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Iristel to launch wireless service in parts of Ont., Que.

telecom | 05/28/2018 4:39 pm EDT

Iristel Inc. has acquired a small wireless provider with spectrum in eastern Quebec and northern Ontario and plans to launch wireless service in those areas next month, the company said Monday. I-Mobileca Inc. currently offers wireless data for machine-to-machine communications, and holds spectrum licences that allow it to provide LTE and GSM wireless services in Kirkland Lake, Ont. and in Quebec, in the regions of lower Saint-Lawrence, Gaspésie, North Shore and certain areas of Beauce, the release outlined. The spectrum covers a population area of 535,000 people, it said. The spectrum...