Videotron has announced it will spend $29-million between now and the end of 2006 to upgrade its network in the Quebec City area to support new technologies, including its residential cable telephone service, which will be available July 11.
The upgrade project is in addition to its investments in the Quebec City area, which have added fibre optic capacity to its coax cable system and created a two-way network. The network improvements have enabled the company to offer interactive services such as video on demand, pay per view, interactive games and an interactive television schedules. The current project will increase the bandwidth of Videotron's network and enable the company to offer consumers digital TV, high-definition TV, Internet and telephone services. With the increased capacity, Videotron's network will be able to support 800 digital television channels or 126 high-definition channels.
