TELUS connects the communities of Chaudière-Appalaches to TELUS PureFibre and 5G networks - Seite 2

“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it has never been more important to connect all Quebecers to high speed Internet. That’s why our government is investing to connect homes and businesses in Chaudière-Appalaches by the fall of 2022. We will continue to invest and work in partnership with Quebec until every home and business has access to the high speed internet they need," Joël Lightbound, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert.

“High-speed Internet access is a necessity in all of Quebec’s regions. To promote regional development, we need high-quality services that foster the vitality of our communities. The government’s commitment is clear: we’re going to connect every home by the end of our first term,” said Marie-Eve Proulx, minister for Regional Economic Development, minister responsible for the Chaudière-Appalaches region, and Côte-du-Sud MNA.

Highlights

• Deploying the TELUS PureFibre network to 99 per cent of families and businesses in the Chaudière-Appalaches area served by TELUS to the following communities:
  • Bellechasse: La Durantaye, Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Damien-de-Buckland, Saint-Henri, Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Saint-Nérée-de-Bellechasse, Saint-Vallier and Saint-Léon-de-Standon
  • Lotbinière: Dosquet, Lotbinière, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Sainte-Croix, Val-Alain, Saint-Gilles and Leclercville
  • Nouvelle-Beauce: Frampton, Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hénédine, Vallée-Jonction, Saint-Isidore, Sainte-Marguerite, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Saints-Anges, Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and Vallée-Jonction
  • L’Islet: Cap-Saint-Ignace
  • Robert-Cliche: Saint-Joseph-des-Érables
  • Beauce-Sartigan: Saint-Côme-Linière
    
    
• Bringing the TELUS 5G network, utilizing our current spectrum holdings, to approximately 25 additional communities including in Lévis and in the RCMs (Regional county municipalities) of Bellechasse, L’Islet, Lotbinière, Montmagny and Nouvelle-Beauce, giving users access to lightning-fast download speeds of up to 1.7 Gbps. TELUS has also submitted various projects to the CRTC and its Broadband Fund program to add new telecommunications sites in the L’Islet and Montmagny RCMs, including between Saint-Paul and Saint-Fabien-de-Panet, and along Route 204 between Saint-Pamphile and Saint-Adalbert. The TELUS 4G LTE network, rated the fastest mobile network in Canada by Seattle-based Ookla, already covers more than 90 per cent of homes in the Chaudière-Appalaches region.