Launch of 4G satellite marks end of Canada's digital divide

WOODSTOCK, NB – With the successful launch of a new 4G broadband satellite, 2 million rural Canadians who have been on the wrong side of the digital divide, can finally begin plugging in this fall. Xplornet Communications says the EchoStar XVII, a Hughes 4G broadband satellite, was launched into space by the Ariane 5 rocket after blasting off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:36 p.m. ET on Thursday. "It's going to dramatically increase our 4G satellite footprint to many parts of the country," said Allison Lenehan, Xplornet's chief marketing officer. "Combined with the other satellite...