The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition the CRTC will today rule on a key element of competition in the wireless industry in another move to give new carriers a boost. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes the telco regulator has spent more than a year and a half examining the issue of wholesale roaming and held a five-day hearing on the subject last fall. Quebecor has said the outcome will be a key factor in its decision on whether to expand its Videotron wireless business outside Quebec. Meanwhile, Wind Mobile has already taken advantage of temporary caps on wholesale roaming rates to lower its roaming prices and says it wants to continue to offer attractive plans in a bid to win market share in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. The commission has refrained from directly intervening in prices in the cellular market since the mid-1990s, but could set prices for what the companies charge each other if it concludes the market for wholesale roaming services is not sufficiently competitive. Scotia Capital analyst Jeff Fan said in an April research report, "We believe this decision [will be] a low-enough wholesale roaming rate to encourage additional capital injection to support Wind."