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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 its direct-to-cell services, it was announced Wednesday. The Falcon 9 rocket carried Starlink satellites which will allow several companies around the world to connect to...
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...
CRTC missed opportunity to hold NorthwesTel accountable to consumer concerns in Far North: PIAC
telecom | 06/01/2023 5:18 pm EDT
The CRTC presented its public opinion research...
Wholesale access in the North is essential for service improvement, Indigenous economic development: stakeholders tell CRTC
telecom | 02/17/2023 5:26 pm EST
There is a consensus forming that the CRTC should...
Canadian LEOs challenge SpaceX’s offering, Gov. subsidy
telecom | 05/16/2022 7:04 pm EDT
Players in the low-earth orbit satellite (LEOs) space are casting doubt...
CRTC approves Northwestel internet tariffs
telecom | 01/27/2022 3:53 pm EST
The CRTC approved two internet tariffs from BCE Inc.’s Northwestel Thursday, over objections from some stakeholders in the north.
In October 2020 the telecom filed tariff notice (TN) 1099 which would have introduced three new internet packages. The first would see cable- and fibre-to-the-premises- (FTTP) areas offered 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) download and 10 Mbps upload speeds for $160.95 per month for residential customers and $299.95 per month for business...
Proposed fees for earth stations would hinder remote connectivity: Telecom stakeholders
telecom | 10/14/2021 6:25 pm EDT
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ISED puts hold on licensing non-geostationary satellite spectrum
telecom | 06/16/2016 7:52 pm EDT
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has put a moratorium on the licensing of satellite spectrum used by commercial non-geostationary satellites. It said in a notice on its...
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...