In July, Telus filed its own application for a judicial review over restrictions on the sale of
airwave licenses, after the government blocked the company from acquiring spectrum held by struggling startup Mobilicity.
In the challenge, Bell says it is seeking a court ruling that the government can not retroactively impose conditions upon
the airwave licenses.
The company is pricing $ 3.5 billion of bonds backed by some of its vast portfolio of
airwave licenses.
The cable company doesn't own its own wireless
airwave licenses, so the new service relies on a 2011 deal Comcast struck with Verizon to lease cellular airwaves.
Then two weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission announced the winning bidders in its latest
airwave license auction.
Not exact matches
Your
license lets you use the public's
airwaves as trustees for 180 million Americans.
The
airwaves are held in trust for the public by radio and television broadcasters, and their
licenses are regulated by government.
The RA, which polices the
airwaves and acts as a government adviser, wants to delay
licensing of the two UHF frequencies earmarked for the new analogue channel.