Posted AT 10:21 PM EDT on 28/11/07
Cellphone giants lose stranglehold
OTTAWA, TORONTO — Big changes are ahead for the wireless industry after Ottawa decided to intervene and help new cellphone entrants break into the market.
In next year's auction of new spectrum for wireless services, Industry Canada said it will reserve 40 megahertz of spectrum for new entrants to buy. That means they won't have to bid against the ruling cellphone carriers, Bell Canada, Rogers Wireless, and Telus Corp.
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