The partnerships that we have developed with the private sector and the telecommunications industry mostly involved the construction of the network.
RISQ has indeed purchased fibre optics from telephone and cable companies. Each and every year, RISQ pays out a lot of money to telephone and cable companies for the maintenance of its network. This is the first type of partnership we have had with the telecommunications industry.
In answer to your other question, I would say that the telecommunications industry does not use RISQ's very broad capabilities for commercial ends.
It does happen that there is some overlap with the telecommunications industry in Canada. You will understand that universities, in the context of their research mandates, are developing more and more links with industrial research centres. For example, the International Telecommunications Institute, whose headquarters are in Montreal, is a member of RISQ and is able to utilize RISQ's infrastructure in order to test new protocols.
I would also mention that a certain number of industrial research centres, that have activities that tie in with universities, can also be members of RISQ. The rules are somewhat similar to those that apply to CANARIE, the federal organization, which is governed by Industry Canada.