Subscribers with capable devices are served with multiple low-band channels in the 700 MHz band, 850 MHz, multiple mid-band spectrum blocks in the 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz bands, and often two blocks in the 2600 MHz bands. It will be interesting to watch speeds further improve as the percentage of users with more capable modern devices increase.Īfter rolling out Gigabit Class LTE service back in 2018, Bell Mobility has continued expanding network capacity and adding layers of spectrum to its rich spectrum portfolio. This could be why both operators have nearly identical average speeds, with TELUS having a slight edge. All the spectrum bands are shared, except for the 2300 MHz Band 30 that was initially only serving TELUS’ subscribers. That means that cell sites (eNodeB), spectrum and infrastructure equipment providing coverage and capacity are shared, while the backend responsible for authentication, billing, voice and messaging is managed separately.
Bell and TELUS share RAN (Radio Access Network) across Canada, but own separate network cores.
TELUS’ average speeds keep going up despite the fact that traffic also keeps increasing. Looking at top providers, TELUS was the fastest mobile operator in Canada in Q2-Q3 2019 with a Speed Score™ of 69.61, a 16.8% improvement over the same period the year before.
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