What they won

Here’s a list of the spectrum won by some of the new entrants at the end of the AWS spectrum. Not included here is Quebecor, because its spectrum is all in Quebec except two pieces: 20Mhz covering Eastern Ontario, including the busy Hwy. 401 near the Ontario-Quebec border, and 10Mhz for Toronto.

Globalive

–20 Mhz Province-wide licences: Southern Ontario; Yukon/NWT/Nunavut.

–10Mhz Province-wide: British Columbia, Alberta, Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec, New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon, North West Territories/ Nunvut (two licences, different frequencies)

–10Mhz City-wide: Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Brandon, Man., Ottawa; Brockville, Ont., Cornwall, Ont., Kingston, Ont., Cobourg, Ont., Pembroke, Ont., Belleville, Ont.

Shaw (While based in the West, it also has cable holdings in northern Ontario, reflected in some of its spectrum) –20Mhz Province-wide: British Columbia, Alberta.

–10Mhz Province-wide: Manitoba, Newfoundland/Labrador

–10Mhz Regional and city-wide: Okanagan region, B.C., Kootenays, B.C., Courenay, B.C., Prince George, B.C., Nanaimo, B.C., Thompson region B.C., Prince George, B.C., Lethbridge, Alta., Medicine Hat, Alta., Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Winnipeg, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Thunder Bay, Ont., London/Woodstock,Ont., Gaspe, Que.,

Bragg (while based in the Maritimes, it also has small cable holdings in central Ontario, reflected in some of its spectrum) –20 Mhz province-wide: Northern Ontario, Nova Scotia/PEI, New Brunswick

–10Mhz Province-wide: Eastern New Brunswick, Southern New Brunswick, Nova Scotia/PEI, Newfoundland/Labrador

–10Mhz City-wide: Grande Prairie, Alta. (two licences, separate frequencies), London/Woodstock, Ont., Listowell/Goderich/Stratford, Ont., Strathroy, Ont., North Bay, Ont., Kirkland Lake, Ont., Barrie, Ont.

DAVE

–10Mhz Regional: Southern Ontario, Eastern Ontario,

–10Mhz City-wide: Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Alta., Windsor/Leamington, Ont., Niagara Falls/St. Catharines, Ont.

Novus Wireless

–10Mhz British Columbia, Alberta

Blue Canada Wireless

–10Mhz Nova Scotia/PEI

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Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

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