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Canadian Government sticks it to the big cellular providers

startupnorth.ca — In announcing the rules to the upcoming (May 2008) advanced spectrum auction, industry minister Jim Prentice has blasted open the doors to new wireless competition in Canada and has basically told the old heavyweights to back off.

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  • itsinsider, on 11/29/2007, -0/+3canada gets it right again.
  • kooze, on 11/29/2007, -0/+4This is really exciting news. They got the policy exactly right and hopefully this will accelerate innovation very soon. What I don't understand is why the incumbents didn't see the writing on the wall ages ago and adjusted their pricing strategies to appear a little less (ahem) evil.
  • kurrent, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1Now if they will just allow non-Canadian providers to bid on this spectrum and actually have some true competition in Canada's wireless industry.
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