“With this next-generation network going into service today, our digital subscribers have taken a big step into the future,” said Télébec President and Chief Executive Officer Roch Dubé. “They now have the benefits of a more high-performance, faster, simpler and more universal network as well as access to a wider range of advanced services.”

The next-generation high-speed wireless network improves the experience for Télébec Mobilité subscribers because of 3 basic features:

• Higher throughput: Resulting in faster and more convenient access to data, shorter connection and download times, and increased mobile productivity.
• Transmission by packet switching: With this, subscribers are billed for the amount of data uploaded and downloaded instead of time online.
• Permanent connection: This means more:
  
  • simplicity by not having to reconnect to send or receive data;
  • instant delivery of email and other data by not having to reconnect.

The 1x network also gives Télébec Mobilité the benefits of advanced new services such as:

• Mobile Navigator: Access to advanced Internet content through the phone screen;
• Telegr@f: Text messaging service that enables users to exchange messages if they have compatible cellphones;
• Email: sending and receiving;
• Photo messaging: sending and receiving photos, downloading images to customize phones or create albums;
• Downloading: of ring tones, desktop backgrounds and games.

“The investments of these past months strengthen our position as the mobility leader throughout our territory,” said Sylvie Couture, Vice-President, Network Engineering and Chief Technology Officer. “Other investments are in the pipeline: one to separate the existing analogue network from the digital one to better accommodate future technologies; another to build new sites to extend digital wireless network coverage to a larger area. Our network will continuously be upgraded in step with market trends.”

“Activation of the 1x high-speed wireless network represents a milestone in our plan for digital network operation,” said Dubé. “It’s the first phase of third-generation wireless technology. Even more important, it’s a concrete means of improving the wireless experience for our subscribers, which is a priority for Télébec.”

Contact:
Paul Lacoursière
Director – Communications and Public Affairs
1 888 737-6673, local 6073