Regardless, it is important to note that the trends outlined in this section are do not represent a ‘snapshot’ of the Canadian mobile landscape, but rather persistent features of mobile retail in Canada that have characterized mobile retail in Canada for years. [...] Providers have suggested that Canadian retail mobile prices are not high when compared to our global peers or, alternatively, that high historical prices are on the cusp of dropping in a manner that will place the Canadian retail market more in line with that of its international peers. [...] 9 ReWheel/Research, “The State of 4G & 5G Pricing, 1H2020”, Digital Fuel Monitor, April 2020, p 10 For €50, the most data rich Canadian plan offers 15 GB of data at usable access rates of 5 Mbps or more, whereas all but two OECD/EU countries offer double the amount of data at that price, and one of the two countries that provides less is Greece, which is not among the 23 EU/OECD countries that off. [...] As noted in our previous submissions, while Canada is 1st in download speed experience, it is 29th in latency, and between 17th—25th in usage of data intensive applications such as video, voice and gaming.31 These metrics do not represent a substantially different value proposition to Canadian customers, and does not unlock new or different usage of mobile devices that are restricted in other juri. [...] Indeed, as outlined in the next section, high per usage costs substantially undermine the ability of Canadians to fully realize the value of their mobile devices by suppressing mobile data usage and adoption.
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