Wireless companies give general thumbs up to 28 GHz licensing proposal

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA – When it comes to licensing the 28GHz band, Canada’s wireless operators generally agree with Industry Canada’s proposed framework, documents submitted to the department via its call for comments reveal. Telus, however, is concerned about the first-come, first-served approach advocated by the department in its consultation. Given the rapid growth of mobile networks and mobile data services, the need for longer-term backhaul network planning is paramount and a FCFS process may act as a barrier, the company states in its submission. “Telus is of the view that the FCFS model needs to be ‘tweaked’ to allow network operators to...