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Canada Opens Wireless Industry To Competition

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-the-waves-eh dept.

FreeKill writes "The Canadian government on Wednesday paved the way for new cellphone companies by announcing new rules for an auction of radio airwaves designed to spur competition in the wireless industry. About 40 per cent of the spectrum will be reserved for new entrants with the remainder open to all bidders, including Canada's big three providers — Rogers, Bell, and Telus. The government will also mandate roaming area agreements which will force existing carriers to share their networks with newcomers for five years, plus another five if the new entrants can build up their own networks nationally."

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  1. Re:if this were Australia... by cheater512 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    God I need mod points.

    That just made my day. :)

  2. Re:And this is news? by ThirdPrize · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And why post it while most Canadians are alseep? Like we in the rest of the world give a £$%^.

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  3. Re:And this is news? by Nullav · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone really care about what happens in the true great north...great and free?
    Antarctica?
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