MONTREAL – A day before it holds its AGM in Montreal, Telus today announced an investment of $23 million to expand and enhance its wireless digital network in Quebec in 2007.
By the fall of 2007, up to 30 additional communities will have access to enhanced features and wireless business solutions, said the company in a press release. "This includes a full suite of Telus Spark mobile entertainment, information and messaging services such as email, live TV, photo and video messaging, downloadable music, ring tones, games and more.
Over the coming months, Telus will extend its wireless digital network to:
* Causapscal, Lac-au-Saumon, Grosses Roches, Carleton, Hope Town, Percé, Rivière-aux-Renards, Les Méchins, New Richmond, Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Nouvelle, Cap-Chat, Bonaventure, Port-Daniel and New Carlisle in the Gaspé Peninsula
* St-Jean-Port-Joli in the Chaudière-Appalaches region
* Matapédia, Ste-Irène, Val-Brillant and Sayabec in the Matapedia Valley
* Batiscan in Mauricie
* St-Basile in central Quebec
* Colombier, Maliotenam and Baie-Trinité in the Côte-Nord region.
Residents of Havre-Saint-Pierre in the Côte-Nord region; St-Ubalde in Mauricie; and Pont-Rouge in central Québec have been enjoying assured call security, improved sound quality, extended battery life and web-based features available from Telus’ wireless digital network and handsets, since the beginning of 2007. Last year, Telus connected more than 25 new communities to its digital network in Quebec, says the press release.
Existing digital coverage in the greater Montreal and Quebec City areas where Telus network traffic continues to increase will also be enhanced.
"Telus has 4,200 team members in Quebec and since 2000 has spent and invested more than $4.3 billion in the province," concludes the release.
