Freedom Mobile and TransLink Partner to Provide Wireless Connectivity in SkyTrain Dunsmuir Tunnel
May 23 2018 - 12:00PM
Freedom Mobile customers can now talk, text and
stream while riding the SkyTrain between Waterfront and
Stadium-Chinatown stations
Shaw Communications Inc. and TransLink today announced that they
have teamed up to provide Freedom Mobile customers with underground
connectivity on the Metro Vancouver SkyTrain. Beginning today,
Freedom Mobile customers have access to fast LTE service at
Waterfront, Burrard, Granville and Stadium-Chinatown stations — as
well as in the tunnels that connect them — so that they can use
their phone in the tunnel exactly as they would above ground.
“Underground wireless connectivity means that
Freedom Mobile customers now have more opportunity to text friends
and loved ones, post to Instagram or respond to emails in the
tunnel between Waterfront and Stadium-Chinatown stations,” said
Paul McAleese, President, Wireless, Shaw Communications. “Our
partnership with TransLink will make it possible for Freedom Mobile
customers to stay connected and get even more value out of their
service during their commute.”
TransLink and Freedom Mobile are working to
expand wireless connectivity throughout the SkyTrain footprint so
that customers will be able to text, surf and stream throughout
their commute. These enhancements come at no cost to TransLink or
their customers.
“The tunnel between Waterfront and
Stadium-Chinatown stations is one of the busiest SkyTrain sections,
so we’re pleased to have partnered with Freedom Mobile to offer
wireless connectivity to our mutual customers throughout their
downtown ride,” says Derrick Cheung, Vice-President Strategic
Sourcing and Real Estate, TransLink. “We know that uninterrupted
connectivity is important to transit users and we’re pleased that
these kinds of partnerships can improve our customers’ experience
at no cost to transit customers or taxpayers.”
This announcement is the latest in a series of
initiatives that Shaw and TransLink have worked on together to
enhance the experience of thousands of Metro Vancouverites on their
daily commutes, which includes providing Shaw Go WiFi to all
passengers on the SeaBus platforms and ferries. This development
reinforces Freedom Mobile’s commitment to providing Canadians
exceptional value to better meet the needs of its customers.
For more information, visit
freedommobile.ca/transit.
Freedom Mobile Inc. is an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of Shaw Communications Inc.
About ShawShaw Communications
Inc. is a leading Canadian connectivity company. The Wireline
division consists of Consumer and Business services. Consumer
serves residential customers with broadband Internet, Shaw Go WiFi,
video and digital phone. Business provides business customers with
Internet, data, WiFi, digital phone and video services. The
Wireless division provides wireless voice and LTE-Advanced data
services through an expanding and improving mobile wireless network
infrastructure.
Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock
exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol:
TSX:SJR.B, SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE:SJR, and TSXV:SJR.A). For more
information, please visit www.shaw.ca
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contact: Shaw Communications Inc. Chethan Lakshman, VP,
External Affairs(403) 930-8448chethan.lakshman@sjrb.ca
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