Aliant gives $100,000 to NSCC for wireless research

HALIFAX - Aliant announced today it will invest over $100,000 over the next three years to support wireless research and development at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC). The Wireless Network for Environmental Monitoring Project - sponsored by NSCC's Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) - is a major research initiative that focuses on the development of a wireless network of remote environmental monitoring stations in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. Aliant will contribute $25,000 per year for three years, along with over $30,000 of in-kind contributions of equipment and services in support of the project. The funding is provided through...