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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
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BMNPTUBMMPG&BTUFSO0OUBSJP CPUISVSBMBOE urban areas, will have access to livestrea- ming, video conferencing, and other services through their mobile phone services. He indicated the Cell Gap Project represents BCPVUNJMMJPOXPSUIPGSFHJPOBMFDPOPNJD EFWFMPQNFOUHSPXUI GPS&BTUFSO0OUBSJP as local businesses benefit from improved client servicing and better access to the HMPCBMNBSLFUQMBDF i8FLOPXNPSFUIBOFWFSUIBUXFOFFE this reliable service to help drive the eco- OPNZuTBJE-BVSJF4DPUU 0OUBSJPT JOGSBT - tructure minister. i8FBSFIFSFUPEBZUPDFMFCSBUFQSPHSFTT u said Maryam Moncef, federal minister for women and gender equality and rural eco- nomic development. “Canada’s economic recovery begins in the rural community and it begins with rural broadband. This investment is the right thing to and the smart thing to do.” i*UTBHPPEEBZuTBJE%FCCJF3PCJOTPO &08$DIBJSi5IJT JTLFZ UPPVS SFHJPOT FDPOPNJDSFDPWFSZ8FBSFHFUUJOHDMPTFSUP the time when we won’t have to utter those àWFESFBEFEXPSETA$BOZPVIFBSNFOPX u
Rogers Communications joins the pro- ject team to improve cellular phone service throughout all of the Eastern Ontario with project work to start this spring. “You can’t beat the news we’re giving you,” said J. Murray Jones, chairman for UIF &BTUFSO 0OUBSJP 3FHJPOBM /FUXPSL &03/ EVSJOHB.BSDINPSOJOHNFEJB UFMFDPOGFSFODFBOOPVODFNFOUUIBU3PHFST
Rogers Communications, l’un des géants des télécommunications au Canada, sera la partie privée du partenariat public-privé EORN Cell Gap visant à améliorer le service mobile à large bande dans l’Est de l’Ontario. Ce projet de 300 millions de dollars permettra d’améliorer le service cellulaire dans toute la région, éliminant ainsi les « zones mortes « du service cellulaire qui nuisent aux appels d’urgence et entravent le développement économique de la région. — photo tirée d’une banque d’images
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