Damn.... CRTC is a little more leninent in Canada allowing monopolies, duopolies, and oliogopolies (to the dismay of some Canadians). However, it has made what certain people believe to be a superior telephone and cellphone network in Canada. But with just barely enough competition to keep prices in check. Some know us as the land of cheap high speed, with some people getting basic highspeed for $19.95 per month in dollarettes (CDN) which is about $15 US dollars. Premium 5 megabit highspeed cable for only $44 dollarettes (CDN) which is about $35 US. Ok, I do like to joke about our dollars, although it's been up lately. Right now, there is only one GSM carrier, Rogers, which is merging with Fido, and all the spectrum totals up quite a lot, the equivalent of three USA carriers worth of spectrum all controlled by one carrier in terms of airwave capacity. Scary thought for some us Canadians, but South Ontario is now like one giant Wifi hotspot.

I just hope it stands up in the next disaster (if one happens).

Many people, including Guess, do hate Rogers and their business tactics. Both Rogers and Bell Canada(Telus) are more or less head to head with their respective advantages and disadvantages.

Canada is gradually shrinking to the Big Three (or Big Two, depending on your viewpoint)
One CDMA network in Canada (Bell/Telus, freely roams on each other)
One GSM network in Canada (Rogers/Fido merging, I think partially roaming on each other now), three carrier's worth of spectrum.
One iDEN network in Canada (Telus, roams onto Nextel)