Canada's telecommunications watchdog is expected to formally acknowledge receipt of Bell Mobility's application to divest its land mobile radio networks services division to Motorola Solutions for $675 million, with officials indicating a structured review timeline will be published as early as Sunday, according to sources familiar with the process.

The deal, announced Friday by BCE Inc., would transfer Bell's public safety and enterprise LMR infrastructure — used by utilities, municipalities, and first responders across several provinces — to Motorola Solutions, the Chicago-based communications technology giant that already dominates the North American LMR market. Analysts said the transaction raises legitimate concentration concerns given Motorola's existing footprint in Canadian public safety networks.

Industry observers noted that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, along with the Competition Bureau, will both likely weigh in on the transaction given its implications for emergency services communications infrastructure. "You're talking about a single vendor potentially controlling the lion's share of mission-critical radio networks in Canada," said one telecom consultant familiar with both parties. "Regulators will want assurances about pricing, service continuity, and open access."

For Bell, the divestiture is a strategic move to shed capital-intensive legacy infrastructure as the company focuses investment on fibre broadband and 5G. The $675 million price tag represents a premium that Bell's management argued reflects the high replacement cost and long-term contracted revenue streams embedded in the LMR business.

Motorola Solutions, which reported strong recurring revenue growth in its Software and Services segment in its most recent quarter, has signalled it intends to integrate Bell's LMR assets into its broader managed services platform. The company declined to comment on the regulatory timeline but said it expected the deal to close before year-end 2026, subject to customary approvals.