Recent advancements in the satellite communications ecosystem have made mobile connectivity via satellite a much more economical way to bridge Canada’s digital divide,...
TORONTO – The Government is developing a new framework to enable telecom service providers to use commercial mobile spectrum to expand their wireless services via...
Telesat Corp. issued its first quarter 2024 figures on Friday and is...
The federal government is loaning $2.14 billion to...
Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc., a subsidiary...
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has launched a group of satellites which will facilitate...
Rogers Communications Inc. and satellite-to-phone telecom provider Lynk Global Inc. have successfully completed Canada’s inaugural satellite-to-mobile phone call, utilizing everyday Samsung S22 smartphones.
According to Thursday’s press release, the historic call...
Telesat Corp. announced Tuesday that it has entered into a 10-plus-year...
Earlier this month, TerreStar Solutions Inc. announced it successfully...
As the wildfire season continues to spread, Rogers Communications Inc. announced Thursday it has joined...
Telesat Holdings Inc. announced Monday that it has signed a deal with Space...
Xplore Inc. is promoting its president and chief commercial officer, Rizwan Jamal, to president and chief...
Xplore Inc. anticipates connecting consumers to high-speed internet as early as this fall after...
The department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development last week unveiled the schedule for the...
The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) will replace radio licences with...
Telesat Corp. is now trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ, as it builds its network of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
The company went public Friday, which is part of a move announced last year.
Loral Space & Communications Inc. and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are trading in their stake in the company for shares in the new publicly traded entity. Loral and Telesat Canada are subsidiaries of the new corporation.
Telesat president and CEO Dan Goldberg will be joining the board...
Satellite operator, Telesat Corp. appointed an executive in the...
Rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications...
A London, England-based low-earth-orbit satellite communications company is partnering with Galaxy...
Telesat Corporation announced Wednesday that it is entering into an agreement with U.K.-based satellite...
The federal government is planning to pour $1.44 billion into Telesat Holdings Inc., it announced Thursday, which intends to connect Canadian communities to broadband internet...
Telesat Holdings Inc.'s push to become Canada's biggest purveyor of low-earth orbit satellites (LEO) got...
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...
OneWeb Ltd. is still planning to offer broadband internet service in Canada, following its recent exit from bankruptcy protection. The company intends to use a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite...
A corporate restructuring that will see Telesat Holdings Inc. go public and...
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...
Canadian satellite operator Telesat Holdings Inc. has spruiked its proposal...
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...
Satellite service provider Telesat Holdings Inc. has named Andrew Browne as its new chief financial officer on Thursday, following the retirement of Michel Cayouette. ...
OTTAWA — As part of its strategy to tackle rural broadband in Canada, the Liberal government today announced its first spending commitment to a project that will use low earth orbit satellites to connect Canada’s most remote areas -- an approach to rural broadband that...
OTTAWA — The new rural economic development ministry will release the...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a request by Canadian satellite operator Kepler...
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...
BCE Inc. will grow its presence in the fixed wireless space to 30...
Three years after a number of big companies first announced they would launch global low-earth-orbit (LEO) systems that would provide internet connectivity to remote areas around the world, that space is getting crowded — including with some Canadian competition.
If...
Telesat Holdings Inc. said Monday that the launch of its new Telstar 19...
To meet the CRTC’s basic service standard, internet service providers (ISPs) must provide a service with a latency of 50 milliseconds (ms) between a customer’s modem and an internet exchange point...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada announced a...
A Montreal-based satellite network company will receive $11.5 million of...
Ottawa-based Telesat Holdings Inc. announced the loss of the first in an initial constellation of low...
Telesat Holdings Inc. will be allowed to offer internet service based on...
Rural internet service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. has announced the purchase of Brandon,...
Following funding from the government’s Connect to Innovate program, Nunavut residents will see their...
Twenty-five Nunavut communities are the targeted beneficiaries of the latest round of Connect to Innovate funding, Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced Thursday.
Almost $50 million from the five-year, $500-million rural broadband fund will be complemented by...
Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) Canada is looking for feedback on proposed changes to the Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations. According to Innovation Canada, the Canadian table “assigns the...
TerreStar Solutions Inc. is asking Innovation, Science and Economic...
The federal government will spend $13.2 million on mobile satellite telecom equipment that it says will improve communication for public servants working abroad or in remote locations. Shared...
A recent satellite launch will lead to faster Internet speeds for rural and remote customers of Xplornet Communications Inc., the company announced Friday.
ViaSat Inc.’s...
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...
One of two new satellites on which Xplornet Communications Inc. has purchased capacity has launched successfully, the company said in a press release Monday. The EchoStar XIX is the “highest capacity broadband satellite...
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...
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...
The federal budget, released Tuesday, includes new money for broadband and research networks, satellite communications, securing the government’s own online properties and a dedicated public safety network. The government is...