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 hearing into what basic telecom services should be available to all Canadians.
Telesat Holdings Inc., which sells satellite services to telecommunications companies, said that high-throughput satellite (HTS) technology “increases capacity by an order of magnitude, while leading to lower prices. For
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