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Eastlink invests $26 million to improve its mobile network in New Brunswick

Eastlink is growing its Maritime mobile services with a new $26 million investment in New Brunswick.

The Halifax-based cable and telecommunications company announced that the project will roll out over several years and improve its existing service in the province.

Eastlink customers along New Brunswick’s eastern coast, from Shediac to Miramichi, can expect to see network improvement starting in 2022, with Bathurst and the Acadian Peninsula to follow.

According to the press release, Eastlink has spent over $270 million to expand its mobile services since the company started in 2013.

This past summer, Eastlink launched four new data plans, where unused data is automatically rolled over to the next month.

Source: Eastlink

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Bell grows pure fibre internet network in Acadian Peninsula

Bell’s pure fibre internet service is now available to residents and businesses in New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula.

The carrier announced on September 14th that it was expanding its high-speed broadband offerings in the communities of Lamèque, Miscou Centre, Saint-Raphäel-sur-Mer, Haut-Shippagan, Le Goulet, and Pigeon Hill.

On the same day, Bell also announced that 10,000 locations in Oshawa, Ontario, would also be gaining access to the carrier’s fibre internet service.

Both expansions are part of a national capital investment of $1.7 billion from Bell, aimed at accelerating the company’s rollout of broadband fibre across the country over the next two years.

Source: Bell