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To prevent incumbents such as Rogers, Telus and Bell from buying up everything, the feds are putting a cap on how much spectrum any single bidder can walk away with, giving smaller carriers a real shot at competing.

Ottawa also wants to cut down the bureaucratic headache of building new cell towers. The current approval process is slow and expensive, and the government is proposing to replace it with a digital portal where companies can file applications and locals can weigh in online. The idea is to speed things up without cutting communities out of the conversation.

mmWave auction is set for October 19th, 2027.