Owned by the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link allows northern telecommunications providers to improve services for customers in surrounding communities. It also positions the NWT to capitalize on growing opportunities related to northern research and satellite tracking industries based in Inuvik. The Northern Lights General Partnership was selected to build and operate the MVFL on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

MVFL Primary Objectives

To provide residents along the Mackenzie Valley with improved, high speed, telecommunications access to health, education and a wide range of government administered social and administrative services.

To provide residents and local businesses with lower cost, high speed, telecommunication services based, in part, on southern Canada telecommunications services and costs.

To provide a fibre optic telecommunications backbone infrastructure that supports economic development throughout the region, including high-speed connections to the Inuvik satellite ground stations, the Aurora Research Institute (ARI), and the GNWT Northern Geomatics Centre.