Mobilicity calls out Chatr
Although it wasn’t the first of the new entrants to Canada’s mobile carrier scene, Mobilicity certainly is becoming the most outspoken. According to a Globe and Mail article earlier today, the new wireless carrier has made good on its promise to take official action against the Rogers Chatr brand. Mobilicty Chairman John Bitove first started rumbling about violations against the Competition Act back in July when Rogers Chatr brand pricing leaked online.
On Wednesday, Mobilicity made good on that promise, sending an e-mail to reporters that “late last week Mobilicity’s legal counsel filed complaints against Rogers with various government agencies, including the Competition Bureau.”
Rogers isn’t the only incumbant to react to the contract free offerings from Mobilicity, Wind Mobile and Public Mobile. Since the launch of Chatr, Bell has repositioned and repriced its Solo Mobile brand align with Chatr. When Rogers announced the Chatr brand earlier in the summer, it was clear to anyone who follows Canadas wireless industry that stunting the growth of the new carriers was Chatr’s main objective. This, according to Mobilicity, is in direct violation of section 78 of the Competition Act.
Even with the complaints lodged with the Competition Bureau and other regulatory bodies unnamed, it could take years for them to wind through the system (see anything the CRTC does as an example). In the meantime, Mobilicity will just have to fight it out in the marketplace.
Note: According to mobilesyrup.com, at this point Rogers hasn’t heard anything from any of the regulatory bodies in question.
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