Canada
In Canada, Industry Canada held the auction for AWS spectrum in 2008. Wind Mobile has licensed AWS spectrum in every province aside from Quebec, and began offering voice and data services on December 16, 2009. Mobilicity also uses the AWS spectrum and began offering services in May 2010. Quebecor licensed AWS spectrum throughout the province of Quebec and began offering service with its Videotron brand on September 9, 2010.
Shaw Communications licensed AWS spectrum in western Canada and northern Ontario, began to build some infrastructure for providing wireless phone service, but subsequently decided to cancel further development and did not launch this service. Halifax-based EastLink obtained licenses in eastern Canada, and is currently building up infrastructure to launch mobile phone and data services in Nova Scotia and PEI in 2012.
Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility and Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS), all received licenses for AWS spectrum, which they are now using for their LTE networks.
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