INDU Committee Report
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APPENDIX A
Tableau 1—Spectrum auctions in Canada from 2001-2019
Year |
Spectrum |
License winners |
Total amount of winning bids |
Personal Communications Service (PCS) spectrum in the 2 gigahertz (GHz) frequency range |
Bell Mobility Inc. |
$720,490,000 |
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Rogers Wireless Inc. |
$393,520,000 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$355,920,000 |
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W2N Inc. |
$11,390,000 |
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Thunder Bay Telephone |
$600,000 |
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Winners Total |
$1,481,920,000 |
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2004, 2005 and 2009 (combined results) |
Wireless Communication Services (WCS) in the 2,300 megahertz (MHz) band and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) in the 3,500 MHz band |
Total for 36 licence winners |
$68,888,300 |
Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) and other spectrum in the 2 GHz range |
Total for 15 licence winners |
$4,254,710,327 |
|
Spectrum in the bands 849‑851 MHz and 894‑896 MHz for Air-Ground Services |
Winner : SkySurf Canada Communications |
$2,100,007 |
|
Mobile Broadband Services (MBS) — 700 MHz band |
Feenix |
$284,000 |
|
MTS Inc. |
$8,772,072 |
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Bragg |
$20,298,000 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$1,142,953,484 |
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Vidéotron |
$233,328,000 |
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Bell Mobility Inc. |
$565,705,517 |
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SaskTel |
$7,556,929 |
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Rogers Communications Inc. |
$3,291,738,000 |
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Winners total |
$5,270,636,002 |
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Advanced Wireless Services in the bands 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz (AWS-3) |
Bell Mobility Inc. |
$499,868,630 |
|
Bragg |
$9,957,299 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$1,511,121,133 |
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Vidéotron |
$31,800,359 |
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WIND Mobile |
$56,400,000 |
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Winners total |
$2,109,147,421 |
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Broadband Radio Service (BRS) — 2500 MHz Band |
Bell Mobility Inc. |
$28,985,000 |
|
Bragg |
$4,821,000 |
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Corridor Communicaitons |
$2,299,000 |
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MTS Inc. |
$2,242,000 |
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Rogers Communications Inc. |
$24,086,270 |
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TBayTel |
$1,731,000 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$478,819,000 |
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Vidéotron |
$186,952,000 |
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Xplornet Communications |
$25,435,731 |
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Winners Total |
$755,371,001 |
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Residual spectrum licences in the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands |
Bell Mobility Inc. |
$206,063 |
|
TELUS Mobility Inc. |
$58,303,223 |
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Winners total |
$58,509,286 |
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Residual spectrum licences in the 700 MHz, 2500 MHz, 2300 MHz and PCS-G bands |
Cogeco Connexion Inc. |
$24,306,308 |
|
Écotel Inc. |
$1,244,894 |
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Freedom Mobile Inc. |
$8,642,040 |
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Iris Technologies Inc. |
$100,607 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$907,000 |
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Xplornet Communications Inc. |
$8,235,473 |
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Winners total |
$43,436,322 |
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Spectrum licences for the 600 MHz band |
Bragg |
$13,046,000 |
|
Freedom Mobile Inc. |
$491,877,000 |
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Iris Technologies Inc. |
$2,556,000 |
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Rogers Communications Inc. |
$1,725,006,000 |
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SaskTel |
$12,168,000 |
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TBayTel |
$2,802,000 |
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TELUS Communications Inc. |
$931,238,000 |
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Vidéotron |
$255,780,000 |
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Xplornet Communications Inc. |
$35,755,000 |
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Winners total |
$3,438,224,000 |
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Total revenues |
$17,482,942,666 |
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