Major Telecoms Agree to Emergency Outage Deal: Minister Champagne

Major Telecoms Agree to Emergency Outage Deal: Minister Champagne
People use electronics outside a coffee shop in Toronto amid a nationwide Rogers outage, affecting many of the telecommunication company's services, July 8, 2022. The Canadian Press/Cole Burston
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The federal industry minister says Canada’s major telecom companies have reached a formal agreement to “ensure and guarantee” emergency roaming and other mutual assistance in the case of a major outage.

The deal comes after a massive Rogers Communications Inc. service disruption on July 8 that affected millions of Canadians.