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Bell to launch rural WTTH in Q2 after successful trials


OTTAWA – Bell has successfully completed Wireless to the Home (WTTH) trials in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands in three small Ontario communities, and announced plans to roll out WTTH to rural locations beginning this spring.Bell said Tuesday that the trials were conducted in Orangeville, Feversham and Bethany using Huawei's 5G-oriented Massive MIMO and 8T8R technology to test and refine the capabilities of WTTH services for rural areas.  As one of its next major steps in deploying high-speed home broadband in Canadian communities large and small, Bell said that deployment of WTTH to rural locations will begin in...