May 30th, 2008Spectrum Auction: Round 9 hits 1.1B
Here’s where things stand after 9 rounds. The number of lincences changing hands is slowing down as the bidders are now focused on slugging it out for the mostly for the big cities. Look carefully at the table below and differences in strategy become apparent. The likes of Bell and Telus are using the auction to buy up licences over a wide coverage area, whereas entrants like Globalive, Tirabassi, Data (and Rogers) are just going after cities.
Quebecor seems to be solidifying their hold over at least 20Mhz-40Mhz over Quebec and Ontario, Bell and Telus are actually now picking up pieces from coast to coast. And Shaw keeps stealing thunder bay from the poor city of Thunderbay but Tbaytel has it this round. Globallive looks to be making a nearly-national play with some pricey chunks in BC, Alberta, Ontario and Southern Quebec. Jaguar is sitting on just 20MHz in Toronto (can they hang on to it?). Round 10 will be closing in a few minutes…
Sum of Standing High Bids:
$1,139,485,749
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Bidder Name |
Total Amount of Standing High Bids |
Total Number of Standing High Bids |
Eligibility Associated w/ Standing High Bids |
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| Top 10 Bidders by Total Amount of Standing High Bids: | |||
| 9193-2962 Québec Inc. | $ 247,548,030 | 23 | 862 |
| Globalive Wireless LP | $ 225,170,000 | 7 | 916 |
| TELUS Communications Company | $ 109,588,404 | 72 | 754 |
| 1380057 Alberta Ltd. | $ 102,425,485 | 32 | 612 |
| Rogers Communications Inc. | $ 101,200,000 | 12 | 512 |
| Jaguar Wireless Holding Corp. | $ 98,700,000 | 1 | 240 |
| Bell Mobility Inc. | $ 97,514,784 | 32 | 440 |
| 6934579 Canada Inc. | $ 65,400,000 | 2 | 300 |
| Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. | $ 37,400,000 | 1 | 120 |
| Blue Canada Wireless Inc. | $ 14,659,587 | 1 | 110 |
