Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile announced Tuesday the expansion of its service area to 50 more cities and communities across B.C. and Alberta, made possible by partner agreements enabled by the CRTC’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) framework, according to a press release.
New additions to Freedom’s serviceable area include Chilliwack, Hope, Revelstoke and Salmon Arm in B.C., and Camrose, Wetaskiwin and Edson in Alberta. A full list of the new areas, including current subscription areas that now have additional coverage, can be found here. Freedom’s updated coverage map is here.
Freedom says its recent launch in Manitoba was also enabled by the CRTC’s MVNO framework.
“Consumers from across Canada have been demanding more competition in wireless for a very long time,” Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and CEO of Freedom’s parent company, Quebecor, said in the press release. “We’re happy to continue to bring Canadians the many benefits of having a strong fourth player in the market.”
Over the last few months, Freedom’s teams “have been hard at work making numerous improvements to the wireless network, from expanding 5G areas to activating dozens of new cell sites across Canada and deploying 3500 MHz spectrum on several existing cell sites for additional speed and lower latency,” Freedom says in its release.
“Having recently fulfilled all the undertakings it had made to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) at the time of the Freedom Mobile acquisition, Quebecor is fully committed to making sure all Freedom wireless customers enjoy the best possible experience wherever they are,” it adds.
