Industry Canada announced the winners of the 700 MHz frequency
spectrum auction on February 19, 2014.
The big winner in Northern Ontario appears to be Bell Canada
who purchased 4 blocks. The big loser was Tbaytel who was shut out. Bragg (who operates as Eastlink), Rogers and
Telus each got a single block.
Here is the breakdown of the results that affect the Algoma
District which is part of the Northern Ontario covered by Auction Area 2-09 is
shown on this map:
|
Band
|
Frequencies
|
Paired or Unpaired
|
Bandwidth
|
Company
|
|
A
|
698-704
MHz/728-734 MHz
|
Paired
|
6+6 MHz
|
Bell
|
|
B
|
704-710 MHz/734-740 MHz
|
Paired
|
6+6 MHz
|
Bell
|
|
C
|
710-716 MHz/740-746 MHz
|
Paired
|
6+6 MHz
|
Rogers
|
|
C1
|
777-782 MHz/746-751 MHz
|
Paired
|
5+5 MHz
|
Bragg (Eastlink)
|
|
C2
|
782-787 MHz/751-756 MHz
|
Paired
|
5+5 MHz
|
Telus
|
|
D
|
716-722 MHz
|
Unpaired
|
6 MHz
|
Bell
|
|
E
|
716-722 MHz
|
Unpaired
|
6 MHz
|
Bell
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Over the next few days, I
will examine the impact the of the auction results and post my impressions in due course.
