TORONTO and OTTAWA – Telus will invest $62 million in new infrastructure and facilities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and $30.5 million in Ottawa, Hull and Gatineau this year, the company said Tuesday.
The investments, part of Telus’ pledge to spend $1 billion in Ontario through 2019, will increase wireless speeds and capacity, enhance high-speed Internet for businesses, and help to deliver better healthcare solutions.
Specifically, Telus said that it will build new wireless sites to add capacity and extend the reach of its wireless network throughout the province, while enhancing and extending LTE to more than 99% of Ontarians. It will also upgrade select Telus storefronts to include emerging technology and integrated solutions including consumer health and wellness, the connected home and home entertainment; continue to connect businesses and industrial parks directly to its fibre optic network; and enhance the capacity of its advanced Internet data centres.
By the end of 2019, Telus said that it expects to have invested more than $45 billion in Ontario since 2000 to extend the reach of advanced wireless and wireline telecommunications infrastructure throughout the province.
