologies because they own the market and do not require any effort to hold their market shares.

If there were a clearer case of an ogilopoly, this it is. While the CEOs are probably not dining with each other to plot their downfall of their consumers, there is a clear, unwritten rule of how to play the system.

The only thing more disgusting about this matter is how slow the government is in terms of dealing with this situation. Adding new players to the space may or may not not help the market as they may end up towing the industry line. Goverment needs to create an environment that demands competition.

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