THOMPSON, MB, March 7, 2024 /CNW/ – PomeGran Inc., via its subsidiary ROCK Networks, a leading broadband service provider, and Broadband Communications North (BCN), Manitoba’s largest Indigenous network, have received $7.5 million in funding from the federal government to deliver cellular and data service to eight remote Indigenous communities in Northern Manitoba. The funding, announced yesterday by the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, heralds a new era of connectivity for these underserved regions.
This funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), combined with additional funding from other sources, enables PomeGran and BCN to begin the next phase in a project to bring …