Here's a few things I get out of reading that article:
1) He might actually be right if you count all the "smaller" competitors (available regionally) and flanker brands. Looking at all of those, I can name 12 off the top of my head: Telus, Koodo, PM, Rogers, Fido, Chatr, Bell, Virgin, Lucky, FM, Videotron, Sasktel, err, and I'm sure there are other regional ones I'm missing. And that's just for mobile telecom providers (more on that in the next point).
2) I think he's lumping in home internet providers as well if he's mentioning the 350GB plan offered in Alberta, which I'm almost certain is a home/DSL/Fibre plan (right?). If you start lumping those in, I believe there's a number of "reseller" companies like TekSavvy that could get lumped into the count, bringing it even higher.
3) (and possibly most relevant?) What do you expect him to say, honestly?!?! I mean, yes, it's completely insane to say that we have too much competition. But put yourself in the CEO of one of the Big 3's shoes for second. To him, competition is very bad because it can lead to ARPU and other important KPUs coming down, which is bad for his quarterly reports to his stockholders. Do you see any of the Big 3 CEOs arguing we need more competition in the Canadian telecom market? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe any of them has ever said that, nor are they likely to. Competition leads to weakening of their stocks and lowering of their preformance bonuses and eventually to them being ousted by the board. I'm oversimplifying a ton of things here, but honestly what do you expect these CEOs to say on the record?!?!
Okay, that's my 3 cents worth!
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