Telesat pledges $40M towards broadband services in Canada's North

OTTAWA – Telesat says it will invest $40 million to expand broadband services in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. In a proposal called the Arctic Communications Infrastructure Initiative, the satellite services provider pledged to invest 25% of the estimated $160 million total project cost “in the context of a broader public/private partnership, in a robust, stable and affordable communications network that will meet the needs of the Northern communities over the next decade”. The project, which would include both satellite bandwidth and ground segment upgrades, would more than double the satellite bandwidth currently available in the regions. Telesat estimates...