In June of 2024, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) initiated a consultation on a policy, licensing and technical framework for the use of certain bands allocated to flexible use and/or commercial mobile services to support the expansion of coverage via satellite, which is referred to hereafter as supplemental mobile coverage by satellite (SMCS).
FMCC’s submission recommended that ISED adopt the goal of a “seamless network future”, similar to that proposed by the FCC. An integrated terrestrial mobile and satellite service would be particularly valuable to people in Indigenous and remote regions who often hunt, fish and travel in regions that do not have terrestrial mobile coverage. You can find our submission here.