TELUS, Canada’s fastest-growing national telecommunications company will invest $2.8 billion in new infrastructure and facilities across British Columbia through 2016. The company plans to spend $1.2 billion across the province in 2014 and is committed to spend another $1.6 billion in 2015 and 2016 to build infrastructure, expand urban & rural Internet connectivity and capacity, and bring the world’s fastest wireless technology to more B.C. communities.
The infrastructure and technology investments will expand the reach of TELUS’ healthcare solutions, which currently provide electronic medical records to more than 12,500 Canadian physicians across the country and support more than 45 million patient interactions each year.
“We are bridging the digital divide by offering citizens greater access to telehealth,” said Darren Entwistle, CEO of TELUS.
The remaining TELUS’ infrastructure and technology investments will advance services for the benefit of British Columbians by:
- Meeting the increasing demand for wireless data by rapidly deploying 700MHz spectrum for use in rural and urban areas, enhancing the already world-leading speed, coverage and reliability TELUS customers experience. This also includes installing dozens of new wireless sites along remote highways, enhancing the safety of travel across the province;
- Connecting thousands of homes and businesses in various communities with higher-capacity Internet and Optik TV solutions
- Completing construction on the environmentally and technologically-advanced TELUS Garden office tower in downtown Vancouver.
