SSi Micro partners with Rogers, says it’ll improve cell, internet service across North – CBC

Change should make cellphone coverage clearer and higher quality, says SSi

December 12, 2018

A northern cell and internet provider has struck a deal with Rogers Communications that should improve service in the North.

SSi Micro will use the telecom giant’s unused wireless spectrum in the territories. Spectrum is radio waves, and what SSi has licensed connects mobile phones to cellphone towers — in Iqaluit, SSi’s tower is on top of the eight-storey apartment building.

Rogers does not have a presence in Nunavut or the Northwest Territories, but it does own spectrum there and it’s not using all of it.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ssi-micro-cell-service-last-mile-1.4941847