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Improved Cell Service Now Available in the Township of North Glengarry and the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet
Improved Cell Service Now Available in the Township of North Glengarry and the Township o...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Improved Cell Service Now Available in the Township of North Glengarry and the Township of Alfred and Plantagenet\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n MAXVILLE, ON\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Nov. 7, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - The Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) and Rogers Communications today joined Francis Drouin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Member of Parliament for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, and\n \n Nolan Quinn\n \n , Member of Provincial Parliament for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, on behalf of the Honourable Kinga Surma,\n \n Ontario's\n \n Minister of Infrastructure, to announce that Rogers' 5G mobile services are now available in areas surrounding\n \n Maxville\n \n ,\n \n Greenfield\n \n ,\n \n Glen Robertson\n \n and\n \n Wendover\n \n .\n \n \n Today's announcement is part of the EORN Cell Gap Project, a\n \n $300 million\n \n public-private partnership to improve and expand cellular services across rural eastern\n \n Ontario\n \n . About half the project funding comes from the federal and provincial governments, as well as municipal members of the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus (EOWC) and most of the Eastern Ontario Mayors' Caucus (EOMC). Rogers Communications, which was selected through a competitive bidding process, is providing the balance of the investment.\n \n \n Through this partnership, Rogers will build more than 300 new telecommunications towers, a combination of new tower constructions and colocations, and will upgrade more than 300 existing sites by 2025. More than 260 sites have been upgraded so far. The expansion in North Glengarry and\n \n Alfred\n \n and\n \n Plantagenet\n \n includes four new cellular towers – just the start of more new builds underway to expand cellular service.\n \n \n \"Canadians increasingly depend on reliable, secure, and modern digital connection services. Through partnerships with the provinces, territories, regional and municipal organizations, and industry, the Government of\n \n Canada\n \n is...