This doesn’t surprise me in the least.
The National Post is reporting that Wind Mobile is going into the spectrum auction. And they’re going in big:
Wind is the first of the trio of new entrants, which also includes Mobilicity and Public Mobile, to declare its intentions to bid in next year’s auction.
While Canada’s dominant carriers BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are limited to bidding on just one block of spectrum out of the four blocks available, others can bid on up to two blocks.
The cost of placing a 5% deposit to bid nationally on two out of the four blocks amounts to about $16-million.
Wind did not disclose whether it plans to bid regionally or nationally as the players are barred from commenting publicly on their auction strategies.
If they do win some spectrum, or both pieces of spectrum that they can bid on, then they can step up to the big time. That in turn would make them someone to fear if your one of the big three. Though, they are looking for a buyer at the moment. Although that may change if they win.
I wonder who else will enter. The deadline is tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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Wind Mobile To Bid In Spectrum Auction
This doesn’t surprise me in the least.
The National Post is reporting that Wind Mobile is going into the spectrum auction. And they’re going in big:
Wind is the first of the trio of new entrants, which also includes Mobilicity and Public Mobile, to declare its intentions to bid in next year’s auction.
While Canada’s dominant carriers BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are limited to bidding on just one block of spectrum out of the four blocks available, others can bid on up to two blocks.
The cost of placing a 5% deposit to bid nationally on two out of the four blocks amounts to about $16-million.
Wind did not disclose whether it plans to bid regionally or nationally as the players are barred from commenting publicly on their auction strategies.
If they do win some spectrum, or both pieces of spectrum that they can bid on, then they can step up to the big time. That in turn would make them someone to fear if your one of the big three. Though, they are looking for a buyer at the moment. Although that may change if they win.
I wonder who else will enter. The deadline is tomorrow. Stay tuned.
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