Infrastructure
Cochrane District Broadband Expansion
Cellular Expansion Project
Local Infrastructure Development planning
CCS7
Chapleau First Nations broadband project'
Applications
Resourcentral
Wide Area Network (WAN) project
NEOVol
Northern College connection to provincial research network (ORION)
Northern College enhance video conferencing project
Virtual Town Square
Awareness
North Claybelt technology awareness project
Small business technology assessment project
E-business workshops
Technology adoption survey
Cochrane District Broadband Expansion: The $4.1M Cochrane District Broadband Expansion brought high speed internet access to 22 Northeastern Ontario communities. Construction began in September of 2005, ended in November 2006 and was funded by Industry Canada, NOHFC and private sector partner NorthernTel.
The 22 communities to get wired through the Cochrane District Broadband Expansion Project included:
Swastika |
Monteith |
Cellular Expansion Project NEOnet and its partner NorthernTel Mobility completed an $8.5M cellular expansion project comprised of 17 new cellular towers providing over 540 km of highway coverage in the region. This project improves safety, increases tourism and economic development opportunities, and enhances the quality of life for northerners. It also provides some of the most complete cellular coverage in North America, especially given the rural and remote nature of this area. This project was generously supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation and FedNor.
Local Infrastructure Development planning: In 2003, NEOnet managed a project that helped 9 communities in our region investigate their current technology infrastructure and future requirements. An external consulting team developed these local infrastructure plans.
Resourcentral: This 3-year pilot project is now complete. It was designed to help residents of our region improve their computer and internet skills. The project developed an online resources portal, provided training and marketing assistance to public internet access sites as well as workshops for the users. The project was supported by the Office of Learning Technologies, FedNor, the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board and the Timiskaming District Social Services Administration Board. Although the project is complete, residents continue to use the Resourcentral portal on a daily basis. Check out this website full of information, links, tutorials and applications to help you become more technology-savvy: Resourcentral.
Northern College connection to provincial research
network (ORION): NEOnet worked with Northern College and ORANO (Optical
Regional Advanced Network of Ontario) to add the college to ORION, the
provincial dedicated high speed telecommunications research network for
post-secondary institutions. ORION will enhance collaborative abilities,
open the door to a vast network of resources and applications, and will
enable the development of next-generation Internet technologies and applications.
Chapleau First Nations broadband project: NEOnet worked with Bell Canada to bring high speed internet to the Brunswick House, Chapleau Cree and Chapleau Ojibwe First Nations in the Chapleau area. This FedNor and Bell-funded project is complete. Since the end of July 2006, the residents and businesses of these First Nations have been enjoying high speed internet.
Northern College enhanced video conferencing project:
NEOnet helped partner Northern College prepare funding applications to
enhance its distance education offerings by increasing its use of video
conferencing technologies. The project was funded by FedNor and Northern
College.
North Claybelt technology awareness project: in 2004, we created this project in an effort to increase our awareness activities in the northern part of our region. NEOnet teamed up with the North Claybelt Community Futures Development Corporation and hired a youth intern, with a FedNor grant, to conduct technology awareness building. This intern reported to NEOnet, but worked from the North Claybelt office in Kapuskasing. This allowed us to host more Tech Break Time technology luncheons, as well as provide more technology information through newsletters and research reports.
Small business technology assessment project: With funding from the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), NEOnet conducted technology needs assessments for 40 small and medium-sized businesses in our region. We looked at what they were currently using and made suggestions on which information technologies could enhance or increase efficiencies in their operations. We also helped them understand their data security needs.
E-business workshops: As a follow up to the small business technology assessment project, we developed and delivered 8 e-business workshops in the region. These workshops took participants through a step-by-step look at how and why to build a website and include e-business in their business plan. Upon request and sufficient demand, NEOnet will deliver these workshops again. Please contact us for more information.
Technology adoption survey: In the winter of 2005, NEOnet hired OraclePoll Research out of Sudbury to conduct a technology adoption survey for Northern Ontario. The report was prepared and circulated throughout the region. You can download the report here.
CCS7: CCS7 is a digital common channel signaling system used by telecommunications companies throughout the world. CCS7 enables Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI). With CTI, customer information can be displayed in the call set-up, including the client's name and number, and other relevant attributes stored in the database. For example, with the E911 service, CCS7 allows the emergency services operator to see the address of the caller on a monitor, so that even if the caller can't speak or hangs up by accident, an emergency response team can be sent to the address.
CCS7 allows calls to be set up quickly and provides network cost savings, allowing the telecommunications carriers to be more competitive. CCS7 is a standard technology that enabled the development of call centres - and created thousands of jobs - in northeastern Ontario.