Northwestel and LEO company OneWeb to partner on services

WHITEHORSE and LONDON, UK — Northern Canadian telecom provider Northwestel, a subsidiary of Bell Canada, and UK-based low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company OneWeb announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaboratively deliver new connectivity services to remote mines, enterprise businesses and governments across Canada’s north. The companies’ announcement follows the completion of OneWeb’s “Five to 50” program, which has deployed the LEO satellites necessary to bring OneWeb’s services to Canada, the UK and northern Europe later this year, says a press release. The new connectivity solutions to be provided by Northwestel and OneWeb will...