The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, June 21, edition that a new report says the takeover of Manitoba Telecom Services by BCE's Bell poses risks to Saskatchewan's provincially owned telecommunications company. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the analysis for Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding, conducted by Mark H. Goldberg & Associates, says the fundamental risk is that a fewer number of carriers in Manitoba could prompt federal government policy change. One possibility is that it could cost more for SaskTel to bid on the newly repurposed broadcast spectrum 600-megahertz band than it would for national carriers. The report notes that in the 2014 auction of the 700 MHz spectrum, most of the space ended up being acquired by one of Rogers Communications, Bell or Telus in virtually every region. There are further concerns that Ottawa could back away from a stated objective to have four wireless carriers operating in every market. The report says there is also risk that establishing Winnipeg as a Western headquarters for Bell could lead to an erosion of SaskTel's share of the Saskatchewan business market.