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Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auction Closed: Quebecor and Globalive Come In As New Players

A new Canadian GSM Wireless Network is under way. Viva Libre! The competition will be healty for the consumer as Rogers (who also own Fido) is operating the only GSM network in Canada.

“The three existing telecommunication companies, namely Bell Canada, Rogers and Telus won additional frequencies in most provinces. Rogers Wireless alone brought to the table $999 million, in an auction that was planned previously to gather in total just $1.5 billion…

The most important fact to remember from these auctions is the arrival of 2 new companies, Globalive (Yak) and Quebecor. Globalive managed to get frequencies in all Canadian provinces, except Quebec, while the media group Quebecor is now covering all Quebec, plus South-Eastern Ontario. Since previous reports from these companies confirmed that they will both use the GSM standard, they could (at least in theory) offer a nation-wide wireless access to their customers through a partnership.”

Good retrospective by Henri, r ead the full article here.

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