Interior Minister? No, Jim Prentice is the Industry Minister. He's the same guy responsible for the spectrum auction now wrapping up, the one that will bring several new providers to Canada's cellular market - and hopefully end Rogers' (pronounced "Robbers") monopoly.
Hate to tell you but the CRTC auction isn't going to change a thing. There's no requirement for anyone bidding on a slice of spectrum to actually use it for anything once they got it. I suspect most bidders will simply sit on it for a few years until Rogers has enough money to buy up the company and then get hold of the extra frequency.
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Interior Minister? No, Jim Prentice is the Industry Minister. He's the same guy responsible for the spectrum auction now wrapping up, the one that will bring several new providers to Canada's cellular market - and hopefully end Rogers' (pronounced "Robbers") monopoly.
Snap, thanks for the correction!
Hate to tell you but the CRTC auction isn't going to change a thing. There's no requirement for anyone bidding on a slice of spectrum to actually use it for anything once they got it. I suspect most bidders will simply sit on it for a few years until Rogers has enough money to buy up the company and then get hold of the extra frequency.