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In a post last fall (“Canada needs to be a global leader in 5G”<\/a>), I wrote about a Policy Options article<\/a> that said “Market forces alone will not deliver fast 5G internet to rural areas.”<\/p>\n

Canadians need 5G. A recent paper<\/a> describes at least 3 new areas of industrial change enabled by 5G: the Internet of Things (IoT) (enabling smart homes and smart cities); vehicle automation, healthcare and smart farms; and, augmented reality and virtual reality. <\/p>\n

These innovations are important for rural and urban Canadians alike, and we have seen 5G services being made available in some rural markets<\/a> already.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, a number of government policy announcements have helped create a climate that encourages investment by the private sector to extend the reach of advanced technologies beyond urban centres. “Canada’s future depends on connectivity”<\/a> has been guiding regulatory determinations and telecom policy, balancing the objectives of expanding network coverage, delivering world-leading service quality, and affordable prices.<\/p>\n

As I described last week, the cost of delivering rural broadband<\/a> can be substantial. A recent government announcement awarded $163M in subsidies for less than 8000 households, including one project that cost more than a quarter million dollars per household.<\/p>\n

What if there was another approach to encourage more private sector investment in rural broadband and 5G wireless?<\/p>\n

Is that precisely what the government is looking at with the rumoured proposal to have Xplornet acquire the divested Freedom Mobile assets from the acquisition of Shaw by Rogers?<\/p>\n

There are other groups that have apparently submitted bids, but it is difficult to envision how any would have a plan that could result in a sustainable business where previous incarnations of Freedom have failed. As a stand-alone business, where are the synergies to promote continued investment? As I wrote in “A Kobayashi Maru scenario”<\/a>, Xplornet would be able to leverage the unused rural spectrum held by Freedom to improve the quality of broadband services it offers to its fixed wireless customers. <\/p>\n

That would improve coverage, quality and price for hundreds of thousands of rural households, funded by private sector investment.<\/p>\n

It is important for rural Canadians to have access to applications like smart farms, healthcare telematics, smart communities, automation. <\/p>\n

In its review of the Rogers-Shaw transaction, will we see the government continue to maintain consistency in its policy<\/a> approach to telecommunications, “balancing the competing objectives of extending the reach of networks, delivering world-leading service quality, and affordable prices”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a post last fall (“Canada needs to be a global leader in 5G”), I wrote about a Policy Options article that said “Market forces alone will not deliver fast 5G internet to rural areas.” Canadians need 5G. A recent paper describes at least 3 new areas of industrial change enabled by 5G: the Internet …<\/p>\n

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