QUEBEC and GUELPH – A $6.34-million joint investment from the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed will see 2,510 households in the Côte-de-Beaupré RCM gain access to Xplornet’s high-speed Internet services by September 2022, the Quebec government announced today.
Xplornet will receive $3.8 million from the governments, with the rest coming from the company.
The communities to be covered by fibre include Beaupré, Boischatel, Château-Richer, L’Ange-Gardien, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Saint-Joachim, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague-du-Cap-Tourmente, Saint-Tite-des-Caps
Also today, Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced construction of new broadband infrastructure continues to move forward in Wellington County as Cogeco Connexion breaks ground to bring high-speed internet service to more than…
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QUÉBEC CITY — In the latest broadband funding announcement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, a joint investment of $81.36 million made as part of the Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed program will help to deliver high-speed Internet services to 18,200 households in the Outaouais region (north of Gatineau) by September 2022.
The projects, which will be implemented by Cogeco and Xplornet, have a total value of $112.09 million, says the government’s press release.
Cogeco will receive $23.8 million in funding to provide high-speed Internet access to 2,890 households, while Xplornet will receive $57.5 million to connect 15,310 homes.
The municipalities…
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GATINEAU — The CRTC announced today in an information bulletin it is adopting a new standardized approach to monitoring linear community channels and on-demand community programming services, which will serve as general guidance going forward and will come into effect on September 1, 2021.
In July 2020, the Commission launched a proceeding to gather input on its proposed standardized approaches to monitoring community programming. The Commission received 10 interventions from Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, SaskTel, Telus, Csur la tele, the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), the Conseil provincial du secteur…
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BURLINGTON, Ont. — In recognition of the important work being done by staff at long-term care (LTC) homes during the ongoing pandemic, Cogeco has launched a new initiative to deliver free lunches to employees at more than 40 LTC homes across Ontario, the company announced today.
Cogeco is purchasing the meals from local restaurants to help support small business owners at the same time.
Nurses, personal support workers, housekeeping and administration staff at the homes are receiving individually packaged lunches delivered to their facilities by Cogeco employees who adhere to all Covid-19 protocols such as social distancing and wearing masks, says…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Communications will get into the wireless game.
This afternoon the company officially responded to yesterday’s announcement of new CRTC wireless policies by saying it welcomes the Commission decision to allow regional players to invest in telecommunications infrastructure and spectrum to access the wireless networks of Canada’s dominant providers as something of a hybrid mobile virtual network operator.
“From the beginning of this comprehensive regulatory process we have been consistent in our view: all Canadians deserve the benefits of competition for their wireless services, including those living outside densely populated urban centres,” said Philippe Jetté, president and CEO.
“Cogeco…
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CRTC focuses on accelerating regional carrier network builds. Eyes now on Cogeco if regulatory conditions satisfy mobile entry
By Ahmad Hathout
GATINEAU – In requiring the country’s largest telecommunications companies to negotiate access to its wireless network with regional carriers, the CRTC has signaled its desire to bolster the fourth players and help accelerate the expansion and deployment of those networks, the Commission’s head Ian Scott said Thursday.
But the Regulator will not require those regional carriers to come to commercial arrangements with smaller players on that leased capacity, with Scott only saying they are permitted to do so.
In essence, Thursday’s decision…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC today decided to mandate mobile virtual network operators for the Canadian wireless market – as long as companies who want to be one already own and operate network facilities and Tier 4 or higher (3, 2, 1) spectrum.
The Commission is calling it “wholesale facilities-based MVNO access service” and the decision also makes it clear this new “wholesale roaming policy applies to fifth-generation (5G) networks. This confirmation is important to help ensure that competition can continue to grow as the mobile wireless service market evolves to 5G.”
In short, that means companies with existing facilities like…
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QUEBEC CITY — As part of the Quebec-Canada Operation High Speed initiative, the federal and provincial governments announced today a joint investment of $45 million awarded to Telus and Sogetel which will help to deliver high-speed Internet access to more than 8,000 households in the Chaudière-Appalaches region by September 2022.
Telus will receive $13.3 million in funding to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to 2,700 homes, while Sogetel will receive $31.7 million to provide coverage to 5,400 households in the region, says the governments’ joint press release, which did not outline the service providers’ investments in these broadband projects.
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MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. last night released its financial results for the second quarter of 2021, reporting its overall revenue increased by 6.9% to reach $653.2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2021, compared to the same quarter of 2020.
Looking at which aspects of the company’s business enjoyed revenue increases in Q2 2021, Cogeco’s Canadian broadband services revenue increased by 10.1% “as a result of the DERYtelecom acquisition completed on December 14, 2020, the cumulative effect of sustained demand for residential high speed Internet since the beginning of the pandemic, and rate increases implemented for certain…
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GATINEAU — Cartt.ca readers will be glad to know the CRTC’s new wireless policies will finally be released this week, with mandated mobile virtual network operators (will they or won’t they?) undoubtedly the biggest item of interest among telecom providers, big and small.
A Commission spokesperson confirmed the policy decision will be issued at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 15 (i.e., after the stock market closes).
It’s been a long wait, seeing as the Commission first announced the wireless policy review proceeding back in February 2019, held a public hearing in February 2020 and final submissions were in July…
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