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By: Spectrum Auction: Round 20 sails past 2.5B | Wirelessnorth.ca

Spectrum Auction: Round 20 sails past 2.5B | Wirelessnorth.ca — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:03:30 +0000

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By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Spectrum Auction: Round 134 down to the short & curlies

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:15:18 +0000

[...] the denouement could go on all week, we’re clearly into the short strokes of this spectral auction. The long dead ghosts of competition in this country finally revivified, as early as the end of [...]

By: rono

rono — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:19:35 +0000

What are the pros and cons of the spectrum currently being auctions off vs. spectrum in higher bands like 2.5GHz and 2.6 GHz

By: WirelessNorth

WirelessNorth — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:49:27 +0000

Unfortunately for wimax, this spectrum is not optmized for it. If my understanding is correct, Wimax spectrum is typically unified rather than the split uplink/downlink bands provided in this auction.

And nortel sticks to making equipment and are not participating in the auction.

Also they seem to have recently divested their wimax business to focus on LTE...

There are some people however ultimately proposing a unification of wimax and LTE standards some time in the future.

Some participants may use this spectrum for HSPA then move to LTE (Rogers, new entrants most likely). Whereas other winners may sit on the spectrum until LTE is ready to deploy.

By: dsmith39

dsmith39 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:53:47 +0000

I’m not sure what frequency it's can reside on, or if Nortel is involved in the auction, but LTE (long term evolution) rather than the rival 4G technology, WiMax is an alternative here.

By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Spectrum Auction: Round 79 Bidders hitting their limits

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:48:14 +0000

[...] in Canada’s AWS auction are getting to down to the end of their bankrolls. Although each bidders holdings are zig-zagging [...]

By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Spectrum Auction Day 2 - The regional retreat

Wed, 28 May 2008 22:05:58 +0000

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By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Secret: Your iPhone won’t work on Canada’s new spectrum?

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:50:11 +0000

[...] count on the spectrum auction to save you. One of the items not talked about too much with the AWS spectrum is that it requires new wireless chipsets to work. Any phone that you do get from one of the new [...]

By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » The List Of Applicants for the 2008 Canadian 3G Spectrum Auction

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:48:44 +0000

[...] 20MHz of licences covering coast to requires about 1240 points. Getting 10MHz covering all the Yukon is 2pts. The greater Toronto area, 120 points for 10MHz. 100MHz of 3G spectrum is up for grabs in total. (spectrum map) [...]