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February round-up: network expansions around Canada

Moscow, Russia – December, 2020: IBM logo on a storage rack in Datacenter

IBM, Bell, and Xplornet were some of the companies that made infrastructure announcements in the month of February.

To keep up with the growing list, MobileSyrup publishes monthly roundups to keep track of announcements that continue to pour in. Here’s a map to help you visualize all of the updates:

Telus

February 2nd: Telus expands its PureFibre X internet to Edmonton, offering upload and download speeds of 2.5Gbps.

February 8th: Telus expands its Internet for Good Program to select seniors living in Quebec.

IBM

February 3rd: The company enters a partnership with the Government of Quebec to install the first quantum computer in Canada. The launch date is sometime in 2023.

Government of Canada

February 3rd: The government invests nearly a million dollars through the UBF project to bring high-speed internet to 528 homes in West River and the Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador.

February 8th: The federal government invests $556,000 to bring high-speed internet to 136 households near North Bay, Ontario.

February 17th: The government invests $6.6 million through the UBF fund to bring high-speed internet to thousands of homes in rural Saskatchewan.

February 22nd: The government continues its investment in high-speed internet by allocating $136 million towards a number of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Xplornet

February 9th: Xplornet works to connect 1,300 homes and businesses in Sundre, Alberta with fibre broadband over the year. The project is partially funded by the Government of Canada.

Bell

February 11th: The company announces its working to expand internet services in Georgina, Ontario. The expansion is expected to be completed in 2024.

Eastlink

February 24th: The company completes a $20 million network facility to help with future growth and network resiliency.

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Xplornet to connect Sundre, Alberta residents with fibre broadband

Xplornet says it’s working to connect Sundre, Alberta residents to fibre broadband over the course of the year.

Doing so will allow 1,300 homes and businesses in the small town to access the internet from a fibre-to-the-premise network.

Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider is making a private investment in the expansion but has also received $1.8 million in funding from the federal government’s Universal Broadband Fund.

“We’re proud to continue investing in the province and to work with the Government of Canada to ensure that all rural Albertans can experience the benefits of fast and reliable internet connectivity,” Bill Macdonald, the company’s executive vice-president of business development, said in a statement. “This is especially important as more of the world moves online, including how we learn, work and connect with family and friends.”

The project will be completed in phases. The first phase will finish in June, granting  100 homes and businesses access to the network. The remaining phases will also be delivered over 2022, but a specific timeline is not available at this time.

The expansion is part of Xplornet’s mission to deploy scalable fibre and 5G wireless technology in its network to meet the needs of rural Canadians. The organization is investing $500 million by 2025 to achieve this.

Source: Xplornet

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Government of Manitoba partners with Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider to improve 5G access in hundreds of communities

Thousands of Manitoba residents will soon be connected to reliable internet services thanks to an agreement between Xplornet Communications Inc. and the Government of Manitoba.

The Rural Broadband Expansion Agreement outlines an expansion of 5G technology to specifically include 350 rural and 30 First Nations communities, offering better connectivity to
work, school, and health care, among other factors.

Xplornet announced it’s ready to get shovels in the ground as part of the commitment and start construction to deliver 5G wireless broadband to 125,000 homes and businesses across the province.

The project will be completed by accessing 3,200 kilometers of fibre from Manitoba Hydro. Construction is expected to end by the end of 2023.

Xplornet is adding an additional 1,500 kilometers of fibre optic cable and equipping 224 towers with 5G broadband technology. The company focuses on delivering broadband services to rural and remote communities across the country.

“We are pleased to sign this agreement with the Government of Manitoba to achieve our shared goal of increased connectivity in communities across Manitoba,” Allison Lenehan, president and CEO of Xplornet, said in a press release. “This is an important milestone in our plan to connect rural Manitobans to fast, reliable and affordable high-speed internet using next-generation broadband technologies.”

This project is part of Xplornet’s larger initiative to invest $500 million by 2025 in scalable fibre and 5g technology specifically for rural Canadians.

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Government of Manitoba partners with Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider to improve 5G access in hundreds of communities

Thousands of Manitoba residents will soon be connected to reliable internet services thanks to an agreement between Xplornet Communications Inc. and the Government of Manitoba.

The Rural Broadband Expansion Agreement outlines an expansion of 5G technology to specifically include 350 rural and 30 First Nations communities, offering better connectivity to
work, school, and health care, among other factors.

Xplornet announced it’s ready to get shovels in the ground as part of the commitment and start construction to deliver 5G wireless broadband to 125,000 homes and businesses across the province.

The project will be completed by accessing 3,200 kilometers of fibre from Manitoba Hydro. Construction is expected to end by the end of 2023.

Xplornet is adding an additional 1,500 kilometers of fibre optic cable and equipping 224 towers with 5G broadband technology. The company focuses on delivering broadband services to rural and remote communities across the country.

“We are pleased to sign this agreement with the Government of Manitoba to achieve our shared goal of increased connectivity in communities across Manitoba,” Allison Lenehan, president and CEO of Xplornet, said in a press release. “This is an important milestone in our plan to connect rural Manitobans to fast, reliable and affordable high-speed internet using next-generation broadband technologies.”

This project is part of Xplornet’s larger initiative to invest $500 million by 2025 in scalable fibre and 5g technology specifically for rural Canadians.

Source: Xplornet

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Xplornet to offer fibre-to-the-home internet in rural Ontario

200,000 homes and businesses across rural Ontario communities will soon get fibre-to-the-home internet access through Xplornet.

This is part of the rural-focused broadband provider’s commitment to invest $500 million towards improved technology by 2025.

“To meet our customers’ growing demand for more speed and data, Xplornet is investing to deploy next-generation network technologies that deliver unprecedented speeds, unlimited data plans, and increased connectivity so that rural Canadians can benefit from the same quality of broadband as those who live and work in urban centres,” said Allison Lenehan, the president and CEO of Xplornet communications, in a statement.

A representative from Xplornet told MobileSyrup a full list of what communities will be “available in the weeks and months to come.” Homes impacted by the expansion will be notified directly through the mail.

Besides fibre-to-the-home internet access, the company is also introducing the first rural 5G standalone network in Canada.

The service will first be available in New Brunswick and will expand to 250 additional rural communities across the country over the next year.

Source: Xplornet 

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October round-up: Network expansions in Canada

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Every month, we report on press releases from Canadian carrier companies announcing new investments in wireless and broadband services in regions across the country.

To help you keep on top of things, here’s a list of every announcement from October 2021, plus a helpful map so you can visualize where each company focused its efforts this month.

Nunavik internet project

October 14th: CRTC provides final $53.4 million for Nunavik high-speed internet project

Primus

October 7th: Primus expands internet service availability in Quebec

Rogers

October 12th: Rogers expands 5G service to 11 regions in Quebec

October 14th: Rogers to expand fibre internet network in the Ottawa area

October 25th: Rogers announces completion of its national 5G core rollout

October 28th: Rogers to build up fibre internet network in Ramara, Ontario

Telus

October 14th: Telus expands 5G service in nine Alberta locations

October 18th: Telus widens 5G network on Vancouver Island

October 20th: Telus 5G now available in Grand Forks, Pemberton, Vernon and Whistler

October 21st: Telus expands 5G network to six new communities in British Columbia

Xplornet

October 7th: Xplornet now offering gigabit internet service at 6,500 Haldimand locations

October 29th: Xplornet to install high-speed fibre cable across PEI’s Confederation Bridge

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Xplornet to install high-speed fibre cable across PEI’s Confederation Bridge

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Xplornet Communications is launching a unique network expansion project in Prince Edward Island.

According to the press release, the internet service provider (ISP) plans to install a 15 km fibre cable spanning across the Confederation Bridge, linking PEI to the mainland.

The high-speed fibre would reportedly be the “first telecommunications cable to be placed inside the bridge’s utility corridor in nearly 25 years.”

As a result, Xplornet had to partner with Strait Crossing Development, the company that operates and maintains the Confederation Bridge.

Xplornet says it intends to lay over 600 km of fibre cable across PEI, connecting an estimated 20,000 homes and businesses on the island.

The project is expected to be completed sometime in early 2023.

Earlier this month, Xplornet provided an update on its high-speed internet expansion project in Haldimand, Ontario, announcing that 6,500 new locations in the region now had access to its broadband service

In September, the ISP launched Canada’s first-ever rural 5G standalone network in New Brunswick.

Source: Xplornet

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Xplornet now offering gigabit internet service at 6,500 Haldimand locations

Xplornet recently provided an update on its high-speed internet expansion project in Haldimand, Ontario.

In the press release, the carrier shared that its gigabit internet service is now available at 6,500 locations in the southern Ontario county.

Xplornet, which styles itself as “Canada’s largest rural-focused broadband provider, ” first shared details about its new “Metro Loop” fibre-to-the-home expansion project back in April 2021.

The project’s goal is to connect 19,000 households and businesses in Haldimand County to Xplornet’s high-speed — one gigabit per second — internet network over the next two years.

Over 600km of fibre optic cable is reportedly needed to connect the entire region and complete the project.

Just last month, Xplornet partnered with Ericson to launch what it claims is Canada’s first-ever rural 5G standalone network in New Brunswick.

Source: Xplornet

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Xplornet launches Canada’s first-ever rural 5G standalone network

Xplornet Communications is launching a rural 5G standalone network — the first of its kind in Canada, according to the press release.

The network will be built using technology from multinational telecom giant Ericsson, in a partnership that the rural-focused internet service provider (ISP) made public back in December 2020.

Ericsson is also the technology supplier for Bell, Rogers and Telus’ respective cross-country 5G network rollouts.

Xplornet says its new 5G network will begin offering fixed wireless broadband services to residents of New Brunswick — where the company itself is headquartered — over the next six months.

While based in Atlantic Canada itself, Xplornet offers internet services to rural areas in provinces across the country.

For example, in September 13th, the ISP announced it had acquired Swift High Speed, a rural broadband provider located in Manitoba.

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Xplornet acquires Manitoba-based ISP Swift High Speed

Xplornet Communications is expanding further into the prairie provinces with its recent acquisition of Swift High Speed, a Manitoba-based broadband provider.

According to the press release, Xplornet will gain 6,000 customers across rural southeastern Manitoba, 218 km of fibre optic network, and 119 broadcast tower locations in the deal.

The acquisition is part of Xplornet’s ongoing plan to bulk up its 5G network and infrastructure in rural Manitoba.

In May 2021, the internet service provider purchased over 160 cell towers in the province, with another two towers launched in February.

Xplornet itself is headquartered in New Brunswick, and focuses specifically on delivering high-speed internet to rural parts of Canada.

Source: Xplornet