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Vidéotron focused on innovation as it opens smart living lab in Montreal

MONTREAL – The fifth generation mobile network is still in the testing phase, and the Internet of Things is still in its infancy. We’re a few years away from gigabit speeds on wireless or a non-trivial number of people having to program their toaster with their Wi-Fi password.But Manon Brouillette (right), CEO of Vidéotron, thinks we need to be preparing for the future rather than reacting to it. And that’s the message she sent when speaking to the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on Tuesday. “If we’re going to be part of this in the future, now is the...