Inuit-owned telecom company launches in Nunavut – CBC

Apr 27, 2023

InukNet plans to expand to all 25 communities, with no data caps

There’s a new telecommunications company in Nunavut that has plans to offer commercial services to all 25 communities.

Called InukNet, it’s owned by the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation and run through Galaxy Broadband and PanArctic Inuit Communications. The three companies announced the new service at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit on Thursday.

Harry Flaherty, Qikiqtaaluk’s Corp.’s president and CEO, said the companies have been working on the new service for the last five years.

“InukNet will provide the northern territories with state-of-the-art internet service made possible by advances in satellite technology,” Flaherty said.

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