MTS launches aggressive FTTH deployment

WINNIPEG - MTS Allstream said Friday it will invest $125 million over the next five years as part of an accelerated deployment of its fibre to the home network which will carry digital TV, voice and ultra high speed Internet, named FiON, in Manitoba.By the end of 2015, MTS expects to deploy fibre to about 120,000 homes in close to 20 Manitoba communities such as Steinbach, Thompson, The Pas and in areas of Winnipeg. The company has been building up to expand the rollout all year."MTS already delivers some of the most advanced Internet and television services in Canada, and...