So I've mentioned before that there's rumours of T-Mobile making a bid for some of that sweet Canadian Spectrum. Trouble is, the auction rules state that the company doing the bidding has to be Canadian.
We've also mentioned that Niagara Networks Inc. has come out of the blue to bid on a huge swatch of that spectrum.
CBC has put two and two together, and come up with a question: Is there a bigger Telecom backing Niagara? They mention both T-Mobile and AT&T as possible backers, but the official word is "No comment."
My money is on T-Mobile, just because that's the way I read the T-leaves. But I could be completely wrong.
Any way you shake it, a new player in the Canadian market would hopefully generate a bit of competition, and rates might come down.
The fact that both T-Mobile and AT&T have iPhone contracts in their respective countries has no bearing on my interest in this story. Honest.
What I think'd be even more interesting would be if Apple were found to be backing a play for some spectrum. That would go a long way to helping me with my current theory that Apple doesn't really care about the Canadian Market.
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