Non-profit to set up local, community-run internet service provider in Arctic Canada
The days of the internet monopoly in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., in Arctic Canada, are numbered. A $20,000 investment by a non-profit
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Nunavut-Greenland fibre cable to cost $80M more than planned
The GN’s plan to boost internet in the Qikiqtaaluk region, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, through an undersea fibre link between
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Northwestel looking to build fibre line under Great Slave Lake in Northern Canada
Northwestel Inc. is looking to build a fibre line under Great Slave Lake, following several telecommunication outages that left Yellowknife
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Internet now same speed across Canada’s Nunavut territory
Northwestel announced at the Nunavut Trade Show that all 25 of the territory’s communities are now connected with the same
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Company aims to give the Arctic ‘fibre-like’ internet through satellites
A UK-based telecommunications company is planning to launch hundreds of satellites in an effort to provide worldwide broadband internet service,
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Northern Canada: Telecom outages cost Yellowknife economy $10M, chamber says
Two telecommunications outages in Yellowknife, Northern Canada over the summer have cost the local economy close to $10 million, estimates
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Police continue investigation into fibre line cut in Canada’s Northwest Territories
RCMP, Canada’s federal police, are asking for the public’s help as they investigate two incidents of suspected vandalism that disrupted
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New satellites to boost communications in Arctic Norway
The Nordic country cooperates with the U.S and other allies over the development of a new broadband communication network in
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Alaska’s first wireless 5G network to be built in Anchorage
The state’s largest telecommunications company announced it’s building the first 5G wireless network in the state’s largest city. GCI will
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Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link
Japanese and Nordic partners team up with Russia’s telecom giant MegaFon taking the proposed Arctic fiber optic project a major
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Telecom company serving Northern Canada accuses competitor of blocking calls
The CEO and president of Ice Wireless is claiming Telus (a large telecom company based in southwestern Canada) has been
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New U.S. Arctic emissary gets plenty of ideas from Alaskans for Arctic Council priorities
The newly appointed U.S. special Arctic representative, former Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, has issued a call for ideas about
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Finland prices higher than EU average
An international study comparing consumer prices among 37 Europeans countries has concluded that price levels in Finland are nearly a
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Report suggests subsidies for internet, phone bills in Canada’s North
A new report by the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for the North is highlighting some of the problems with
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