WHITEHORSE – Bell Mobility launched its 4G wireless service in Pelly Crossing and Burwash Landing, YT on Monday.
This expansion, completed in partnership with the Government of Yukon, is part of Northwestel's modernization plan, the company said. Launched in 2013, the plan must deliver advanced Internet and wireless services to northerners in all three territories. Bell Mobility is delivering on the wireless components of the plan after Northwestel transfered its wireless portfolio to Bell Mobility in October 2013.
Bell said that it will invest more than $1.8 million while the Yukon government is committing up to $758,000 over the next four years to support the launch of 13 new wireless sites that will provide 4G service to additional communities across Yukon.
"Bell Mobility is pleased to welcome Pelly Crossing and Burwash Landing to our national 4G network as Bell and the Yukon government continue to roll out advanced broadband wireless service in the North," said Bell Mobility president Wade Oosterman, in the news release. "Bell is acknowledged in Canada and globally for our network investment and innovation, delivering the world's best smartphones and mobile services to both consumers and business users. We're bringing that same focus to northern Canada and to meeting the targets set out in Northwestel's Modernization Plan."
