Canada’s industry minister says he is calling on Rogers and other telecommunication companies to come up with a plan to bolster the resiliency of Canada’s cellular and internet networks after Friday’s massive outage left millions offline and affected some critical services. On Monday, François-Philippe Champagne convened a meeting of telecom CEOs — including Rogers’ Tony …
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