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Feds and BC roll out broadband, Videotron expands footprint

telecom | 09/26/2023 4:12 pm EDT

The governments of Canada and British Columbia have joined together to spend $2.6 million on internet infrastructure, it was announced Tuesday. The action will bring high-speed broadband to more than 400 households in rural communities. Most of the $2.23 million will be...

Federal government rolls out broadband in Cape Breton

telecom | 09/05/2023 3:38 pm EDT

The federal government is spending $1.2 million for high-speed internet service in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, it was announced Tuesday. The money, from the Universal Broadband Fund, will see 1,600 households in 16 communities receiving service. Indigenous households account...

ISED tops up Universal Broadband Fund in Labrador Indigenous project

telecom | 08/15/2023 4:46 pm EDT

The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has added a...

Canadian, Alberta governments invest $96M in high-speed internet

telecom | 07/11/2023 3:28 pm EDT

The federal and Alberta governments announced a $96 million plan to roll...

Federal government, BC announce $1.9m in broadband rollout

telecom | 09/06/2022 4:59 pm EDT

The Canadian government has partnered with the government of British...

Feds invest $500,000 in broadband rollout in Alberta

telecom | 06/20/2022 4:50 pm EDT

The federal government is putting nearly $500,000 into broadband infrastructure in West Bragg Creek,...

Feds announce $41M in funding for rural Alberta broadband

telecom | 03/15/2022 4:57 pm EDT

The federal government is investing $41 million to deliver high-speed broadband to 5,806 households in Alberta, the Department of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development announced Tuesday.  The funds are coming out of the Universal Broadband Fund's Rapid Response...

CRTC awards additional funding to northern Quebec broadband project

telecom | 10/01/2021 2:21 pm EDT

The CRTC approved finalized statements of work Friday in five projects...

Feds boost Universal Broadband Fund by another $1B, propose Digital Services Tax

telecom | 04/19/2021 4:06 pm EDT

As part of its 2021 budget, the federal government is plowing another $1 billion dollars into its Universal Broadband Fund over the next five years, bringing the total fund up to $2.75 billion. ...