In Quebec budget, government sets long-term sights on fibre access to all homes

By Ahmad Hathout QUEBEC CITY – The Quebec government’s budget, released Tuesday, is allocating an additional $108.7 million over five years to improve internet and cellular connectivity in the province and sets new connectivity objectives including fibre access to all homes in the province. The majority of the funding, $75 million, is being allocated over the next two years to cellular initiatives, with a goal to launch the first calls for projects to improve coverage and convert the majority of the cell network to 5G technology. Gilles Belanger, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance, told Cartt last year that...