Yet another rumour has surfaced suggesting that TELUS will launch its GSM network in September. A rumour posted at Wirelessnorth.ca suggests a late September launch:
Listen, Telus is launching their GSM 4G (Yes, that’s right, 4G not 3G) network in late September 2009. Most new Telus phone are already GSM compatable, but not active. In September 2009 all phone, will be accepting a Telus Sim Card. Meaning you can buy any unlocked phone from eBay (etc.) and use it with Telus. Also, to Stewart Marshall, Telus, as per most cell phone companies, does not buy out contracts from other companies. Also, Telus will not be waiting the usual 6months time to offer a phone that Rogers or Fido offered earlier, but quite the opposite.
While TELUS did announce plans to move to 4G when it first announced its HSPA deployment (along with Bell), its plans are to launch HSPA first and deploy LTE (4G) later. If it turns out that TELUS has sped up its LTE deployment, it could be quite the coup for the company.