The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the CRTC says it will consult on new ways to make cellular services more affordable, but stopped short of mandating a model that would have forced large wireless companies to resell network access to start-up carriers. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes that the CRTC announced Thursday that it will not change the rules to let providers which offer discount services -- using WiFi as their primary networks -- roam on the networks of Canada's established carriers at regulated rates. The decision, which came in response to a government order to reconsider a ruling on roaming access the regulator made a year ago, means that companies which do not build their own wireless networks cannot resell cellular service unless they can negotiate network access. To date, the Big Three national carriers -- Rogers, Telus and BCE -- have been unwilling to negotiate wireless reselling agreements on any broad basis. Instead, the CRTC has ordered them to provide proposals for lower-cost, data-only plans (which would not include voice calling services) by April 23. CRTC chairman Ian Scott said allowing WiFi-based providers to access roaming services would be too complicated.