The service is now available to residents in areas such as Chilliwack, Hope, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Camrose, Wetaskiwin and Edson
Freedom Mobile is operating as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in those regions through a framework that allows regional providers to compete across Canada using networks built by large companies for a fee.
As part of the conditions of that deal imposed by the federal government, Videotron agreed to offer plans at least 20 per cent lower than those of its competitors, spend $150 million to upgrade Freedom Mobile’s network, and expand mobile service into Manitoba through the MVNO framework.
Quebecor chief executive Pierre Karl Peladeau says Freedom Mobile is heeding the long-held demands of Canadian consumers for more wireless competition.