Nouvelles de l’industrie

A five-year R&D partnership valued at more than CAD 470 million between Ericsson and the Government of Canada is set to put the country at the forefront of global development in next-generation communications technologies.

Ericsson Canada today announced it has established a new Quantum research hub in Montreal as part of its cutting-edge global quantum research agenda. The hub will host research projects that aim to explore quantum-based algorithms for accelerating processing in...

Rogers said it would be teaming up with Microsoft for an “exclusive Canadian partnership” in the private preview of Azure Programmable Connectivity, which lets developers build network-aware 5G applications.

SaskTel announced Wednesday that it has started switching on its 5G network in Swift Current. The wireless network, which can reach download speeds of up to 1.2 Gigabits per second, is part of a $1.5 billion investment from the crown corporation that has recently...

The University of Waterloo announced a “5G and beyond” mobile network technology consortium with the aim of developing secure 5G network slices and improving Canada’s security and defense. The consortium will develop artificial intelligence systems to detect a range...

Bell announced it has launched 3 gig service to parts of Atlantic Canada. The Gigabit Fibe 3.0 will have matching download and upload speeds of 3 Gigabits per second and is now available in Fredericton and Moncton, New Brunswick.

Australia, Canada and the United States have backed guidelines for telecoms companies, developed by the UK, designed to build a more innovative, competitive and secure supply of equipment for telecoms networks, including for 5G and 6G.

Mobile subscribers across Canada’s vast rural landscape have benefited from having some of the fastest 4G networks in the world. Opensignal’s new analysis reveals that with 5G Canada’s urban-rural mobile experience gap has reduced markedly.

Nokia Canada and federal, provincial and municipal partners announced plans to transform Nokia’s Ottawa, ON, facility into a world-leading, sustainable research and development (R&D) hub. The tech center will significantly expand Nokia Canada’s capacity in...

Ericsson Canada announced a strategic research program that will explore the use of artificial intelligence to minimize the energy consumption of 5G networks, led by École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in partnership with Concordia University, Polytechnique Montréal...