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Today is the day that reply comments are due for the Industry Canada consultation on the advanced wireless spectrum auction rules.<\/p>\n

The process was started in February<\/a> and the first round of comments came in last month. The issues were canvassed in an exciting debate on the final afternoon of The 2007 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, a big question mark out there is how will TELUS address its comments. It had been opposed to new entrant concessions other than during its 4-day flirtation with the idea of acquiring Bell, when TELUS said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Should Telus’ acquisition of BCE proceed, we believe that new wireless spectrum should be set aside for new entrants to ensure that Canada continues to have a third wireless network competitor.<\/p>\n

We would also agree to certain other areas of support … to ensure that any emerging third player within the wireless industry was allowed to gain access to some of our tower infrastructure and was allowed to roam on favourable conditions.<\/p>\n

We believe there are clear remedies to ensure vibrant and sustainable competition without divesting the mobile networks of either company. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Will TELUS revert to its former position? Has the prospect of wireless consolidation irreparably damaged the prospects of an unfettered auction?<\/p>\n

My view is that Industry Canada should stay the course and avoid the temptation to tamper with an open auction. As a wise man once said to me, government has to stop trying to do indirectly what it can achieve directly.<\/p>\n

A tangential approach to a problem only leads to a hypothetical solution. If there are concerns about possible industry consolidation, about lack of competitive behaviour, there are tools for direct intervention.<\/p>\n

We’ll look at the instruments of government review in tomorrow’s posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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