Questions and responses 44th Parliament, 1st session November 22, 2021, to January 6, 2025

With regard to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s auction of the 3,500 megahertz band of wireless spectrum, conducted on July 29, 2021: (a) for each of the wireless spectrum licences auctioned off, which entity (i) originally purchased the license at the auction, (ii) currently owns the licence; and (b) for each instance where the current owner is different than the original owner, what are the details of the transfer, including the (i) previous owner, (ii) new owner, (iii) license and description of what was transferred, (iv) date of the transaction, (v) date of the ministerial approval?

With regard to the government’s spectrum licensing, broken down by designated tier: (a) how many spectrum licenses are currently unused; (b) how many license holders have (i) failed to meet the deployment requirement, (ii) deployed less than 50 percent of their spectrum license; (iii) deployed less than 75 percent of their spectrum license, (iv) deployed less than 100 percent of their spectrum license; (c) what is the breakdown of each response in (a) and (b), by spectrum license (i) for mobile broadband services in the 700 MHz band, (ii) in the millimetre wave bands 26, 28 and 38 GHz, (iii) in the 3800 MHz band, (iv) in the 3500 MHz band, (v) in the 600 MHz band, (vi) for residual spectrum licences in the 700 MHz, (vii) 2500 MHz, 2300 MHz and PCS-G Block, (viii) for residual spectrum licences in the 700 MHz and AWS-3 bands, (ix) for broadband radio services in the 2500-2690 MHz band, (x) for advanced wireless services in the bands 1755-1780 MHz and 2155-2180 MHz (AWS-3); and (d) for each instance in (a) through (c), what is the name of the company that holds the license?

With regard to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): (a) how many transmission towers does the CBC own or operate; (b) what are the details of each tower owned or operated by the CBC, including (i) its location, (ii) the tower type, (iii) whether the tower is owned, (iv) whether the tower is operated but not owned, including the name of the entity that owns the tower, (v) what the tower is used for, (vi) whether the tower is in service, (vii) the tower height, (viii) whether any other entity operates on the tower, and, if so, the name of the entity, (ix) the number of households the tower services, (x) the date the tower was installed; (c) how many spectrum licenses does the the CBC hold; (d) what are the details of each spectrum license in (c), including, (i) the frequency, (ii) the band, (iii) the year the license was originally obtained, (iv) the cost to obtain the license, (v) how the license was obtained (i.e. auction, etc.), (vi) the length of the license, (vii) the service tier the license was issued for, (viii) the number of households the license services, (ix) the date the license expires or is up for renewal, (x) the type of service the license supports (i.e. television, radio, etc.); (e) how much fibre optic cable does the CBC own; (f) what are the details of the fibre cable in (e), including (i) its location, (ii) what the fibre optic cable is used for, (iii) the source of backhaul the fibre optic cable is connected to, including the name of the supplier, (iv) the date the fibre optic cable was obtained or installed, (v) whether any other entity operates on, or leases, the fibre optic cable, and, if so, the name of the entity; and (g) what is the total asset value of the (i) towers, (ii) spectrum licenses, (iii) fibre optic cables, currently owned by the CBC?