Welcome to CRRBC Webinars!

This webinar brings together Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) and YRH Engineering to explore the Indigenous Priority Window (IPW) from both a policy and deployment perspective.

Attendees will be reminded of the latest key date updates, application procedures, and regulatory considerations directly from ISED’s IPW team, alongside practical insights into how spectrum can be translated into real-world connectivity. The session will walk through typical rural and remote deployment scenarios, including cellular and fixed wireless infrastructure design, operational challenges, and high-level cost considerations.

Designed for Indigenous communities, service providers, and project partners, this webinar goes beyond policy to address implementation realities. There will be a Q&A to delve into the broader business case challenges of delivering sustainable connectivity in rural and remote environments.

This session is part of the CRRBC Webinar series.  There will be an in-person workshop at the CRRBC East conference and Expo in June that will provide attendees with the opportunity to dive deeper into the topic.

Webinar attendees can qualify for a 25% discount off of the CRRBC 2026 Conference + Expo events!

Fibre deployment isn't always feasible. Whether you're facing prohibitive construction costs, right-of-way challenges, or need rapid deployment, free-space optical (FSO) technology is emerging as a carrier-grade alternative for multi-gigabit connectivity.

This webinar explores real-world FSO applications, including last-mile access, enterprise connectivity, tower backhaul, fibre backup, and rapid deployment scenarios. Hear from Attochron about how they have overcome the challenges that have plagued previous FSO solutions, plus insights from Tom Barnett, Lumen Technology's Director of Strategic Innovations,  about their field testing in challenging conditions and the criteria they used to validate FSO for commercial deployment.

You'll learn how FSO:

• complements fibre by extending the optical footprint, wirelessly
• complements radio (RF) by enabling 5G cell site and FWA tower locations, supporting the necessary performance requirements
• connects where others can't due to environmental, cost, spectrum, data rate, or permitting constraints.
• and more.

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