Post Tagged with: "spectrum"

Globalive vs. Telus on Canadian Wireless

The National Post runs competing op-eds from Globalive and Telus on Canadian wireless. Globalive's CEO asks "What’s contributing to Canada’s falling wireless rank? Canadians are being asked to pay more to get less."  Telus' Michael Hennessy focuses on the last spectrum auction, saying it "resulted in an overpayment of approximately […]

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July 23, 2009 5 comments News

Spectrum Lobbying Begins: Bell, Telus, Rogers Say They Overpaid Last Time

The lobbying over the next spectrum auction appears to have begun, with Rogers, Bell and Telus claiming that they overpaid last time due to the government's decision to create a set-aside for new entrants.  The incumbent carriers express doubt that the Canadian market can support more than three big players.

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June 24, 2009 8 comments News

Bell Calls for “Spectrum Fee Holiday”

The Toronto Star reports that Bell has written to Industry Canada asking for a "spectrum fee holiday" that would suspend the millions of dollars the company pays in licensing fees for wireless spectrum.  Bell said it was "too early to say what impact a change in government policy would have […]

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June 12, 2009 4 comments News

U.S. Digital TV Transition Day While Canada Still Years Away

The CBC.ca reports on the digital TV transition in the U.S. and how Canada is still years away from following suit.

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June 12, 2009 6 comments News

Digital TV Transition Opens Door to “WiFI on Steriods”

As noted in last week's column, Canada finds itself lagging more than two years behind the United States in the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting, a process that could leave millions of Canadians without access to over-the-air television signals.  While the elimination of "free TV" would spark outrage in many communities, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) the most harmful effect of the slow migration will be felt in the competitiveness of Canadian telecommunications, not broadcasting.  

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February 24, 2009 6 comments Columns