Cable / Telecom News

Montreal Metro now fully connected

MONTREAL – The Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and its partners — Telus, Bell, Rogers and Vidéotron — are proud to announce that the deployment of the 4G LTE mobile network is now complete in all 68 stations and 71 km of tunnels that make up Montréal’s metro system. With the Jolicoeur, Monk and Angrignon stations connected today, this complex project, launched in 2013, has now been completed within its stated schedule, scope and budget, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. The project involved an investment of nearly $50 million—funded in equal parts by telecommunications providers Telus (which...