Canada opens spectrum auction to new players. Does Google want in?

The Canadian Federal Government has announced the rules of an upcoming spectrum auction, and 40 of the 105mhz on the block is set aside for new players.

To be eligible for the bandwidth reserved for newbs, prospective bidders must currently have less than a 10% market share of the wireless market by revenue.

No one knows if Google is at all interested in bidding, but given their announced intention to bid on the 700mhz spectrum in the US and their rumoured interest in an upcoming UK spectrum auction we feel justified in spreading rumours.

If Google were to enter the competition, they'd need a Canadian partner; auction rules stipulate that foreign firms may only bid in partenrship with a Canadian company.

If Google is looking for a partner, I'm Canadian and I'm available. I'll open the bidding at CDN $2.73.