Bell today announced plans to extend its LTE network to more than 50 smaller communities across the four provinces in Atlantic Canada. By the end of the year, an additional 52 communities will be able to benefit from the faster network speeds LTE brings. The carrier will use some of its recently acquired 700 MHz spectrum for the expansion.
“Bell is proud to announce that consumers and businesses in smaller communities across the Atlantic region will be next to benefit from the high quality, high bandwidth mobile connections made possible with LTE,” said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility. “Customers in places from Campbellton to Bonavista and Bridgetown to Tignish will have access to the same great broadband service and mobile applications as are available in major centres across Canada. For people living, working or travelling in Atlantic Canada, wireless just got better.”
The following communities will receive LTE coverage by the end of the year:
- New Brunswick
- Acton
- Campbellton
- Caraquet
- Carlingford
- Cassilis
- Clair
- Dumfries
- Dundee
- Florenceville-Bristol
- Juniper
- Noonan
- Riceville
- Richibucto
- Saint Andrews
- Saint-Quentin
- Westmoreland
- Whites Cove
- Newfoundland& Labrador
- Bonavista
- Clarenville
- Elliston
- Epworth
- Garnish
- Glovertown
- Grand Bank
- Lewisporte
- Marystown
- Pasadena
- Perry’s Cove
- Point May
- Pointe Verde
- Port aux Basques
- Salmon Cove
- Springdale
- Summerville
- Nova Scotia
- Bridgetown
- Bridgewater
- Coldbrook
- Guysborough
- Martock
- Londonderry
- Lunenburg
- Port Hastings
- Pugwash
- St. Andrews
- Shelburne
- Prince Edward Island
- Albany
- Augustine Cove
- Glencoe
- Norboro
- Kensington
- Urbainville
- Tignish
Bell’s LTE network already covers 81% of the Canadian population. Bell is looking to increase that to 98% as it continues to expand coverage in rural and remote communities. As part of this plan, it will bring LTE coverage to more than 50 additional communities in Atlantic Canada in 2015.
Source : Bell