OTTAWA – The bidding war for AWS-3 spectrum kicked off Tuesday with Industry Minister James Moore reiterating the federal government’s commitment to “delivering more choice for consumers in the wireless market”.
"Canadians have been clear: they want their government to make decisions that will lead to more choice, lower prices and better service in the wireless sector”, Minister Moore said in a statement. “With 60 percent of the available spectrum set aside solely for bids from new competitors, this auction has been designed to support competition.”
Ten applicants qualified to bid during the AWS-3 spectrum auction: Bell Mobility, Bragg Communications (Eastlink), Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless (Mobilicity), MTS, Rogers, SaskTel, TBayTel, Telus, Videotron and Wind Mobile.
Minister Moore added that the results of this auction will be made public on March 6.
