TERRESTAR SOLUTIONS APPLAUDS THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE AND AWS-4 DECISION
20 December 2014 - 2:00AM
In response to today's decision by Industry Minister James Moore,
TerreStar Solutions' President, Andre Tremblay said, "I
congratulate Prime Minister Harper and Industry Minister James
Moore for this decision which supports wireless services in rural
and remote communities and spurs wireless competition in Canada,
thereby lowering wireless prices for Canadians and producing new
jobs in this high technology industry."
Following a national consultation that was initiated in May of
this year, the Harper government's issuance of the Mobile Satellite
Service and Advanced Wireless Service (AWS-4) policy by Minister
Moore today reaffirms the Minister's commitment to increase the
amount of spectrum available to serve rural and remote areas of the
country and to provide competitive wireless services in Canada.
Tremblay continued, "Spectrum is the fuel that drives new
technological developments, higher speed mobile services and lower
prices for consumers. By modifying existing policies to make this
spectrum useable in Canada the Harper government will contribute to
lower prices and will allow companies to provide better services
for consumers, regardless of whether they are in highly populated
cities or more rural and underserved communities."
"This policy by the Harper government is the critical ingredient
needed to attract new capital to Canada's wireless market and for
making a fourth competitor in every region a reality" concluded
Tremblay.
TerreStar Solutions CFO and Treasurer, Jacques Leduc added,
"this significant milestone will allow TerreStar Solutions to
become an active player in the Canadian wireless landscape." The
national Mobile Satellite Service and AWS-4 spectrum will provide a
solid foundation for the wireless broadband network of tomorrow and
will deliver mobile Internet to all Canadians at affordable
prices.
A Montréal-based Canadian company, TerreStar Solutions was
founded in 2008. With this decision, TerreStar Solutions will be
licensed by Industry Canada for 40 MHz of AWS-4 and 20 MHz of
Mobile Satellite spectrum to provide mobile satellite and
terrestrial services to all Canadians, regardless of location.
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Victoria Ollers 416-822-2288, vo@goldfenix.com
Paul Tyler 416-254-0698, pt@goldfenix.com