TELUS Corporation announced the completion of its $45 million PureFibre build in Leduc, connecting more than 13,000 homes and 2,000 businesses directly to gigabit Internet speeds while expanding cellular coverage throughout the region. In partnership with the City of Leduc, TELUS also connected 17 municipal sites, including the RCMP station and local fire hall, dramatically enhancing the speed and reliability of the network for emergency responders in the city. The entire project was designed and built in just 20 months, making it one of TELUS' faster builds to date.

A 100% fibre-to-the-premise network means that every part of the TELUS PureFibre network is built with fibre optics, right up to the connection point at the home or business, ensuring customers have the faster most capable network available. With the only true all fibre network in Western Canada, TELUS delivers the best network performance available anywhere in the world, including the faster upload and download speeds, providing significant benefits for applications like 4K streaming, video conferencing, web surfing, gaming, smart home automation and smart home security. For those working from home, a PureFibre connection means upload speeds will not lag during peak hours and the rest of the family can simultaneously participate in online learning or virtually connect with healthcare practitioners.

TELUS PureFibre is also providing innovative solutions to support the agriculture industry with connected technology to meet the ever-growing requirements of planet.