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Telesat receives loan from federal government, reports declines for Q4 and fiscal year results
Internet and Governance | 04/02/2024 5:31 pm EDT
The federal government is loaning $2.14 billion to support Telesat Corp.’s development of its low-earth orbit (LEO) global broadband satellite constellation.
The company...
Galaxy Broadband providing Eutelsat OneWeb satellite service to Shared Services Canada
telecom | 02/05/2024 4:57 pm EST
Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Crown Capital Partners Inc., has clinched a multi-year contract with Shared Services Canada, a department of the...
SpaceX launches satellites for international coverage
telecom | 01/03/2024 4:21 pm EST
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has launched a group of satellites which will facilitate...
Rogers completes Canada’s first satellite-to-mobile call
telecom | 12/14/2023 7:00 am EST
Rogers Communications Inc. and satellite-to-phone telecom provider Lynk...
Telesat signs deal with Aalyria to use network orchestration tech on LEO satellites
telecom | 11/14/2023 5:04 pm EST
Telesat Corp. announced Tuesday that it has entered into a 10-plus-year...
Satellite ready to integrate with cellular communications: TerreStar
telecom | 11/13/2023 5:11 pm EST
Earlier this month, TerreStar Solutions Inc. announced it successfully...
Rogers partners with SpaceX to detect wildfires
telecom | 09/21/2023 1:47 pm EDT
As the wildfire season continues to spread, Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday it has joined up with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) to use satellites to locate fires.
The company will deploy satellite-connected sensors using SpaceX’s Swarm...
Telesat inks deal to use SpaceX rockets for LEO satellite launch
telecom | 09/11/2023 3:29 pm EDT
Telesat Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it has signed a deal with Space...
Xplore appoints Rizwan Jamal as CEO
telecom | 09/05/2023 3:35 pm EDT
Xplore Inc. is promoting its president and chief commercial officer, Rizwan Jamal, to president and chief...
Xplore launches Jupiter 3 satellite
telecom | 07/31/2023 12:13 pm EDT
Xplore Inc. anticipates connecting consumers to high-speed internet as early as this fall after...
ISED releases space and earth station fee schedule
telecom | 01/18/2023 4:26 pm EST
The department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development last week unveiled the schedule for the...
ISED unveils spectrum licensing and fee updates
telecom | 05/09/2022 4:57 pm EDT
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) will replace radio licences with...
Telesat trading on TSX, NASDAQ
Media | 11/22/2021 4:05 pm EST
Telesat Corp. is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, as it builds its network of...
Telesat announces new chief commercial officer, president of Government Solutions
Media | 10/26/2021 1:00 pm EDT
Satellite operator, Telesat Corp. appointed an executive in the...
Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders
telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
OneWeb partnering with Galaxy Broadband
telecom | 09/16/2021 4:04 pm EDT
A London, England-based low-earth-orbit satellite communications company is partnering with Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc. to provide high-speed, low-latency communications services through Canada and the wider Arctic Region.
OneWeb announced Thursday, in a...
Telesat partnering with U.K. satellite comms provider
telecom | 08/25/2021 4:47 pm EDT
Telesat Corporation announced Wednesday that it is entering into an agreement with U.K.-based satellite...
Feds spending $1.44B on Telesat’s advanced low earth orbit satellites
telecom | 08/12/2021 4:51 pm EDT
The federal government is planning to pour $1.44 billion into Telesat...
Telesat inks $109M deal with Ontario
telecom | 08/06/2021 4:52 pm EDT
Telesat Holdings Inc.'s push to become Canada's biggest purveyor of low-earth orbit satellites (LEO) got...
LEO satellite service pricing still uncertain, conference hears
telecom | 11/30/2020 6:28 pm EST
While much of the conversation about rural broadband in Canada has recently centered on low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, the business is a very expensive one, with huge capital costs and...
Post-bankruptcy OneWeb plans to offer Canadian broadband by 2022
telecom | 11/25/2020 5:12 pm EST
OneWeb Ltd. is still planning to offer broadband internet service in Canada, following its recent exit from bankruptcy protection. The company intends to use a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation to offer broadband service in Canada’s North next year. “While we did pause operations this last year due to Chapter 11, we are ramping back again and getting on track to deliver commercial services to areas of Canada as early as late 2021,” a OneWeb spokesperson wrote in an email to The Wire Report. OneWeb had originally planned to offer “fiber-like connectivity” on a...
Going public gives ‘more optionality’ for funding LEOS, Telesat CEO says
telecom | 11/24/2020 7:04 pm EST
A corporate restructuring that will see Telesat Holdings Inc. go public and...
LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 years
telecom | 11/18/2020 2:36 pm EST
Telesat Holdings Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) both said Tuesday they plan to provide broadband connectivity to remote and rural areas of Canada seven years ahead of the...
Telesat pitches plan to fast-track sale of 3800 MHz spectrum
telecom | 09/01/2020 6:35 pm EDT
Canadian satellite operator Telesat Holdings Inc. has spruiked its proposal...
U.K. government-led consortium scuppers Telesat’s reported bid for OneWeb
telecom | 07/03/2020 4:38 pm EDT
A reported bid by Ottawa-headquartered satellite service provider Telesat Holdings Inc. to acquire competitor OneWeb has been unsuccessful, with a consortium including the U.K. government and Indian...
Telesat hires new CFO
telecom | 12/12/2019 3:40 pm EST
Satellite service provider Telesat Holdings Inc. has named Andrew Browne as its new chief financial officer on Thursday, following the retirement of Michel Cayouette. ...
‘Many’ in the North to get 50 Mbps+ speeds: Bains
telecom | 07/24/2019 8:01 pm EDT
OTTAWA — As part of its strategy to tackle rural broadband in Canada,...
Broadband strategy coming before the election: rural minister
telecom | 06/03/2019 11:43 am EDT
OTTAWA — The new rural economic development ministry will release the...
FCC says Kepler can access U.S. market
telecom | 11/16/2018 4:16 pm EST
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a request by Canadian satellite operator Kepler...
Broadcasters’ association, Corus, add new lobby registrations
Media | 08/24/2018 11:33 am EDT
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters registered to lobby the federal government on its review of the Copyright Act in July, which was otherwise a sleepy month in telecom and media government relations. Graham McLaughlin and Mark Resnick of McMillan Vantage registered to communicate with “public office holders with respect to the potential impact on the broadcasting sector as a result of changes of the framework for copyright in Canada.” The Copyright Act review kicked off in December, with the House industry committee holding meetings to hear from various groups this spring....
Bell targeting more rural markets with fixed wireless expansion
telecom | 08/02/2018 4:58 pm EDT
BCE Inc. will grow its presence in the fixed wireless space to 30...
LEO projects promise rural, remote broadband in just a few years
telecom | 07/27/2018 3:16 pm EDT
Three years after a number of big companies first announced they would...
Telesat launches satellite said to improve Nunavut internet speeds
telecom | 07/23/2018 2:58 pm EDT
Telesat Holdings Inc. said Monday that the launch of its new Telstar 19...
New network quality rules will mean more fibre, Canadian IXPs: experts
telecom | 07/17/2018 12:12 pm EDT
To meet the CRTC’s basic service standard, internet service providers (ISPs) must provide a service with a latency of 50 milliseconds (ms) between a customer’s modem and an internet exchange point...
ISED launches new spectrum licence program for short-term testing
Media | 05/11/2018 3:28 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada announced a developmental license program on Thursday, in a bid to make wireless spectrum use easier for testing...
Equipment developer to get $11.5M loan for satellite broadband
telecom | 04/11/2018 5:38 pm EDT
A Montreal-based satellite network company will receive $11.5 million of...
Telesat loses LEO satellite after launch
telecom | 11/28/2017 6:15 pm EST
Ottawa-based Telesat Holdings Inc. announced the loss of the first in an initial constellation of low...
FCC grants access to U.S. market for Telesat LEO satellite service
telecom | 11/07/2017 5:46 pm EST
Telesat Holdings Inc. will be allowed to offer internet service based on...
Xplornet increases stake in Manitoba with NetSet buy
telecom | 10/23/2017 5:21 pm EDT
Rural internet service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. has announced the purchase of Brandon,...
Nunavut to get 15 Mbps internet speeds: Northwestel
telecom | 09/19/2017 2:50 pm EDT
Following funding from the government’s Connect to Innovate program, Nunavut residents will see their...
Connect to Innovate funding announced for Nunavut
telecom | 09/14/2017 4:36 pm EDT
Twenty-five Nunavut communities are the targeted beneficiaries of the latest round of Connect to Innovate...
Spectrum frequency allocations under review
telecom | 08/18/2017 4:28 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada is looking for feedback on proposed changes to the Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations. According to Innovation Canada, the Canadian table “assigns the...
Deny TerreStar ask for more spectrum, telecoms tell ISED
telecom | 07/26/2017 3:17 pm EDT
TerreStar Solutions Inc. is asking Innovation, Science and Economic...
Gov’t awards $13.2M contract for mobile satellite comms
telecom | 07/26/2017 12:46 pm EDT
The federal government will spend $13.2 million on mobile satellite telecom equipment that it says will improve communication for public servants working abroad or in remote locations. Shared Services Canada said in a Wednesday press release that it has awarded three contacts to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based MetOcean Telematics and Ottawa-based Track24 Canada Ltd. for access to services and equipment operating on Iridium Communications Inc.’s satellite network. The satellite services “complement Shared Services Canada’s ability to provide worldwide mobile connectivity...
ViaSat-2 satellite launches
telecom | 06/02/2017 2:39 pm EDT
A recent satellite launch will lead to faster Internet speeds for rural and remote customers of Xplornet Communications Inc., the company announced Friday.
ViaSat Inc.’s...
Canadian, int’l satellite providers at odds on NGSO licensing
telecom | 04/24/2017 8:26 pm EDT
Canadian satellite companies are asking Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) to ensure a level playing field with their international competition when it comes to the licensing...
EchoStar XIX satellite launches
telecom | 12/19/2016 7:21 pm EST
One of two new satellites on which Xplornet Communications Inc. has purchased capacity has launched successfully, the company said in a press release Monday. The EchoStar XIX is the “highest capacity broadband satellite...
New satellites to improve Internet access in North, companies say
telecom | 04/13/2016 9:21 pm EDT
As-yet-unlaunched satellites will make more Internet capacity available at a lower cost in rural and remote areas, satellite providers told the CRTC Wednesday, on the third day of its three-week...
Experts question feasibility of low-orbit satellites for Internet
telecom | 08/25/2015 7:24 pm EDT
Some of the world’s most well-known investors, including Richard Branson and Elon Musk, are betting that new projects that involve putting thousands of satellites into low orbit will bring the Internet to millions of people who don’t have access. While some have indicated these initiatives has could improve access in remote and rural parts in Canada, some experts are skeptical about their chances of success. “It’s challenging to get the business plan right for any of these big...
Budget includes new money for networks, satellites
Media | 04/21/2015 8:40 pm EDT
The federal budget, released Tuesday, includes new money for broadband and research networks, satellite communications, securing the government’s own online properties and a dedicated public safety network. The government is...