MTS Allstream Inc. may expand its wireless operations outside of its incumbent Manitoba territory through an equity investment in one of the new wireless entrants. And while the company isn’t ruling out a partnership, its focus now is on securing backhaul contracts with new wireless players that will launch as a result of Industry Canada‘s Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum auction earlier this year.

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