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Eastlink provides progress update on N.B. mobile network expansion

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — Halifax-based Eastlink said in a press release today its $26-plus million mobile network expansion efforts in northern New Brunswick are “making great progress” in Miramichi. “Eastlink’s mobile expansion in the province is well underway and will take place over the next couple of years expanding existing coverage from Shediac to the Miramichi this year, followed by Bathurst and the Acadian Peninsula,” the press release reads. “We’re very pleased with how things are progressing in New Brunswick, and more specifically in Miramichi,” said Jeff Gillham, Eastlink’s CEO, in the release. “We’ve secured our retail location in Bridgeview Plaza and our technical teams have been on the ground working...