Cable / Telecom News

SNAP JUDGMENT: Hard to envision Bellus happening

By Greg O'Brien IF THERE WERE NO big bogeymen around to scare the federal government into re-jigging an open wireless spectrum auction to favour such things as spectrum caps, or spectrum set-asides – and then mandated roaming – there is now, with the announcement that Telus is an active participant in the expected sale of Bell Canada Enterprises. The press release arrived just after 8 p.m. last night and even though it means little right now, you've got to believe that the folks in Ottawa at Industry Canada who are deciding on the rules for the advanced wireless spectrum auction...