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CRTC Broadband Fund providing up to $19.5M for seven projects in B.C. and Alberta

OTTAWA and GATINEAU — The CRTC announced today seven projects in British Columbia and Alberta will receive up to $19.5 million in funding from its Broadband Fund. In total, the projects will benefit approximately 1,255 households in 10 communities, including seven Indigenous communities, across the two provinces, according to the CRTC’s press release. A backgrounder for the announcement says the CRTC’s Broadband Fund will allocate the money to four service providers in the following way: ATG Arrow Technology Group Limited Partnership (Arrow) will receive up to $4 million to build or improve fixed broadband Internet access services for approximately 195...