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Elevate selects Beanfield to upgrade Internet infrastructure


TORONTO — Beanfield Metroconnect announced today Elevate, a hub for technology, innovation and sustainability, has chosen Beanfield to upgrade its Internet infrastructure as its official telecommunications partner.

Beanfield owns and operates the largest independent fibre-optic network in Toronto and Montreal, connecting more than 2,900 commercial and residential buildings.

“Upgrading Elevate’s Internet infrastructure provides superior and reliable fibre-optic connectivity for Elevate’s Digital Events such as Elevate Live and C-suite roundtables,” reads a Beanfield press release.

“This infrastructure upgrade also provides dependable connectivity for Elevate Exchange, a popular venue [that] hosts a number of in-person, virtual and hybrid events.”

“It was important to us that we work with an organization that is supporting the growing Toronto, Montreal and greater Canadian tech ecosystem,” said Andrew Budd, director of partnerships at Elevate, in the press release.

“Beanfield is more than our infrastructure provider. They are a true partner, who supports our mission to drive Canadian innovation and have recently become a supporting partner of our Think 2030 event.”

Think 2030 runs from Oct. 12-14.

“Being chosen by Elevate is an exciting opportunity for us to provide our services in support of Canada’s tech ecosystem. We’re thrilled to be aligned with a company that shares our values and works to support Canadian SMBs,” said Dan Armstrong, CEO/CTO of Beanfield Metroconnect.

“The partnership really speaks to our expertise to serve large event spaces as well as back-office infrastructure needs. We know what it takes to seamlessly facilitate major events and operations both online and in person.”

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