The network is part of a three-year research partnership between the telecom and the University of Waterloo, designed to create the first “smart campus” in central Canada. (The Logic)

Talking point: Rogers is already testing whether 5G can be used for earthquake detection as part of a research partnership with the University of British Columbia. The telecom is slightly ahead of its rivals on this aspect of 5G development, but competition is heating up. Earlier this month, Vidéotron selected Samsung to help it offer 5G in Quebec and Ottawa, and TeraGo picked Nokia for Toronto 5G deployment. Canadian telecoms are well behind China, the U.S. and South Korea, which already offer publicly accessible 5G networks. Rogers’s Waterloo network won’t be available to the public, either. There are two major events likely to come in the new year that could accelerate 5G development: an auction for the 3,500 MHz band used for 5G, and a decision by the federal government on whether to ban Huawei, which provides 5G tech for a number of Canadian telecoms.