Satellite Broadband Coming to Northern Canada
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed that will bring satellite broadband options to business, governments and mining across northern Canada.
"This partnership with Northwestel is more evidence that our network is an important element in bridging the last digital divides by providing high-quality connectivity services to those that need it most."
OneWeb's Chief Executive Officer, Neil Masterson.
Under the MOU, signed between OneWeb and NorthwesTel, the companies will collaborate on opportunities to deliver new satellite broadband connectivity services to remote mines, businesses and governments across Canada's north using OneWeb's low Earth orbit satellite backbone.
OneWeb continues to build momentum and execute the deployment of its network at pace and is seeing increasing demand from customers, particularly in remote locations. This agreement will allow the company to harness Northwestel's significant experience, northern presence and resources in serving Canada's northern territories.
"OneWeb continues to make great progress as we prepare to launch service later this year north of the 50th Parallel to reach vital but remote areas of the globe. This partnership with Northwestel is more evidence that our network is an important element in bridging the last digital divides by providing high-quality connectivity services to those that need it most," said OneWeb's Chief Executive Officer, Neil Masterson. "This is an exciting time for OneWeb as we continue to demonstrate momentum and the confidence that our business customers have in our services and offering."
Northwestel is committed to bringing the very best technology to Northerners and this agreement with OneWeb allows us to provide improved broadband services to remote enterprises and governments using state-of-the-art low Earth orbit satellite technology," said NorthwesTel president, Curtis Shaw. We look forward to providing innovative solutions for northern businesses to go along with our significant residential service improvements over the coming years."
The announcement follows the successful completion of OneWeb's 'Five to 50' programme that has delivered the satellites required to bring OneWeb services to Canada, the UK and Northern Europe later this year.
OneWeb is implementing a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites with a network of global gateway stations and a range of user terminals to provide an affordable, fast, high-bandwidth and low-latency satellite broadband communications service, connected to the IoT future and a pathway to 5G for everyone, everywhere.
(Source: OneWeb news release. Image from file)