Construction has begun on a fibre-to-the-home project that will bring access to high-speed internet to more than 500 households in six Indigenous communities: Sqwá (Skwah) First Nation’s Skwah 4 and Skwali 3; Cook’s Ferry Indian Band’s Entlqwekkinh19 and Kloklowuck 7; Squamish Nation’s Cheakamus 11; and Upper Nicola Band’s Nicola Lake 1. “We are focused on working closely … Read more
First Nations communities are creating community-owned, based, and run internet service providers that cater to the needs of their community Author of the article: Jessica Mundie Being connected to the internet is more important now than it ever has been. Canadians need a reliable, high-speed connection for school, work and just about everything to do … Read more
Globalive has made an offer to buy spectrum licences from former wireless company Xplore Mobile TORONTO — Globalive is looking to return to the Canadian wireless market with an offer to buy spectrum licences from former wireless company Xplore Mobile. Manitoba-based Xplore Mobile, which offered wireless service to customers in the province, shut down in … Read more
Four leading vendors (NEC, Fujitsu, DOCOMO, and NTT) are collaborating on experimental 6G trials. 5G and 4G networks still have plenty of time before they’re shuttered, but it’s never too soon to prepare for what comes next. The joint 6G trials announced today will aim to accelerate progress towards realising practical applications for the next-generation … Read more
“For spectrum acquired through an auction held after 15.09.2021 in different Access spectrum bands, no SUC shall be charged.” 5G Spectrum Auction: In good news for telecom service providers (TSPs), the government has decided that in a 5G spectrum auction no SUC i.e. ‘Spectrum Usage Charges’ shall be charged. The Department of Telecommunications in its … Read more
Rival could prove a fierce competitor but Rogers needs to get the deal done Investors on Monday cheered the announcement that Rogers and Shaw had agreed to sell Shaw’s Freedom Mobile wireless assets to Montreal-based Quebecor, with the share prices of all three telecom companies jumping significantly during the day’s trading. But while the deal … Read more
Why?High-speed internet access has long been recognized as fundamental in closing the socio-economic gap between First Nations and other British Columbians. Today, while nearly 95% of First Nations in British Columbia now have a broadband connection into their communities, a lot more work continues to be done to increase bandwidth and provide a reliable and affordable … Read more
The Gondwana-2 system has landed in Fiji, with New Caledonia’s Minister for Telecommunications Vaimua Muliava saying that the connection between the two countries is ‘significant for regional development’, fbcnews.com.fj writes. The new USD81 million system will comprise two parts – international section (Gondwana-2) linking New Caledonia and Fiji, and a domestic cable called Picot-2 deployed … Read more
Expands Aviat’s Private Networks Offering with Private LTE/5G, Unlicensed Wireless Access Solutions Creates an integrated end-to-end offering for wireless access and transport in the Private Networks segment Leverages Aviat’s sales channel to address a $8 billion Private LTE/5G addressable market Increases Aviat’s reach in mission-critical industrial Private Networks Expected to be accretive to Gross Margin … Read more
Dark Fiber and Enterprise Fiber providers enable the core connectivity for internet traffic globally by connecting towers, data centers, office buildings, homes and more into the broader global network. In part one of this two-part fiber series, we provide an overview of the fiber segment of digital infrastructure. Specifically, we focus on the sub-segments of … Read more
