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5G project gets $400M for grants, infrastructure and research centres

News | 03/20/2018 4:46 pm EDT
Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development announces a public-private partnership aimed at development and installation of a 5G wireless network across Quebec and Ontario on March 19, 2018. / Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade.

OTTAWA — A public-private partnership to foster 5G technology research in Ontario and Quebec will receive funding to the tune of $400 million over the next five years, according to an announcement Monday.

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