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Canada confirms initial 5G spectrum auction will take place in 2020

The government also aims to award millimeter-wave spectrum in 2021 The government of Canada confirmed plans to auction key wireless spectrum for the provision of 5G service in 2020. "We believe this puts us in a relatively strong position relative to our international peers," Canadian press...

Shaw Communications, Nokia complete 5G trial in Calgary

  5G trial used 28GHz millimeter wave and 3.5GHz spectrum, Shaw said Canadian carrier Shaw Communications has completed its first 5G technical trials in Calgary, in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia. Other technical partners in this 5G trial were Rohde & Schwarz and CableLabs. The 5G trial...

Shaw rebrands Canadian wireless from Wind to Freedom, launches LTE-A

Newly rebranded Canadian wireless carrier Freedom Mobile using 64 QAM MIMO for LTE-A, though larger rivals have 5G on the horizon. Canada’s mobile telecom market is set to gain a new LTE network option backed by the rebranding efforts of the country’s No....

Innovation and collaboration will guide cable in 2017

Tony Werner, Comcast president of technology and product group, kicks off SCTE/IBSE Cable-Tec Expo 2016 PHILADELPHIA – “The wind is at our back,” Tony Werner, president of the Comcast technology and product group, told attendees at the 2016 Cable-Tec Expo. Pointing to increasing collaboration, the advent of...

Analyst Angle: Shaw acquisition of Wind – a model for U.S. cablecos?

Wireless 20/20 looks north to see if the pending Shaw acquisition of Wind Mobile is the model for U.S. cablecos Shaw Communications agreed to acquire Wind Mobile in a deal worth approximately C$1.6 billion (around $1.16 billion). Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw competes most directly...

Shaw to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.1B, re-enter cellular space

Shaw to purchase Wind Mobile in a deal to take advantage of growing mobile market Canadian telecom provider Shaw Communications is set to re-enter the mobile space, announcing plans to acquire Wind Mobile as part of a larger purchase valued at $1.1 billion ($1.6 billion...

Rogers wins bidding war for Mobilicity

Mobilicity deal includes closing of Shaw spectrum acquisition, spectrum divestitures to Wind Mobile Rogers Communications won the bidding war for beleaguered Canadian mobile operator Mobilicity in a move that government regulators said would bolster its attempts to increase competition across Canada. Rogers said it was set...