5G wireless infrastructure and new approaches to network applications could be an economic boon for Canada if the public and private sector collaborate now.
The incoming head of Canada's CANARIE national research network says it could have the capability of running a coast-to-coast 100 Gbps backbone by March, 2105.
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Canada is ranked 13th in the world on the innovation list. In a roundtable discussion at the IBM Science & Innovation Summit, experts debate if and how risk-taking fits into the problem