I wrote about the political implications of the @Rogers-@ShawInfo deal. One piece that remains unanswered is whether promises Rogers has made to spend $2.5 billion on 5G and $1B on rural connectivity are just money the companies would spend anyway. #CRTC nationalpost.com/news/politics/…
The Conservatives are deciding whether to support the deal, and at #INDU @PierrePoilievre said he wants to see how serious Rogers is about those promises. But both companies are already investing in 5G, and will have to keep doing so to stay competitive no matter what.
So I asked Rogers whether the $2.5 billion on 5G and $1 billion on rural is new money on top of what was previously allocated, or money the companies had already planned to spend for those purposes regardless. Rogers refused to answer.
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