The Importance of Connectivity in Rural Canada

The mobile telco industry contributed $25.5 billion to our GDP in 2020, according to StatsCan. Capital expenditure in wired and wireless telecommunications was over $10 billion in 2020,. And get this, the industry is responsible for creating an estimated 145,700 jobs. The recent Auditor General's report on the status of rural connectivity has made it abundantly clear that we all need access to affordable high-speed internet and mobile.