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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began accepting views from the public Wednesday on whether the country’s wireless sector will require formal regulation to stay competitive.

Canada’s national telecom regulator decided in 1994 there was “enough competition in the marketplace to guide the industry’s growth and provide Canadian consumers with a choice of innovative services,” the CRTC said in a release. However, the wireless market looks dramatically different 18 years later.

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Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and other new entrants into the market in recent years have attempted to counter the growing dominance of the country’s three largest carriers — BCE Inc.’s Bell Canada unit, Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. — with little corresponding effect on average monthly subscription fees. Ottawa’s

by offering them more access to the wireless spectrum has