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Funding gaps, policy shortfalls keeping rural Canada offline, experts say

| 10/30/2024 10:16 am EDT

Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings said that ‘communities large and small need to have a reliable connection so they can grow their potential in this digital world,’ in a June press release. (Photo: Andrew Meade/Hill Times Publishing)Despite billions of dollars in government funding aimed at bridging the digital divide, experts argue that Canada’s current connectivity policies are falling short by...

CRTC closes utilities’ MVNO application, citing wireless review

telecom | 11/14/2018 12:28 pm EST

The CRTC has shut down a request by the Canadian Electricity Association asking it to allow electrical utilities to become “private” mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to help with smart-grid deployment, and is telling the country’s electrical utilities to wait until next year’s wireless review before making that ask. A CRTC official said in a letter sent to the association that its application raises issues that would “likely overlap with the scope” of the upcoming 2019...

Internet Society establishes lobby footing in Canada

Media | 03/27/2018 6:32 pm EDT

Internet Society establishes lobby footing in CanadaA decades-old organization that is pushing for a multilateral approach to decision-making on the future...