Tesla Motors Canada has applied to the CRTC for a telecom licence. Find out more
Documents filed with the CRTC on Sept. 15 say Tesla intends to use the licence to provide machine-to-machine cellular data service to enable telemetry data and in-vehicle infotainment services access, including internet access.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the Financial Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The Basic International Telecommunications Services licence Tesla is seeking, which would cover telecommunications traffic running “between Canada and another country,” sounds similar to a CRTC licence General Motors renewed in 2017 that allows OnStar connectivity in its vehicles, said Mark Goldberg, a Toronto-based telecom analyst.Article content
The Tesla plan appears to be “no different from GM,” Goldberg said, adding that the CRTC licence does not determine which communication links the holder uses.Tesla could use Starlink, founder Elon Musk’s satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX, but “mobile communications with a low earth orbit satellite… is a very different engineering challenge,” Goldberg said.
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