RURAL BROADBAND: As UBF announcement looms, some CTI applicants still await status

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA - Two dozen applicants which have been denied Connect to Innovate money have yet to be notified of their status, despite the government’s intention to give them time to prepare applications for the CRTC’s Broadband Fund and the new Universal Broadband Fund. Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) has made it clear, according to a 2019 briefing note obtained by this publication, that it wanted to inform and prepare unsuccessful CTI applicants for other funding opportunities in the CRTC’s $750-million program, which has already closed a second round of applications, and in the government’s delayed $1...