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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
How long after the auction do you think this spectrum will be up and running for the successful bidders? Is it a matter of weeks, or more like months?
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Might be years, minimum of five years, maximum of ten for the majority coverage. We'll probably see something within a year I'll bet.
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When can we expect to see new services rolled out by the winners?
The Government of Canada expects licensees to begin rolling out services to meet the needs of Canadians in a timely fashion. At a minimum, the Government requires all companies that acquire 700 MHz spectrum licences to deploy to 20–50 percent of the population within 10 years, depending on the area.
In addition to general deployment conditions, Industry Canada has also set strong rural deployment conditions—the first of their kind in Canada. Bidders that win or get access to two or more paired blocks of spectrum in the 700 MHz band have special coverage requirements. They must bring the next-generation services they'll roll out using the 700 MHz spectrum to at least 90 percent of the population covered by their 2012 HSPA network within five years of receiving their licence, and 97 percent of the population covered within seven years.
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http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/icgc.nsf/eng/07398.html