TELUS intends to invest $2 billion in new communications infrastructure across Quebec through 2020. This year alone, TELUS said that it will invest $340 million in the province to extend fibre optic infrastructure directly to thousands of homes and businesses in rural and urban communities, further strengthen wireless service, and support key services including healthcare with new technologies.
TELUS’ infrastructure and technology investments will include building new wireless sites to add capacity and extend the reach of its wireless network in rural areas in Quebec, while extending 4G LTE and LTE-advanced in this area. The operator will also expand its Optik TV rollout as well as invest in enhancing its service while adding new content through television apps like Netflix and Tou.tv. TELUS said that it will continue to connect businesses and industrial parks directly to its fibre optic network to further stimulate economic growth and help organizations improve the ways in which they deliver their services.
In addition, TELUS will expand the capacity of its advanced Internet data centre in Rimouski to meet the growing needs of its current and future clients in Quebec and across Canada. Combined with TELUS’ expanded cloud portfolio, Quebec businesses now have access to a full suite of managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions that include public and private cloud options, as well as Canada’s first hybrid cloud offering built on the industry-leading Cisco Cloud Architecture for the Microsoft Cloud Platform.
François Gratton, Executive Vice-President and President, Business Solutions East and TELUS Quebec
By the end of 2020 TELUS will have invested more than $27 billion in Quebec since 2000.
