The federal industry minister says Canada91裸聊视频檚 major telecom companies have reached a formal agreement to 91裸聊视频渆nsure and guarantee91裸聊视频 emergency roaming and other mutual assistance in the case of a major outage.
The deal comes after a massive Rogers Communications Inc. service disruption on July 8 that affected millions of Canadians.
In the days after the outage, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Fran莽ois-Philippe Champagne directed the CEOs of Rogers and other telecom companies to develop a backup plan to prevent a similar scenario, giving them 60 days to do so.
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Champagne says the agreement is only a first step in his network resiliency agenda.
He also says he is taking additional steps, including directing the Canadian Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (CSTAC) to come up with further measures within six months to ensure robust and reliable telecom networks across the country.