Industry committee  Public Safety Canada might have a say in that—

Industry committee  We have four prime blocks—

Industry committee  —where there is a strong U.S. ecosystem and, therefore, we expect there'll be much more interest in Canada in those, but there are a few other blocks also available at auction.

Industry committee  Any of the people can buy two blocks, but the present incumbents can only acquire one of the prime spectrum. A new entrant could bid for and win two prime blocks at the auction.

Industry committee  It effectively reserves that one block for a new entrant or a small regional provider.

Industry committee  It will sustain; yes.

Industry committee  You can get broadband access through a wire line, cable, DSL, fixed wireless. Over the last five or six years, mobile broadband has become increasingly important and attractive, both financially and in terms of capacity. Rogers has had for many years an HSPA network, which is a

Industry committee  It means that 98% have access to high-speed wireless as defined by the CRTC. They may not be subscribing to it, but it's available in their area.

Industry committee  That's a good question. I think it's defined by the HSPA, which gives you a range of speeds. It's very difficult to say what your actual speed is going to be, because it depends on how many people are within the zone and so on. It's hard for me to give you a precise answer on wha

Industry committee  Yes, they could have access if they wanted. In each of the companies' territories where they have licensed spectrum, they have covered a certain portion of their population, so 98% of the population is covered within Canada, and the 90% and the 97% then apply to that footprint. I

Industry committee  The set-aside was in the AWS, where we had more spectrum, and therefore 40% of it was set aside. Only the new entrants could bid upon it. In a cap, you're not picking where new entrants will win spectrum. That will be up to the play of market forces at the auction, but you're l

Industry committee  The document out for consultation says that we should be requiring companies to post information or make information available—i.e., in a public website—that would show what towers they have and what's already taken up in what they call “elevations”, what's available. It was des

Industry committee  Thank you. The U.S. has not formally started using its 700 megahertz public safety spectrum. It has just passed a bill that provides financing for the build of the network. We are going to try to follow as closely as we can so that the equipment that's being developed can be use

Industry committee  It would essentially be up to public safety how they want to use the band. They may decide they want to build in partnership with the private sector or just have a private sector developer build it for them. There may be some instances in which they have some spare capacity that

Industry committee  We've very much appreciated this opportunity to come and particularly to hear your questions. We look forward to the final report. There is a big difference between business-to-business commerce, business-to-consumer commerce, where a number of your concerns over protecting cons