[SatNews] Enhanced broadband is to be offered to the First Nations...

Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat") (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has been awarded a satellite based communications network and services contract valued at CDN $3.5 million from the First Nations’ Emergency Services Society of British Columbia (FNESS) to provide enhanced broadband access to over 2,700 residents living in remote First Nations communities in British Columbia. Funding for the project is provided by the Federal Government under the National Satellite Initiative, with financial contribution from Norsat and FNESS working in collaboration with the First Nations Technology Council. Norsat’s portion of the project is to provide hardware and services to certain First Nations communities in British Columbia and also provide and maintain affordable satellite capacity and other related services for broadband connectivity in a total of 17 communities where satellite technology is the only reasonable means of providing broadband access.