The federal government says it is delaying a planned auction of 3500 MHz wireless spectrum for six months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. WATCH | What spectrum is and how it works:Ever wonder what wireless spectrum is, and why the government auctions it off from time to time? Then check out this, our helpful explainer 1:28Bidding in the last spectrum auction in April 2019, for the 600 MHz band, raised almost $3.5 billion. The 3,500 MHz auction has been officially delayed, and consultations about the auction of the next band of spectrum, 3800 MHz, will begin in August. Conspiracy theorists have claimed 5G technology helped caused the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no scientific basis for those claims.

Source: CBC News June 05, 2020 18:57 UTC