The purchase comes five years after the government auctioned off $4.25 billion worth of wireless airwaves, setting aside a portion for new startups in a bid to break the dominance of Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Vancouver-based Telus.

But the company, which bought up airwaves that Telus and rivals BCE Inc and Rogers Communications were blocked from bidding on in a 2008 auction, has been losing money and building up debt.

In addition to the Telus transaction, Rogers Communications Inc. has struck an �option deal� to eventually buy spectrum that is owned by Shaw Communications Inc. - unused airwaves that were also part of what was set aside for new competitors.

BCE Inc. provides residential, business, and wholesale customers with wireline voice and wireless communications services, Internet access, data services, and video services One of BCE Inc's main competitors in the communications services industry is ...

His remarks come as Rogers Communications Inc. puts the finishing touches on a product intended to compete online with Netflix, and BCE Inc. looks to spend $3 billion to acquire Astral Media to keep the U.S. competitor at bay. �Linear television has ...

In a separate statement, Canada's BCE Inc said its English and French-language sports channels would have exclusive Canadian rights to the tournament, also for 11 years.

If that trio of upstarts signs up as bidders, they run the risk of alienating potential buyers, including incumbent carriers like Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. Additionally, new entrants would also be barred from pursuing a ...

Bell Media also owns 33 radio stations, dozens of websites, Dome Productions Inc. and has partnered with Cirque du Soleil to form Cirque du Soleil Media, a Montr�al-based production company.

BCE Inc. BCE might be in the middle of Round 2 of its blockbuster acquisition of Astral Media Inc., but CEO George Cope says that would not prevent the telecom giant from becoming an acquirer of rival wireless carriers if Ottawa allows for such deals.

Canada's largest telephone operator, BCE Inc. ( BCE ) reported first-quarter 2013 adjusted earnings of 77 Canadian cents per share (76 cents per ADS) comfortably surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 70 cents.