PANARCTIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GALAXY BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS FORM NEW ARCTIC TELECOM COMPANY

Iqaluit, NU Canada, April 27, 2023 — Panarctic Communications, a whole -owned subsidiary of Qikiqtaaluk Corporation and Galaxy Broadband Communications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Capital Partners Inc. (TSX: CRWN), announced today that they have formed a new telecom company to service Canada’s Arctic – InukNet Communications Inc. (“InukNet”). InukNet is an Inuit controlled internet […]

Galaxy and OneWeb provides new LEO service to PEARL, in Eureka

Galaxy and OneWeb provides new LEO service to PEARL, in Eureka

This article was written by Pierre Fogal and James Drummond, of PEARL, with additional  contributions from Galaxy and OneWeb.  The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) (https://www.pearl-candac.ca), based in Eureka, is part of the third-northernmost permanent research community in the world. To get there you travel to Ellesmere Island, the northernmost point of land in […]

Galaxy Broadband Featured in Toronto Star

In a move that will bring much needed access to internet for remote and rural communities in Canada, Toronto Star recently reported that Elon Musk has some competition for high-speed internet over Canada’s northern skies in Galaxy Broadband.  Galaxy Broadband, a Canadian-based company, has teamed up with UK-based OneWeb, to provide low-orbit satellite internet service […]

Willy Battles Baffin Island Blizzards

Willy Battles Baffin Island Blizzards

Over the last couple of weeks, our favourite travelling journeyman installation specialist, Willy, has been up north on Baffin Island installing multiple 4.5m satellite dishes. His time up north started with digging all of their equipment out of a foot of snow, then reconstructing the pad for the first satellite. The next step was constructing […]

Galaxy Broadband Expands Current Teleport Operations

Galaxy Broadband Expands Current Teleport Operations

This spring Galaxy Broadband expanded their current Teleport operations. The decision was to move their existing Ku band network to the Galaxy Teleport/Head Office in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.  Galaxy’s Mississauga Teleport uplinks not only 2 of their Ku services but also one of their C band networks. “This gives us better control and more flexibility […]

Galaxy SkyWATCH brings Netflix to remote camps in Canada

Galaxy SkyWATCH brings Netflix to remote camps in Canada

More than ever, remote camps are searching for ways to retain employees and offer a higher quality of life during recruiting. The top 3 demands are shelter, food and Internet/entertainment. Internet has become the connection to home and friends (Facetime), day to day bill paying (banking apps), product and services purchasing (Amazon) and entertainment (Netflix). […]