Dunt, da-dunt, da-da… It’s Telecom week in Canada.
There is a lot of attention to telecommunications issues over the course of the next week.
Of course, the launch of iPhone v2 has been part of the global hype, but there is a lot of news made in Canada as well.
David George-Cosh and Jamie Sturgeon kicked things off last Saturday with their look into the future of wireless: Better. Faster. Smarter.
The AWS spectrum auction, having moved into Stage 2 earlier this week, is moving faster toward its conclusion. Stage 3 started Wednesday (lower bid increments; all points have to be bid each round) and the process moves to 6 rounds per day starting this morning. More than $3.5B has already been bid, more than double the original estimates. As I said to Peter Nowak at CBC yesterday, we seem to honing in on the final number.
Bell will have its day in court next Tuesday to see what tune the Supremes will sing. Will the deal just keep them hangin’ on?
The 2008 Canadian Telecom Summit opens on Monday at the Toronto Congress Centre and there will coverage of the event all of next week in the major media outlets. Watch for our special Telecom Summit supplement in the National Post. Registrations are strong again this year and we are grateful for the industry support.