Telus Mobility

Telus, or Telus Mobility, is a Canadian CDMA/UMTS/LTE provider.

3G (UMTS)

Telus has deployed 3G UMTS (DC-HSPA+) on both the CLR (850 Mhz) and PCS (1900 MHz) band.

Cell ID Layout

This is the standard layout for 3-sector towers and most towers follow this pattern. In the case of a 2-sector tower, one cardinal direction would be omitted. For example, a tower located to the east of a North-South highway might omit the Northeast sectors. There are also a handful of sites with ominidirectional antennas that only use sector IDs 10 & 20 or 10 & 30.

Sector ID	Frequency Band	UARFCN	Uplink	Downlink	PSC	Direction
10	GSM-850 (Band V)	BC: 1087	842.5 MHz	887.5 MHz	x	Northeast
11					x+1	Southeast
		AB: 1062	837.5 MHz	882.5 MHz
12					x+2	West
13	GSM-1900 (Band II)	BC: 537	1877.5 MHz	1957.5 MHz	x	Northeast
14					x+1	Southeast
		AB: 587	1887.5 MHz	1967.5 MHz
15					x+2	West
16	GSM-1900 (Band II)	BC: 562	1882.5 MHz	1962.5 MHz	x	Northeast
17					x+1	Southeast
		AB: 512	1872.5 MHz	1952.5 MHz
18					x+2	West
20	BC Rural & Alberta: GSM-850 BC Urban: GSM-1900	BC: 1062	837.5 MHz	882.5 MHz	x	Northeast
21		AB: 1087	842.5 MHz	887.5 MHz	x+1	Southeast
22		BC: 662	1902.5 MHz	1982.5 MHz	x+2	West
23	GSM-1900 (Band II)	BC: 512	1872.5 MHz	1952.5 MHz	x	Northeast
24					x+1	Southeast
		AB: 537	1877.5 MHz	1957.5 MHz
25					x+2	West
26	GSM-1900 (Band II)	BC: 487	1867.5 MHz	1947.5 MHz	x	Northeast
27					x+1	Southeast
		AB: 562	1882.5 MHz	1962.5 MHz
28					x+2	West
30	GSM-850 (Band V) BC Rural alternate	BC: 1062	837.5 MHz	882.5 MHz	x	Northeast
31					x+1	Southeast
32					x+2	West
33	GSM-1900 (Band II)	BC: 687	1907.5 MHz	1987.5 MHz	x	Northeast
34					x+1	Southeast
35					x+2	West

There also exist a select number of 4-sector towers in high-density areas of British Columbia:

Sector ID	Frequency Band	UARFCN	Uplink	Downlink	PSC	Direction
10	GSM-850 (Band V)	1087	842.5 MHz	887.5 MHz	x	Northeast
11					x+1	Southeast
12					x+2	Southwest
20					x+3	Northwest
13	GSM-1900 (Band II)	537	1877.5 MHz	1957.5 MHz	x	Northeast
14					x+1	Southeast
15					x+2	Southwest
19					x+3	Northwest
16	GSM-1900 (Band II)	562	1882.5 MHz	1962.5 MHz	x	Northeast
17					x+1	Southeast
18					x+2	Southwest
29					x+3	Northwest
23	GSM-1900 (Band II)	512	1872.5 MHz	1952.5 MHz	x	Northeast
24					x+1	Southeast
25					x+2	Southwest
30					x+3	Northwest
26	GSM-1900 (Band II)	487	1867.5 MHz	1947.5 MHz	x	Northeast
27					x+1	Southeast
28					x+2	Southwest
31					x+3	Northwest
33	GSM-1900 (Band II)	687	1907.5 MHz	1987.5 MHz	x	Northeast
34					x+1	Southeast
35					x+2	Southwest
32					x+3	Northwest

4G (LTE)

Telus has deployed LTE on the following bands: AWS (1700/2100 MHz, LTE Band 4), CLR (850 MHz, LTE Band 5), PCS (1900 MHz LTE Band 2), BRS (2600 MHz LTE Band 7), and 700b (700 MHz LTE Band 17).

There is also limited WCS (2300 MHz, LTE Band 40 TDD) deployment in major towns and cities. The WCS network seems to be completely separate from the rest of the LTE network, and does not broadcast the Bell network like the rest of the network does. Likewise, the CellID layout and TACs are completely different.

Cell ID Layout

Sector ID	Frequency Band	EARFCN	Uplink	Downlink	Bandwidth	PCI	Direction
0	Band 4 1700/2100	2325	1747.5 MHz	2147.5 MHz	15 MHz	x+1	Northeast
1						x+2	Southeast
2						x+3	Southwest
10	Band 17 700	5815	712.5 MHz	742.5 MHz	5 MHz	x+1	Northeast
11						x+2	Southeast
12						x+3	Southwest
40	Band 2 1900	800	1870 MHz	1950 MHz		x+1	Northeast
41						x+2	Southeast
42						x+3	Southwest
70	Band 5 850	2535	837.5 MHz	882.5 MHz		x+1	Northeast
71						x+2	Southeast
72						x+3	Southwest
110	Band 7 2600	3350	2560 MHz	2680 MHz		x+1	Northeast
111						x+2	Southeast
112						x+3	Southwest

Notes:

• Rural LTE sites seem to be set up for Band 5/17 only, especially along the Coquihalla highway.
• Telus is still deploying 3G only sites in smaller towns as of 2016.