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Rogers Communications Inc., Canada’s biggest wireless carrier, missed out on getting new airwaves in a government auction that favored smaller companies.

Telus Corp., BCE Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Wind Mobile, the brand name of Globalive Wireless Management Corp., all won spectrum in the auction that netted the government $2.1 billion.

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Canada has been working to increase competition by giving smaller carriers preferential access to spectrum. Wind and Quebecor won spectrum in their regions, while another new entrant, Mobilicity pulled out of the contest, Industry Minister James Moore said in Toronto.

“The winning bidders now have more spectrum to deliver next-generation services and devices and to improve the services they offer Canadians,” Moore said in a news conference Friday.