MONTREAL — Bell Mobility announced today its 5G network has been expanded to 23 more communities across Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba.
The new towns and cities now covered by Bell’s 5G network include:
- Ontario: Barrie, Burlington, Clarington, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, McNab/Braeside, Moravian, Pickering and Waterloo
- Quebec: Ascot Corner, Champlain, Magog, Rivière-du-Loup, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Maurice, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières
- Manitoba: St. Andrews and Stonewall
“Offering peak theoretical mobile data access speeds up to 1.7 Gbps, Bell 5G is now available to approximately 35% of the Canadian population and on track to cover up to 70% by the end of the year,” reads Bell’s press release.
“The Bell Network team is pleased to bring 5G to more Canadians to drive innovation, including to our developer partners, technology start-ups and established innovators in the Toronto-Waterloo Innovation Corridor that make up a part of the more than $500 million in R&D spending that Bell invests in Canada each year,” added Stephen Howe, Bell’s chief technology officer.
For more, please click here. A Quebec-specific press release is available here, and the Manitoba announcement is available here.
Pictured is a Bell technician installing 5G network equipment at a cell site in suburban Toronto. Photo courtesy of Bell Canada.
