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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 Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) for multiple launches of satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
The Canadian carrier will send up to 18 satellites per launch, over a total of 14 launches....
Champagne announces network sharing agreement following Rogers outage
telecom | 09/07/2022 4:35 pm EDT
Wednesday Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced a network sharing agreement for telecom service providers (TSPs) in response to the...
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...
The Wire Report’s guide to the 2021 federal election
Media | 08/17/2021 2:35 pm EDT
After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally called Sunday for a...
ISED ‘repurposing’ 3800 MHz spectrum band, dismissing Telesat proposal
telecom | 05/21/2021 5:38 pm EDT
The federal government announced Friday it is repurposing the 3800 MHz spectrum band to support 5G services, with an auction to take place in early 2023. The department of Innovation, Science and...
Telesat needs proceeds from 3800 MHz to compete: CEO
telecom | 03/11/2021 6:11 pm EST
If Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada doesn't approve Telesat Holdings Inc.'s proposal...
Telesat inks deal for high-speed modem chip for satellite broadband
telecom | 03/10/2021 4:10 pm EST
Telesat Holdings Inc. announced a new agreement with satellite communications technology developer SatixFy Israel Ltd. Wednesday morning, as Telesat moves towards launching its Lightspeed satellite broadband service in Canada. Under the deal, Telesat will gain early access to SatixFy’s second generation Sx3099 modem chip, capable of transmitting “multiple” gigabits per second in both directions. According to a Telesat Canada press release announcing the deal, the chip “can...
Telesat announces LEOS constellation Lightspeed to launch in 2023
telecom | 02/09/2021 5:39 pm EST
Telesat Holdings Inc. announced today that the company will partner with French-Italian company Thales Alenia Space for the manufacture of post of its low-earth orbit satellite (LEOS) constellation,...
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...
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...
CIB, UBF to collaborate on projects that fall between market cracks
telecom | 11/13/2020 12:08 pm EST
The $2 billion Canadian Infrastructure Bank rural broadband fund will seek...
Telecoms object to Telesat’s proposal to auction 3800 MHz spectrum
telecom | 11/10/2020 5:48 pm EST
A number of Canadian wireless providers have objected to a proposal that...
Feds boost Universal Broadband Fund by $750M
telecom | 11/09/2020 12:57 pm EST
The federal government announced the launch of its long-awaited Universal Broadband Fund Monday morning,...
Broadcaster pushes for new multilingual channel as COVID lobbying continues
Media | 07/14/2020 3:33 pm EDT
An Ontario-based ethnic broadcaster lobbying the government for funding to...
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 mobile network operator Bharti Global Limited acquiring a combined 90 per cent stake in the company in Thursday’s auction. The Telegraph reported on Monday that Telesat was “gatecrashing” the auction and that their bid for OneWeb’s assets was supported by the Canadian government. ...
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. ...
Some consumers uncertain about wholesale competitor quality: Comp Bureau
telecom | 08/07/2019 11:00 am EDT
Despite being “impressed” by the competitive presence of...
Telesat to detail supplier contracts for LEO constellation this year
telecom | 08/01/2019 7:09 pm EDT
A week after Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced an $85-million investment and a memorandum of understanding that tips as much as $600 million in federal government investments over the next...
‘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,...
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 Communications Inc. to offer service in the U.S.
Kepler, which aims to eventually provide internet connectivity in space and in the meantime plans to use its...
Northwestel boosting speeds threefold in October
telecom | 09/17/2018 5:00 pm EDT
BCE Inc.’s Northwestel says it will begin providing internet service at speeds three times as fast as...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NGSO framework released
telecom | 06/06/2017 3:36 pm EDT
Applications for non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) systems will be accepted again as of June 26, following the release of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada’s new framework for licensing the low-earth orbit systems. In a decision posted online Monday, the...
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 of non-geostationary satellite orbit systems (NGSO), while foreign companies argue cumbersome licence requirements could rob Canadians of the benefits of the new services. The comments were among the responses to an ISED consultation paper intended to consider license requirements for NGSO...
Blais can name panels: Federal Court of Appeal
Media | 10/24/2016 9:33 pm EDT
TORONTO — A panel of Federal Court of Appeal justices dismissed an application from former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan challenging the authority of chairman Jean-Pierre Blais to name commissioners to panels. Following a...
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...
Shoan asks court to limit Blais’ ability to name CRTC panels
Media | 10/23/2015 8:45 pm EDT
Commissioner Raj Shoan has brought another case against the CRTC to court, asking the Federal Court of Appeal to limit the ability of the CRTC chairman to assign commissioners to panels that make...
SSi to invest $75M in Nunavut Internet
telecom | 09/25/2015 2:03 pm EDT
SSi Micro Ltd. announced Wednesday it is investing $75 million toward providing and improving Nunavut’s broadband infrastructure. It said in a press release that the investment will soon benefit consumers, business,...
CRTC looking into Telesat pricing
telecom | 04/09/2015 7:08 pm EDT
The CRTC has launched a public consultation to review a price ceiling on some services provided by satellite operator Telesat Holdings Inc. In a press release, the regulator said commissioner Candice Molnar had, in a report on the satellite transport service market, found that “satellite dependent communities continue to rely almost exclusively on Telesat's satellite network.” “Given its continued market dominance, Commissioner Molnar recommended that the CRTC initiate a public review of Telesat's current price ceiling. Furthermore, she recommended that the CRTC consult Canadians to determine whether the price ceiling for certain Telesat satellite services is still appropriate in light of current market conditions and future projections,” the press release said. In the notice of consultation, the CRTC...
Telesat raises revenue, lowers loss in Q1
telecom | 05/01/2014 5:37 pm EDT
Canadian satellite operator Telesat Holdings Inc. reported Thursday that it saw higher revenue and lower losses in the first quarter compared to a year earlier. The company said in a press release that revenue was up 11 per cent...