EEYOU ISTCHEE and JAMES BAY REGION, Que. — Rogers Communications today announced it is providing spectrum to new wireless carrier Eeyou Mobility to support the Cree-controlled provider’s services in the remote Eeyou Istchee and James Bay regions of northern Quebec.
Eeyou Mobility will provide local wireless coverage to nine Cree communities and five francophone municipalities in the region. Rogers customers will be able to roam on the new Eeyou Mobility network when travelling to this northern region of Quebec, and Eeyou Mobility customers will have access to Canada-wide roaming on the Rogers network, says the company’s press release.
“Our customers want high quality wireless access wherever they are, and we are committed to bringing connectivity to remote, northern and Indigenous communities,” said Edith Cloutier, Rogers Communications’ Quebec president, in the press release.
“Eeyou Companee is proud and excited to be involved in the long overdue improvement of wireless mobile services to our communities and to the region,” said Henry Gull, president-treasurer (pictured). “This project falls squarely within our mandate under the La Grande Agreement with Hydro-Quebec to enhance economic development opportunities for the Crees and to improve conditions in the Cree communities. As an essential service for Eeyou Istchee and the James Bay region, building improvements to the telecommunications sector is an important step to greater self-determination for our people.”
Cartt.ca readers will be familiar with the not-for-profit Eeyou Communications Network (we’ve written about it here and here), which provides broadband services in Eeyou Istchee and the James Bay region, in partnership with independent carrier Distributel.
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Photos courtesy Rogers.
