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Articles tagged with: Sasktel and Manitoba
Canada's Mobile Penetration Rate Rises to 61.6%
The Canadian mobile market had another quiet quarter, as operators prepared for the 2GHz spectrum auction. This saw most of the available bandwidth going to the three large players, Rogers, Bell and Telus, but no fewer than 12 new entrants acquired licences. In total, the aution raised CA$4.25bn. The new entrants include 9193-2962 Quebec Inc (CA$554m, for Quebec), Globalive Wireless, which paid CA$442m for a national licence, Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises which won licences for Ontario, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria at a cost of CA$243m and Shaw Communications, which paid CA$190m for spectrum in British Colombia, Alberta, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario. more
Related Tags: arpu, rsa, mts, telus, rogers, bell-mobility, bell, saskatchewan, Canada
Spectrum auction to liven up Canadian mobile market – we hope
Canada's mobile spectrum auction is now underway with results due in a few weeks' time. The government has set aside 40MHz for new entrants in order to stimulate competition, and judging from the latest results, this is a much-needed move. more
Related Tags: arpu, telus, rogers, bell, auction, true, Canada
Cross border SMS for the Americas
The Canadian and U.S. wireless industry associations - the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) - have launched cross-border inter-carrier text messaging services, enabling wireless phone customers to exchange text messages between U.S. national wireless service providers and the major Canadian wireless service providers. more
Related Tags: telus, at&t-wireless, rogers, borders
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