Northwestel unveils $233 million northern investment plan for web and wireless

WHITEHORSE - Northwestel has submitted to the CRTC its plan to invest $233 million in its telecommunications network that will provide 99% of northerners with access to next-generation wireless and wireless broadband services within the next five years. Northwestel says its communications expansion plans are the most ambitious ever undertaken in Northern Canada and submitted its plan to the Commission on January 16, 2012. "We have developed a modernization plan that delivers for our communities," said Paul Flaherty, President and Chief Executive Officer at Northwestel. "In addition to supplying more northern communities with enhanced services, the plan puts in place...