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Old 02-07-2014, 09:45 AM   #75
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Originally Posted by accord1999 View Post
Since they dropped out of the auction, Wind can only improve their service by adding more towers to fill gaps or to purchase Mobilicity and use their spectrum.

It would also have taken time for Wind to use take advantage of the spectrum; even if they did win a prime 700 Mhz block, that block would almost certainly be C1 or C2 block, which are used by Verizon's LTE service in the USA. I believe in Canada, only the iPhone 5s and 5c support this band.
Why would Wind go through the auction when they can go to Mobility's bankruptcy hearing, and buy spectrum at cents on the dollar?

Their last minute pull-out was smoke & mirrors imo.
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