Canadians are still paying too much for telecom services, the industry minister said Thursday, one day after Rogers Communications said it was raising the cost of some of its wireless phone plans.
Rogers said Wednesday it would hike the cost of some of its wireless plans for non-contract customers. Bell is also reportedly increasing some of its existing wireless phone plan prices in February, according to a report by MobileSyrup.
“Let’s be clear, while some progress has been made to lower prices, Canadians still pay too much and see too little competition,” Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in a statement to CBC News.
“That is why, last year, I issued a
