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U.S. gets Google, we get Ottawa

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

So the worst-kept secret in the mobile-phone industry is finally out: Google has confirmed that it plans to bid for new spectrum in the 700-Mhz auction that is to be held early next year. One of the requirements of the spectrum auction is that whoever wins must allow users to download whatever app ... Continue reading »

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  • Jake

    1 year ago

    Why wouldn't Google be interested in bidding on the Canadian spectrum? Of course it's a smaller market, but I thought Google wanted to make the whole world better/profitable. And especially since Canada is cutting the incumbents out of the new spectrum auction, it seems like a nice proposition for Google (or any other newcomer).
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    That's a great idea, Jake. I'm going to forward that to my friends
    Larry and Sergey right now.
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  • Tom Purves

    1 year ago

    there's the catch, it would make sense if they also win the US spectrum. Would be pointless if they don't.

    In the U.K., google has claimed they aren't interested in spectrum.
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  • Rod Templeton

    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, I don't have a whole lot of confidence that companies like Shaw or MTS/All Stream are going to do a whole lot to bring lower prices into a market that's going to cost them a ton of money to get into.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    That's my fear as well, Rod -- that all they really want to do is get
    a piece of the oligopoly, rather than blow it up or even destabilize
    it.
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