Manitoba Tel says will not bid in spectrum auction

TORONTO (Reuters) - Regional Canadian telecom company Manitoba Telecom Services Inc does not plan to bid for prized 700 megahertz airwaves outside of its home province in an upcoming auction after a recent network asset sale, its chief executive said on Tuesday. MTS agreed to sell its country-wide Allstream fiber optic network in May, essentially nixing any ambitions at building a national wireless company to compliment its landline and Internet offering in Manitoba, a largely rural western province. ...



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