Cable / Telecom News

Industry Minister to make announcement at 8 a.m.


OTTAWA – Late Monday the media were provided with the following announcement from the office of Industry Minister Christian Paradis: “The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, will make an important announcement regarding Canada's wireless telecommunications sector.”

It will happen at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning at the Minister’s Ottawa office. Please check out Cartt.ca then to see just what it that announcement will be. Will it be a statement on the spectrum transfer process? A 700 MHz auction delay? We’ll have to wait and see. The Minister had been scheduled to speak at the Canadian Telecom Summit Wednesday, but he has cancelled that appearance.