RuralCom to build out networks in north BC and Yukon

VANCOUVER – Vancouver-based RuralCom Corporation will construct and operate cellular telephone networks serving the Alaska Highway and the northern BC North Coast, areas currently without cellular service or which have “spotty coverage”. The company said that the proposed Alaska Highway Network will provide coverage along 1,685 km of the Alaska Highway, from Wonowon, BC through to Beaver Creek, YT on the Alaska-Yukon Territory border, and serving Fort Nelson, BC, plus Watson Lake and Whitehorse, YT. RuralCom's proposed network along the BC North Coast will provide coverage along the BC Inside Passage waterway from just north of Vancouver Island to the Alaska-BC border,...