GLYPH<129> In addition, a host network carrier is neither required to provide a roamer with a service that the carrier does not provide to its own subscribers, or to provide a roamer with a service, or level of service, that the roamer’s network carrier does not provide. The policy does not require seamless communications handover. provide the Commission with information on wireless roaming in order to assess its impact on the competitiveness of the Canadian wireless industry and the choices available to Canadians”. Following the fact-finding exercise, on December 12, 2013, the CRTC issued a call for comments entitled Wholesale mobile wireless roaming in Canada – Unjust discrimination/undue preference (Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2013-685). Following its earlier fact-finding exercise to assess the impact of wholesale mobile wireless roaming arrangements on the competitiveness of the Canadian wireless industry, the Commission initiated this proceeding to consider whether or not, as a question of fact, there is a situation of unjust discrimination or undue preference with respect to wholesale roaming arrangements in Canada. The Commission noted in particular that the wholesale roaming rates paid by Canadian carriers were higher than the rates paid by American carriers. In addition, the Commission intends to initiate a separate proceeding in early 2014 to further examine matters related to the wholesale mobile wireless roaming market in Canada and the impact on the competitiveness of the industry. In June 2013, Industry Canada released Framework Relating to Transfers, Divisions and Subordinate Licensing of Spectrum Licences for Commercial Mobile Spectrum . The Framework lays out the criteria Industry Canada will consider and the processes it will use when it reviews spectrum licence transfers, including prospective transfers that could arise from purchase or sale options and other agreements. Key things to note: In December, the federal government announced that it would introduce legislation in 2014. Firstly, it would enact a legislation that would cap wholesale domestic roaming rates at a rate no higher than the rates the carrier charges its own retail customers. Secondly, the government would amend the Radio-communications Act and the Telecommunications Act to permit Industry Canada and the CRTC to impose monetary penalties in order to enforce telecommunications regulations. Details of the announced legislation have not yet been released. The CRTC considers our Cable business to be vertically integrated because we own or control both programming and distribution services. It sets out the rules for vertically integrated companies in the broadcast sector in its Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2011-601. The policy: In June 2013, the CRTC issued its wireless consumer code of conduct. Key things to note: In August 2013, all Canadian wireless carriers received a letter from the CRTC asking that information about their retail and wholesale domestic and US roaming rates, revenues and agreements be filed by September 27, 2013. The Commission stated “The data requested will GLYPH<129> Does not allow companies to make their television programs exclusive to their mobile or Internet subscribers. Any program broadcast on television, including hockey games and other live events, must be made available to competitors under fair and reasonable terms. GLYPH<129> Allows companies to offer exclusive programming to their Internet or mobile customers provided it is produced specifically for an Internet portal or a mobile device. GLYPH<129> Adopts a code of conduct to prevent anti-competitive behaviour and ensure all distributors, broadcasters and online programming services negotiate in good faith. To protect Canadians from losing availability of a television service during negotiations, broadcasters must continue to provide the service in question and distributors must continue to offer it to their subscribers. GLYPH<129> Required vertically integrated entities to report by April 2012 on how they have provided consumers with more flexibility in the services that they can subscribe to through, for example, pick-and-pay models. In our April 2012 report, we presented the results of a market trial we conducted in London, Ontario that provides additional programming flexibility to consumers. GLYPH<129> As of June 3, 2015, the code will apply to all contracts, no matter when they were entered into, which means it will retroactively capture three-year contracts entered into between June 3, 2012 and December 2, 2013. Anyone entering into a three-year contract between June 3, 2012 and December 2, 2013 may therefore be entitled to cancel their agreement without paying back the full subsidy they received. We do not believe that the CRTC has the authority to do this, and on July 2, 2013, Rogers, Bell, Telus, MTS and Sasktel filed an appeal of this retroactivity provision of the code. The Court has granted leave to appeal and will hear the case in 2014. GLYPH<129> The code applies to all contracts entered into or renewed after December 2, 2013. GLYPH<129> Under the code, if a customer cancels a contract early, carriers can only charge the outstanding balance of the device subsidy they received, which goes down by an equal amount every month over no more than 24 months. This effectively makes the maximum contract length two years. GLYPH<129> The code establishes several new obligations on wireless carriers, including contract term length, roaming caps, unlocking requirements and contract summaries. It also lays out the rules for device subsidies and early cancellation fees. GLYPH<129> This timing does not apply to agreements made before the Framework was released, which means the spectrum agreements we have with Shaw and Quebecor will not be reviewed under the Framework until 2014. GLYPH<129> Licensees must ask for a review within 15 days of entering into any agreement that could lead to a prospective transfer. Industry Canada will review the agreement as though the licence transfer that could arise from it has been made. GLYPH<129> Industry Canada will review all spectrum transfer requests, and will not allow any that result in “undue spectrum concentration” and reduced competition. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis and will be issued publicly to increase transparency. Consultation on Transfers, Divisions and S ubordinate Licensing of S pectrum Licences G overnment Announcement Regarding Roaming Rates and Enforcement CRTC Wireless Code CABLE Vertical Integration CRTC Request for Information Regarding Domestic and U S Wireless Roaming 2013 ANNUAL REPORT ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 69 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION  AN D ANALYSIS