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• The Stingray music app, announced by TELUS and Stingray Music, which is
included with all Optik TV service and available free of charge on smartphones for
Optik TV subscribers.
• The Optik Smart Remote app for Android devices, which complements the app
already available on Apple devices. Optik Smart Remote enables customers to surf
TV channels, set and manage recordings while on the go, and browse content on
their device instead of using the traditional guide on the TV screen.
• The On Demand library has continued to expand, allowing access to over 20,000
titles including movies, free TV catchup (for the latest episodes of select TV shows)
and past seasons of TV shows on premium channels.
• The wireless digital box for Optik TV subscribers, which allows customers to move
their TV anywhere within the home, without the need to plug it into a digital box.
• Optik TV customers can access their Netflix account directly from their Optik TV set-
top box, removing the inconvenience of having to switch hardware, source inputs or
remotes.
Building national capabilities across data, IP, voice and wireless
During the past three years, we continued investing in broadband infrastructure, 4G LTE
expansion and upgrades and network and systems resiliency and reliability in order to
provide faster Internet speeds and greater capacity, connect more homes and
businesses to high-speed Internet services, extend the reach of Optik TV and enhance
our healthcare solutions. We continued our long-term strategy of investing in urban and
rural communities with commitments to deliver broadband network capabilities to as
many Canadians as possible. We expanded our fibre-optic footprint by connecting more
homes and businesses directly to fibre-optic cable to deliver faster broadband Internet
speeds. Highlights include:
In 2013, we began offering LTE wireless products and services in Northern
Canada with launches in Whitehorse, Yukon and Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories.
We opened our newest technologically and environmentally advanced IDC in
Kamloops, B.C. in 2013 to enhance our ability to offer cloud-based services, and
closed two older, less efficient data centres after migration of services to new
facilities. The Kamloops facility and our Rimouski, Quebec facility, which opened
in 2012, were designed to Uptime Institute Tier III standards for reliability and
security, and to the leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) gold
standard for sustainability. A modular design approach facilitates scalable
expansion in the future. These IDCs connect directly to our national IP network
and interconnect with our existing data centres across the country, creating an
advanced and regionally diverse computing infrastructure in Canada.
In 2014, we acquired 30 wireless spectrum licences in Innovation, Science and
Economic Development Canada’s 700 MHz spectrum auction and commenced
its deployment across our network. Spectrum in the 700 MHz range has superior
propagation capabilities that make it effective and efficient in covering Canada's
expansive rural geography, as well as improving the quality of in-building
coverage in urban areas.