Telecommunications reliability top issue in July following Rogers outage

A network outage at Rogers Communications in July led to discussions with the federal government about telecommunications resiliency.
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne called on telecommunication companies to develop a plan within 60 days for mitigating the impact of future network outages.
Discussions about how to ensure reliable communications for Canadians took the lead in federal advocacy in July, in response to a network outage that month at Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, that found millions unexpectedly without internet or cellphone...

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