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FSET Busy Connecting Northern First Nations

February 2023

Featured on 89.5 the Lake, FSET says a project to connect First Nations in the far north to the Starlink system is about 75 percent complete.

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Starlink Internet into Phase ll

February 2023

Featured on NetNewsLedger, Phase II of the Northern Starlink deployment project by FSET Inc. is currently underway in partnership with SpaceX.

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FSET Media Release – Phase ll of FSET’s Starlink Rollout Underway

February 2023

For Phase ll of this project, we have partnered with Nishnawbe Aski Nation and begun working together to assist the Ministry of Education in closing the achievement gap between Indigenous students and all students.

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Mendoza College of Business – Delivering Digital Equity 

August 2022

Along with her business partner David, ND alumna Nicole Brown is leveraging her IT firm to service Indigenous communities across Canada.

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Why Samsung for Business – Ruggedized Solutions for the Frontline

May 2021

Featured on Samsung News alongside fellow partners Microsoft and Gamber-Johnson for its unique work with Samsung DeX technology and its #MobilityFirst effort to bring the office to the officer in the field.

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Hyperloop Transportation Hopes to Promote Clean Commercial Transport Alternative

May 2021

Featured on iPolitics for its work with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and leverage of the Universal Broadband Fund to get Starlink broadband internet hooked up in remote northern communities.

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Starlink internet ‘dishy’ faces off against snow, wildfires in remote Canada

December 2021

Featured on Fox News Weather after the one-year anniversary of the Pikangikum First Nation Starlink rollout, highlighting sector-by-sector how the technology is designed to overcome extreme weather conditions and serve remote communities.

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KDSB teaming up with FSET to expand region’s Starlink coverage

August 2021

Featured in the Kenora Miner & News for teaming up with the Kenora District Services Board to expand Northwestern Ontario’s Starlink coverage.

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Pickle Lake to be the first community to be connected to high-speed internet

August 2021

Featured on KenoraOnline for its work in partnership with the Kenora District Services Board to help bring Starlink to Pickle Lake, following a special round of funding provided by the federal government.

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Starlink offers promise of connectivity for the North

May 2021

Featured on TimminsToday for helping bring Starlink high-speed internet service to Pikangikum First Nation.

“I’m a community person who really believes in their community, and I hope it gives the younger generations a little bit of hope,” said Vernon Kejick, an employee of the Pikangikum Health Authority.

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Connectivity Project currently underway in member First Nations

May 2021

Featured on the Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council website following Phase 1 of the council’s connectivity project, which saw Starlink high-speed internet set up for schooling in five of the council’s member First Nations.

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Everything you need to know about Elon Musk’s internet service

March 2021

Featured on Business Insider for working with SpaceX to bring Starlink to Pikangikum First Nation as a part of the service’s beta, providing the community with a new gateway and greater potential for the delivery of essential services

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FedNor gives funds to Kenora businesses

January 2021

Featured in the Kenora Miner & News after receiving money from FedNor’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program meant to facilitate cutting-edge IT services and accessibility for local police officers, while also creating new jobs in the process

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FedNor investing $1.1 million into two Kenora companies

January 2021

Featured on TBNewsWatch after receiving money from FedNor’s Regional Economic Growth through Innovation program meant to facilitate cutting-edge IT services and accessibility for local police officers, while also creating new jobs in the process

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How SpaceX teamed up with a small Canadian IT company to bring its Starlink internet service to an indigenous community

December 2020

Featured on Business Insider for its work with SpaceX to bring Starlink broadband internet to Pikangikum First Nation, opening several new doors for the community’s essential services, including education and healthcare

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Giving up on traditional telecoms means satellite is the “only path forward” for Indigenous broadband, CEO says

December 2020

Featured on Cartt for an interview with company CEO David Brown, explaining how remote communities should give up on traditional telecommunications services in favour of satellite-based internet connections.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink offers fast internet connections to rural Canadians

December 2020

Featured on CBC as part of a story on the delivery of Starlink high-speed internet service to remote communities in the North, highlighting the work done with Pikangikum First Nation and the process of reaching out to SpaceX

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How Elon Musk’s internet service may finally unlock this northern Canadian community’s isolation

December 2020

Featured in the Toronto Star for the role it played in bringing Starlink to Pikangikum First Nation, helping empower the community by connecting its essential services to high-speed internet.

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Pikangikum First Nation to receive SpaceX Starlink broadband

December 2020

Featured on The Weather Network for helping make Pikangikum First Nation the first community in Canada to get Starlink, as a part of SpaceX’s beta test.

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Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario to be connected to Starlink internet

November 2020

Featured on MobileSyrup for working in collaboration with SpaceX, Canadian Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, and Kenora Member of Parliament Eric Melillo to bring Starlink high-speed internet to Pikangikum First Nation

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SpaceX Starlink Internet to Connect Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario

November 2020

Featured on iPhone in Canada after linking up with Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford and Kenora MP Eric Melillo, following the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) approval of SpaceX Starlink internet service in Canada.

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Province offers $1 million boost to digital tech in north

August 2020

Featured on TBNewsWatch following a $1 million investment made by the Ontario government’s NOHFC aimed at assisting companies working with technology and digital infrastructure in the northwest.

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NOHFC Provides Funding For FSET

August 2020

Featured on 895TheLake following an investment made by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) that provided FSET with $91,000 to move into a new building on Kenora’s Lakeview Dr.

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Innovation could help keep more police in the community

February 2020

Featured on DrydenNow ahead of the company’s #MobilityFirst pitch for Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford and Finance Minister of Ontario Rod Phillips.

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Mobility first

June 2019

Featured on Blue Line in a featurette on the Treaty 3 Police Service and their being the first agency in the world to deploy the new Samsung DeX mobile data terminals (MDT) in their cruisers, as a part of the #MobilityFirst initiative.

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11th Annual RBC Innovation Awards

June 2019

Featured on the Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre for winning the 2019 RBC Innovation Award for Innovative Company of the Year, awarded for the company’s hard work creating solutions for the public sector, including the #MobilityFirst initiative.

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Area Innovators Honoured At RBC Awards Ceremony

May 2019

Featured on CKDR news for winning the 2019 RBC Innovative Company of the Year award for specializing in progressive technology-based solutions and its #MobilityFirst initiative that saw the officer brought to officers in the field.

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Local innovators honoured for their success

May 2019

Featured on TBNewsWatch after being award the 2019 RBC Innovative Company of the Year award, owing to the company’s unique contributions to both the policing and healthcare sectors.

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#MobilityFirst: Doing More, With Less

September 2019

Featured on Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police for its work with #MobilityFirst. Bringing trusted names in the tech community together, FSET provides the back-end infrastructure to bring the ideas and technology together.

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Mobile Innovations to Showcase Secure Mobile Data and Electronic Pocket Notebook for the ‘Connected Officer’ at the 2018 CACP IT Workshop

February 2018

Featured on Newswire for its work in partnership with Mobile Innovations CEO and founder Gary Bauer, who presented at the 2018 Canadian Chiefs of Police IT Workshop about the company’s #MobilityFirst initiative and work to get MPA Niche RMS running on mobile devices.

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