VANCOUVER – Telus announced this week it will invest $800,000 to launch mobile phone service to four small coastal B.C. communities in the coming months. The company is upgrading existing central switching offices with state-of-the-art cellular network and transmission equipment in Port Edward, Hartley Bay, Klemtu, and Oona River. The sites will provide PCS cellular and wireless data services such as text messaging and Internet access to each community. Similar upgrades were just completed to bring mobile phone service to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Bella Bella, and Bella Coola. “By adding cellular network equipment to existing Telus landline sites we...
