Yukon’s fibre-to-the-home assets now Indigenous-owned as Northwestel and 13 First Nations companies form new partnership.
WHITEHORSE, YT, May 5, 2022 /CNW/ – For the first time in Canada, the vast majority of a province or territory’s in-community fibre assets are now Indigenous-owned. Northern Canada’s telecommunications provider Northwestel today announced the sale of its Yukon fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) assets to a group of 13 Yukon First Nation development corporations. The announcement took place at the Arctic Indigenous Investment Conference in Whitehorse.
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