OTTAWA-Seven companies will participate in a spectrum auction in Canada set to begin 15 January. Forty megahertz of spectrum in the 2 GHz band will be awarded.
Mobile incumbent carriers Bell Mobility Inc., Microcell Telecommunications, Rogers Wireless Communications and Telus Corp. will all participate in the auction. In addition, newcomers 3050443 Nova Scotia Co., W2N Inc. and Thunder Bay Telephone also submitted applications to participate with the Canadian government.
The government will release a list of qualified bidders in late November. Each company deposited $413.55 million in letters of credit.
The additional spectrum will reportedly support higher data speeds and larger volumes of data traffic.
