Following a competitive tendering process, the Manitoba government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xplornet Communications Inc. to connect more than 125,000 unserved or underserved Manitobans to reliable, high-speed internet services.
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government is working to improve broadband cell service in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Premier Brian Pallister and Central Services Minister Reg Helwer announced at a news conference on Thursday that the province signed a memorandum of understanding with Xplornet Communications Inc. This partnership will help to connect 125,000 unserved or underserved residents to high-speed internet services as early as this fall. “This pandemic has reinforced that the virtual reality many of us now take for granted remains a virtual dream for far too many of our fellow Manitobans,” Pallister said, noting a person’s future success shouldn’t be dependent on where they live in the province.
We recognize the social and economic benefit of a connected Manitoba, and we are pleased to partner with Xplornet, one of Canada’s leading broadband service providers, to provide reliable, high-speed internet and cell services to Manitobans who have gone without these services for far too long,” said Premier Brian Pallister in a news release. The agreement will provide broadband internet access to nearly 30 First Nations and approximately 270 other communities. It will also serve 350 communities with cell phone access. Few of the communities it will affect are north of the 53rd parallel, with the exception of Cranberry Portage, Mosakahiken Cree Nation and Opaskwayak Cree Nation. Northern communities like Lynn Lake with no cell phone service and limited internet service providers are not among the list of affected communities.
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QUÉBEC, May 6, 2021 /CNW/ - Thanks to a $6.34-million joint investment made as part of Canada–Quebec Operation High Speed, 2,510 households in the Côte-de-Beaupré RCM will have access to Xplornet high-speed Internet services by September 2022.
The announcement was made today by Joël Lightbound, Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Gilles Bélanger, Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier of Quebec (high-speed Internet) and Member of the National Assembly for Orford; Émilie Foster, Member of the National Assembly for Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Higher Education; and Charles Beaudet, Xplornet s Vice-President, Quebec.
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WOODSTOCK, NB, April 6, 2021 /CNW/ - Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada s largest rural-focused broadband service provider, is sharing exciting news for rural Canadians looking for faster Internet speeds and more data. Today, Xplornet launched Xplore 50/10 UNLIMITED offering download speeds up to 50 Mbps and upload speeds up to 10 Mbps with full speed unlimited data. With the COVID-19 pandemic having moved so much of our lives online, rural Canadians are asking for Internet services that keep pace with the biggest cities, said Allison Lenehan, President and CEO of Xplornet. Xplornet is continuing to invest in upgrading our broadband network to ensure that rural Canadians stay connected to family, friends and work – no matter where they choose to live.