TOWERS AND ROAMING: Incumbents, new entrants, continue to slam each other

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Mandated tower/site sharing and roaming is still a wreck, say the newer entrants into the Canadian wireless market. In its reply comments to Industry Canada on “Proposed Revisions to the Frameworks for Mandatory Roaming and Antenna Tower and Site Sharing”, Bell Canada argues that reopening the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) conditions of licence (COLs) less than halfway through the 10-year licence terms creates considerable uncertainty with respect to Industry Canada’s auction policies. “To maintain the integrity of the department's spectrum auction process, it is equally important that bidders can rely on the knowledge that the applicable COLs, developed...