Bell accelerates expansion of 4G LTE wireless service to small communities across Canada

Bell accelerates expansion of 4G LTE wireless service to small communities across Canada


-- LTE mobile service now available to 120 additional small towns
and communities in Ontario and Québec as part of Bell's ongoing
national 4G expansion
-- Rollout to rural communities and remote locations including
Canada's North will bring super-fast mobile LTE to 98% of the
Canadian population by the end of 2015
-- Consumers and business customers benefit from the most powerful
smartphones and mobile apps


MONTREAL, Feb. 25, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Bell today announced that 120
more small communities across Québec and Ontario have joined Bell
Mobility's world-leading 4G LTE wireless network. Employing new 700 MHz
bandwidth and other spectrum assets, Bell is expanding Fourth
Generation (4G) LTE services to small towns, rural communities and
remote locations in every region of Canada including the North. Bell
earlier announced the launch of 4G LTE service in 52 small communities
across all 4 provinces in Atlantic Canada and will make further LTE
rollout announcements in 2015.



Bell LTE already covers 86% of the national population and the company
plans to bring its next generation network to more than 98% of
Canadians this year with its ongoing expansion to smaller communities.



"Bell is proud to offer consumers and businesses everywhere the benefits
of high quality, high bandwidth mobile data access made possible by
LTE," said Wade Oosterman, President of Bell Mobility. "From
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière to Grafton, Pickle Lake to Bromont,
customers can now access the same great broadband service and mobile
applications as customers in major centres across Canada. For people
living, working or travelling in rural Québec and Ontario, wireless
just got better."



Bell will be adding still more small communities to its 4G LTE coverage
map throughout the year. In addition to the 120 smaller communities
with new LTE service, Bell is also expanding LTE in and around a number
of cities and towns where service has already been launched, including
Peterborough, Maitland and North Bay in Ontario, and Rigaud,
Saint-Alexandre-D'Iberville and Sainte-Julie in Québec.



4G LTE is today's worldwide gold standard for wireless technology. To
support its expansion to smaller communities, Bell is employing new 700
MHz spectrum, airwaves that provide both strong in-building connections
and reliable coverage over longer distances, vital to network expansion
in rural Canada. Bell acquired a significant amount of 700 MHz spectrum
in every national market in the federal government's spectrum auction
early in 2014, and in April was the first company in Canada to launch
700 MHz LTE service.



Since 2006, Bell has invested over $7 billion to build its advanced
wireless networks across the country. With Bell's significant
investments in mobile broadband networks and service innovation,
Canadians are rapidly adopting smartphones and quickly becoming world
leaders in usage of on-the-go data services like mobile TV and mobile
banking.






New 4G LTE communities in Québec



L'Avenir Magog Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm
Bromont Messines Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Bromptonville Notre-Dame-des-Monts Saint-Eugène
Brownsburg Omerville Saint-Hilarion
Chapais Pointe-au-Pic Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford
Chertsey Princeville Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
Chibougamau Saint-Alphonse-de- Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska
Daveluyville Rodriguez Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford
Deauville Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Saint-Rosaire
Farnham Sainte-Anne-de-la- Stanstead
Frontenac Pocatière Valcourt
Gore Saint-Calixte Waswanipi
Grenville Saint-Césaire Yamachiche
Lachute Saint-Denis-de-Brompton



New 4G LTE communities in Ontario



Alnwick Gore Bay Rama
l'Amable Grafton Rawdon
Appleton Hastings Russell
Apsley Hawkesbury Scugog
Arnprior Havelock Sioux Lookout
Arthur Horton Smiths Falls
Atikokan Inverary Stanhope
Bobcaygeon Kemptville Stirling
Brant Lakefield South Fredericksburgh
Brooke Limoges Southampton
Campbellford Listowel Spanish
Carleton Place Little Current St. Mary's
Casselman Lucknow Temagami
Cobden Michipicoten Thedford
Coburg Milverton Thessalon
Coboconk Minden Thornbury
Coldwater New Lowell Turkey Point
Creemore North Elmsley Tweed
Deseronto Osgoode Vankleek Hill
Dryden Perth Verona
Dummer Paisley Verulam
Dundalk Pickle Lake Walkerton
Dunnville Picton Warkworth
Echo Bay Port Albert Wawa
Elmvale Port Elgin West Carleton
Fenelon Falls Port Perry Wiarton
Fort Frances Radcliffe Wolford





About Bell

Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and
business customers with wireless, TV, Internet, home phone and business
communications services. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia
company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home, and
digital media. Bell is wholly owned by Montréal's BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE:
BCE). For more information, please visit Bell.ca.



The Bell Let's Talk initiative promotes Canadian mental health with
national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns, like Clara's Big Ride for
Bell Let's Talk and Bell Let's Talk Day, and significant Bell funding
of community care and access, research, and workplace initiatives. To
learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.


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