14 DAY TRIAL // Today, Canadian wireless carrier TELUS confirmed plans to make its LTE network available in a series of metropolitan areas around the country as soon as Friday, February 10th.
When launched, the network will be available for customers in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener, Waterloo, Hamilton, Guelph, Belleville, Ottawa, Montreal, Québec City, Halifax and Yellowknife.
Moreover, the wireless carrier has announced that it will launch the services in more markets around the country, and that it aims at reaching more than 25 million Canadians by the end of 2012.
Moreover, the operator has confirmed that there will be three devices available for its users as soon as tomorrow.
These devices will be Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE tablet, the LG Optimus LTE smartphone or the Novatel Ovation MC679 4G LTE Mobile Internet Key.
Next week, the wireless carrier will launch a new LTE-capable device, the Samsung Galaxy Note. It is set to hit shelves on February 14th.
The TELUS 4G LTE network will offer download speeds of up to 75 megabits per second (Mbps) at a peak rate. The average speeds will be of around 12 to 25 Mbps.
“TELUS customers will experience dramatically faster downloads when surfing the web, reading emails, getting the latest chart topping music, or watching TELUS Optik on the go when using TELUS’ 4G LTE services,” the carrier notes.
“Downloading a 600 megabyte album of songs with a 4G LTE-capable device will take just 3.5 to 7 minutes.”
Moreover, the carrier says that users who travel outside the 4G LTE network coverage area will be able to move seamlessly from 4G LTE to 3G, without experiencing disruption of service.
“Our commitment is to offer the best customer experience and we have followed through by launching a 4G LTE network with broad coverage in many communities across Canada,” said Eros Spadotto, TELUS executive vice-president of Technology Strategy and Operations.
“We also offer a solid and growing selection of LTE capable devices to ensure our customers can enjoy all the benefits of this advanced wireless technology.
“We’re listening to our customers and working hard to give them clear and simple service terms with no surprises. Consistent with this approach, our current rate plans will apply to our 4G LTE customers. We are not introducing a new rate plan or charging a premium to enjoy our new network.”