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Shaw Communications Inc., which has struck a deal to be acquired by Rogers Communications Inc. for $26-billion including debt, will not participate in an upcoming auction of airwaves that are critical for 5G wireless services.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) – the federal ministry that regulates spectrum – has published a list of companies that have applied to participate in the June 15 auction of 3,500-megahertz spectrum – airwaves used to transmit wireless signals. Shaw SJR-B-T , which owns Canada’s fourth-largest wireless carrier, Freedom Mobile, is absent from the list. That could create opportunities for smaller players to bid on blocks of airwaves that the government has set
Shaw opts out of wireless spectrum auction amid Rogers deal
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