This is the complete list as published by
Industry Canada of the applicants for participation in the 700 MHz spectrum
auction to be held in early 2014. The list includes all the major
national carriers as well as the principal regional carriers which in the case
of the Algoma District include Bell, Rogers and Telus and the regional carrier Tbaytel.
- · 1770129 Alberta Inc.
- · Bell Mobility Inc.
- · BH Wave Acquisition Corporation
- · Bragg Communications Incorporated
- · Feenix Wireless Inc.
- · Globalive Wireless Management Corp.
- · MTS Inc.
- · Novus Wireless Inc.
- · Rogers Communications Partnership
- · Saskatchewan Telecommunications
- · TBayTel
- · TELUS Communications Company
- · The Catalyst Capital Group Inc.
- · Vecima Networks Inc.
- · Vidéotron s.e.n.c.
If one connects to this Industry Canada
page it has more information about each vendor including a link to the
details of the beneficial ownership of each applicant.
The list also includes a number of lesser know vendors that
may be interested in very specific regions or perhaps the unpaired spectrum
which will be very good for fixed wireless broadband applications. See this
blog entry for details of the blocks and the regions covered.
After many weeks and days of speculation, no foreign carriers
submitted applications although a couple of foreign companies show up in the beneficial
ownership listings. Also missing were the
two carriers formed as a result of the last auction in 2008, namely Mobilicity
and Public Mobile. However, Mr. John Bitove who is President and CEO of Mobilicity
is listed as a principal of Feenix Wireless Inc. Also The Catalyst Capital
Group Inc is financially connected to Mobility
To get on the list, a company had to make a refundable pre-auction
deposit of 5% based on projected costs of the spectrum as produced by the government.
The next step in the process is scheduled for 22 Oct 2013 when Industry Canada publishes
the final list of qualified bidders. The bidders then have until 29 Oct 2013 to
submit the remaining 95% of the necessary pre-auction deposits.
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