Bell Canada, a telecommunications company headquartered in Montreal, plays a role in the space industry primarily through its Bell Satellite TV service, providing satellite television across Canada. They utilize satellites owned by Telesat Canada to broadcast channels to over a million subscribers, competing with services like Shaw Direct. Bell Canada is also an investor in AST SpaceMobile, which is building a space-based cellular broadband network, and partners with companies like Esri to integrate geospatial data for smart city solutions.
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Bell Canada is building additional ground stations in Ontario, Alberta, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bell Canada has validated text messaging, voice calls, and broadband data connections at the Quebec ground station.
Engineers are testing Bell Canada’s Quebec ground station.
Bell Canada’s expanded direct-to-device coverage has been delayed from an original 2026 target to early 2027.
Bell Canada continues to fund capital expenditures for additional ground stations to support its revised 2027 launch.
Bell Canada plans to test video streaming, Internet of Things applications, and public alerts at the Quebec ground station in the coming weeks.
Bell Canada’s expanded service will target industries beyond the reach of standard terrestrial towers, including resource extraction, environmental monitoring, energy production, and remote emergency response operations.
Bell Canada’s Quebec ground station is the first of several ground stations intended to extend its terrestrial mobile network into remote regions.
Bell Canada’s direct-to-device ground stations rely on AST SpaceMobile’s space-based mobile broadband network for orbital connectivity.
AST SpaceMobile must sustain a launch cadence to reach roughly 45 operational satellites by the end of 2026 to support Bell Canada’s planned network activation.
Bell Canada has completed construction of its first direct-to-device satellite ground station in Quebec.
AST SpaceMobile’s strategic partners include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, Bell, Telus, stc Group, and American Tower.
AST SpaceMobile’s strategic partners include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, Bell, Telus, stc Group, and American Tower.
Bell Canada will supply high-speed fibre Internet service to the Spaceport Nova Scotia Utility Hub from Canso.
AST SpaceMobile’s strategic partners include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, American Tower, Bell, and stc Group.
AST SpaceMobile has strategic partnerships with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, American Tower, Bell, and stc Group.
Strategic partners of AST SpaceMobile include AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Rakuten, Google, American Tower, Bell, and stc Group.
The partnership between AST SpaceMobile and Bell Canada will provide seamless satellite connectivity across Canada's remote areas.
AST SpaceMobile plans to partner with Bell Canada for direct-to-device distribution (D2D) of its signals in Canada.
Bell Ventures provides financial backing for the partnership between Bell and AST SpaceMobile, which began in 2021.