Samsung and Videotron will convey immersive 5G companies to customers in Canada
Samsung Electronics and Videotron immediately introduced the launch of 5G service to Videotron’s customers. Videotron’s 5G service units Montreal, Canada’s second largest metropolis, as the start line of the 5G business rollout and can broaden in time all through Videotron community throughout the province of Quebec.
After many profitable many years within the cable tv and web entry enterprise, Videotron deployed its wi-fi operation in 2010 and has been the quickest rising new operator since then. With the mixed effort, Videotron has now efficiently expanded its companies to 5G.
For the launch, Samsung has offered 5G RAN, which covers 600MHz, 700MHz, 2.6GHz and AWS spectrums. Moreover, Samsung’s 5G RAN helps each LTE and 5G NR, enabling handy operation of a community, and saves set up house whereas lowering CAPEX and OPEX.
“Collaboration with Samsung for 5G service set us ready to meet the highest expectations of our customers.” mentioned Jean-François Pruneau, President and CEO of Videotron. “By stepping up our collaborative efforts, we will deliver enriching experiences and keep Quebecers connected to all they care about. We are thrilled to offer a renewed connectivity experience that will accompany our customers in their daily lives.”
“Samsung is pleased to support Videotron for its first 5G service. This commercial rollout will open up new exciting experiences for Videotron’s 5G users,” mentioned Jeff Jo, President and CEO of Samsung Electronics Canada. “Together with Videotron, Samsung will leverage its successful 5G experiences to bring reliable and advanced 5G services to users in Canada.”
Samsung has pioneered the profitable supply of 5G end-to-end options together with chipsets, radios, and core community applied sciences. Samsung helps 5G business companies on the earth’s main markets, together with Korea, the U.S. and Japan. In addition, the corporate is quickly increasing its international footprint to new markets together with Canada and New Zealand.
About Videotron
Videotron, an entirely owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an built-in communications firm engaged in cable tv, leisure, Internet entry, wireline phone and cellular phone companies. Videotron is a pacesetter in new applied sciences with its Helix house leisure and administration platform. As of September 30, 2020, Videotron was serving 1,481,800 cable tv clients and 452,900 subscribers to its Club illico video streaming service. Videotron can be the Québec chief in high-speed Internet entry, with 1,773,600 subscribers to its cable service as of September 30, 2020. As of the identical date, Videotron had 1,452,600 subscriber connections to its cellular phone service and was offering wireline phone service to 950,900 Québec households and organizations. Videotron has been acknowledged as one in every of Montréal’s prime employers.
