sheytoon wrote:
They are completely independent networks.
Telus CDMA was built by Nortel, the phones are very old and do not use SIM cards. The network is not shared with Bell.
Sure, they were built and operated as separate networks but In the east, Telus customers did have access to Bell CDMA towers, and in the west, Bell customers did have access to Telus CDMA towers. Neither charged the customer extra for this. Bell and Telus have had a cozy relationship with each other long before the HSPA network build.
The reciprocal roaming agreement that Bell and Telus had in the CDMA days was the very reason Telus was able to offer reasonably reliable service in Ontario. The Telus CDMA network was largely just the old Clearnet network, which honestly, wasn't very good.
