B.C. regional districts concerned province falling behind peers on broadband funding, policy Regional districts have pointed to Ontario and Quebec as provinces that seem well ahead on cash and policy for access to poles. December 17, 2021December 25, 2021
Canada Infrastructure Bank says it’s seeing increasing interest for loans from telecoms The bank said internet service providers are less hesitant for loans, as Bell sought some this summer for its Universal Broadband Fund projects. December 10, 2021December 10, 2021
ISED experiencing workload burden from Universal Broadband Fund applications The department managing telecommunications grants recommended offloading financial approvals and, in cases of political conflicts of interest, project selection to subordinates. November 26, 2021November 26, 2021
Rogers, Telus, Shaw together request about $100M from various funds for telecom builds Data for this year and last show the large telecoms requesting from the broadband funds of the federal and provincial governments and the telecom regulator nearly $100 million. February 22, 2021March 18, 2021