Quebec Liberals promise 100 Mbps to 90% and mobile coverage throughout the province by 2020

MONTREAL – Quebecers will go to the polls to elect a new government on October 1st and the ruling Liberals announced over the long weekend that it “wants to make high-speed and ultra-high-speed Internet access and cellular telephony accessible throughout Quebec’s territory by 2020.”In a second mandate, says the platform, the QLP government will appoint “a minister of Regions and the Vitality of the Territory that is in particular dedicated to the development of high-functioning digital infrastructures, and create a Bureau of digital infrastructures to coordinate the realization of these projects,” reads the release.It has also vowed to boost the...