25,000 additional homes and businesses to get access to Telus broadband
RIMOUSKI, Que. – Telus announced today it is expanding its high-speed wireless and fibre networks in eastern Quebec to reach an additional 25,000 homes in 45 remote, low-density communities in the administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches, Gaspésie, Lower St. Lawrence, and North Shore by early 2021
The company has invested more than $300 million since 2013 to deploy its PureFibre network in the eastern part of the province. “Thanks to our long-standing cooperation with the governments of Quebec and Canada and their contribution of $72 million, 99 per cent of families and businesses in the regions of Quebec City and Eastern Quebec that Telus serves will have access to high-speed Internet service by 2021, with 93 per cent enjoying PureFibre,” reads its press release.
Telus is deploying its PureFibre network to homes and businesses in 35 remote, low-density communities in the RCMs of L’Islet, Matapédia, Matanie, Minganie, Montmagny, and Rocher-Percé, and to the communities of Saint-Simon, Natashquan, Saint-Elzéar and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce.
In the Lower North Shore, Telus is deploying its 4G LTE wireless network across the vast and roadless territory. Canadians in 14 villages in the region will be able to connect by 2021.
The company will also add new cellular sites in the communities of Baie-Comeau, Saints-Anges, Saint-Lazare, Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, and Sept-Îles, in the Moisie district.
