Connected: Coast to Coast

Government of Canada announces nearly $1.9 million in combined federal-provincial funding to bring high-speed Internet access to 663 rural British Columbia households

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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The governments of Canada and British Columbia have partnered to support high-speed Internet projects that will connect all remaining rural households in the province.

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  • The governments of Canada and British Columbia have partnered to support high-speed Internet projects that will connect all remaining rural households in the province.
  • Both the governments of Canada and British Columbia recognize the important role that access to high-speed Internet will have in the economic recovery from the pandemic.
  • "We need to close the connectivity gap and ensure that every nook and cranny of British Columbia has access to reliable high-speed Internet.
  • Since 2015, the Government of Canada has invested over $522 million in projects to improve connectivity in British Colombia.

Fujitsu Empowers CityWest to Bring High-Speed Connectivity to the Tahltan Nation Territory in British Columbia

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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today announced that CityWest is deploying the modular Fujitsu 1FINITY platform and Virtuora Network Controller (NC) to bring essential connectivity to rural and remote areas of northern British Columbia.

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  • today announced that CityWest is deploying the modular Fujitsu 1FINITY platform and Virtuora Network Controller (NC) to bring essential connectivity to rural and remote areas of northern British Columbia.
  • Part of the Canadian governments Connect to Innovate program, this project benefits residents and businesses throughout the Tahltan Nation Territory.
  • CityWest also is relying on the expertise of Fujitsu field services teams to support logistics and network deployment under challenging environmental conditions across northern Canada.
  • CityWest and Fujitsu also are working together to support the Connected Coast deployment , another Connect to Innovate project along the coast of British Columbia and Vancouver Island.