Maritimers in Canada will be happy to hear that Telus is rolling out 42 Mbps HSPA+ coverage at major urban centres in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Moncton, Charlottetown, Halifax, and St. John’s are just some of the cities getting a go at the network upgrade. They’re labeling the network upgrade as 4G, even though average speeds are expected to be around 7 – 14 Mbps, which is well below the 12 – 25 Mbps average that Rogers currently offers Ottawa and will be delivering to Toronto soon.
Semantics aside, this is a solid upgrade for Telus and those on the east coast of Canada. Yesterday Bell announced their LTE launch plans, though, and I made the assumption that their network partnership with Telus would carry through past the HSPA network they launched together a few years ago. Maybe the fact that Telus is talking about 42 Mbps HSPA+ in the Maritimes rather than chiming in with Bell about LTE in Toronto and Waterloo is a signal that the two Canadian carriers are developing their respective “4G” networks independently.
In any case, you can find out more about the Telus network upgrades over here.