No big U.S. telecoms in Canada auction, boosting domestics - Reuters
Major U.S. telecommunications companies have not registered for a Canadian wireless spectrum auction, raising doubts about the government's plans to introduce more competition into the mobile telephone sector. However, a unit of Canadian private equity firm Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc, tipped earlier as a possible bidder for small companies Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, appeared on the list of registered bidders. Private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group Inc, which owns Mobilicity debt, also signed up.
23 September 2013•3 mins read
