Eeyou Communications Network

Réseau de Communications Eeyou

Communications Highways

Alfred Loon

Conventional

Transport

Eeyou Istchee

James Bay

Traditional Telecom Cellular

and Wireline

Modern Communications FM

And 2-Way Radio

CJEQ FM

104.1

Under Construction

Advanced Telecom

Internet Service

ECN Phase 1 and Amos extension

A network designed for Northern Quebec (in service since July 2011)

Northern considerations

- Environmental conditions and operations in low

temperatures

- Difficult terrain conditions

- Very long distances and logistic

- Robustness with a single network

- Frequent forest fires

Cooperation is essential for deployment and

operations:

− Cree and Jamesian Communities, MTQ, SDBJ,

MDDELCC, MERN and MFFP

Network design:

- - 50°C

- Optical lengths of 100 to 400 km

- An asynchronous network (IP / Ethernet) on

optical fibres with ‘carrier grade’ high reliability

redundant equipments

- Installed transport capacity of 20 Gbps

- Typical network access speed up to 1 Gbps

- MPLS and VPLS

- Protection 50 ms

March 2015

Current Network

March 2015

ECN - Phase 1 An autonomous and self-sufficient network in compliance

Connectivity

• Health (Cree region 10 and Jamesian region 18)

• Schools

• Justice

• Public security

• Municipalities

• Band offices

• Québec Government (Réseau Intégré de

Télécommunication et Multimédia)

• Local Internet service providers

• Cable providers

• Mines

• Large and medium businesses

• Airport

• Services and utility providers

• …

March 2015

ECN Phase 2 Financing completed at 50%.

Connecting Eastmain this summer with available budgets

• ECN network robustness is essential for

service with the closing of the fiber ring

along James Bay road

• Fiber connectivity to Eastmain

• Fiber Connectivity to Waskaganish

• Fiber connectivity fibre km 381 service

center

• Potential : Mines

• Diversified traffic routing to the south

NOTE: ECN ring along James Bay road will allow

the transport of all Kativik communities traffic

when their project is realized.

ECN Phase 2

HQ Chamouchouane

LG1 HQ Rad.

HQ Nemiscau

HQ Abitibi

Wemindji

Waskaganish

Quévillon

Matagami

Whapmagoostuui - Kuujjuarapik

Radisson

Oujé

Bougoumou

Chapais

HQ Chib.

Eastmain Nemaska

Mistissini

NOC

Laboratoire - Formation

Waswanipi

Rouyn

NOC

Amos

Washaw

Sibi

South Telecom Networks

& Service Providers

Fibre Optique

Faisceaux hertziens

Phase 2

PoP RCE réseau fibre

Pilot project

‘To regroup the local stakeholders to develop

a vision and a a model well adapted to

Northern telecommunications’

A MASTER PLAN FOR NORTHERN

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A strategic plan to support and facilitate decision

making processes based on a structured approach

with investment priorities in accordance with the

local, regional and provincial socio-economic

needs.

Alliance en Télécommunications des Communautés Autochtones et Nordiques (ATCAN)

Telecommunications Alliance of Northern and Aboriginal Communities (TANAC) (in development)

THE PARTNERS

• Cree Nation Government

• Kativik Regional Government

• First Nation Education Council

• Naskapi group

Start-up Study Underway financed by Secretariat au Plan Nord

ECN is Moving Ahead

• Direct Consumer Connections

• Fibre to the Home

• Triple Play Service

• Competitive Communications Services

• Breaking the Affordability Barrier

• Local Maintenance

Eeyou Communications Network

Réseau de Communications Eeyou

Meegwetch

Merci

Thank You