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Divided and Transferred Licences at 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz Spectrum Licences
In the document entitled Policy and Licensing Procedures for the
Auction of Spectrum Licences in the 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz
Bands, the Department outlined that auctioned licences would be
transferable and divisible subject only to the following conditions
and guidelines:
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All eligibility criteria and other conditions that apply to a licence,
including those related to interference management, will continue, as
applicable, should the licence be transferred.
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The party to whom the licence will be transferred must meet the
eligibility criteria for a radiocommunication carrier outlined in
subsection 10.(2) of the Radiocommunication Regulations.
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Should an auction winner transfer its licence to another party, the
second party will only receive a licence term equal to that remaining
on the original licence, but will be eligible for the same licence
renewal provisions as the original licensee. For example, if the
transfer occurs four years into a ten-year licence term, the second
party will receive a licence term equal to six years.
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All proposed licence transfers must comply with any spectrum
aggregation limits or other measures intended to preclude
anti-competitive behaviour that may be in place. (It should be noted
that any licence transfer may also be subject to the provisions of the
Competition Act).
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In order to maintain divisible in the geographic dimension only in
terms of spectrum grid cells (as previously described). Thus, when an
auctioned licence is divided, the minimum geographic size that any one
of the new divisions may take is one spectrum grid cell. The
individual spectrum grid cells are sufficiently small that even with
this restriction, an extremely high degree of flexibility will be
available to the parties involved in determining the size and shape of
sub-divided portions of a licence.
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There will be no minimum limit to divisibility in the bandwidth
dimension.
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Written notification will be required of all proposed licence
transfers. The Department will also request attestations or other
documentation to ensure that the points above (e.g. compliance with
the eligibility criteria and other conditions of licence) have been
satisfactorily addressed. Once a licence transfer has been registered,
the Department will revoke the original licence and issue a new
licence(s) in its place.
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The Department will maintain a publicly accessible database listing
all auctioned licences and respective licensees, and will update the
database upon a licence transfer.
The Department has accepted the following applications for the
transfer of the following 2300 MHz and 3500 MHz spectrum
licences:
Date |
Original Licensee |
Current Licensee |
Licences |
Service Area |
Frequency Block |
2004-08-04 | VCom Inc. |
Industry Canada | 4156-E |
3500-3525
3600-3625 |
2004-08-04 | Industry Canada |
VCom Inc. | 4156-W |
2305-2320
2345-2360 |
2005-06-13 |
Comcentric Networking Inc. |
Industry Canada |
4081-F and 4082-F |
3525-3550
3625-3650 |
2005-06-13 | Industry Canada |
Comcentric Networking Inc. |
4081-D and 4082-D |
3475-3500
3575-3600 |
2005-07-29 |
Rogers Wireless Inc.
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Rogers Wireless Partnership
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All Licences |
2005-12-22 |
VCom Inc.
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Your Link Inc.
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All Licences |
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