CALGARY – Telus announced this week it will hire 250 new employees in Calgary over the next three months to support the growth of its Optik TV and wireless services.
By this summer, the new recruits will join the 3,000 Telus employees who already call Calgary and surrounding area home.
To help the hiring, the company will host a job fair on Saturday, April 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Telus House Calgary (411 – 1st St. SE).
“Optik TV is a game-changer – the customer response has been terrific and, as a result, we’re hiring in Calgary,” said Monty Carter, senior vice-president, Telus enterprise solutions, in a press release. “To keep up with growing customer demand, we need 250 new technicians and customer care agents in Calgary alone by the end of June.”
By the end of 2010, Telus had 314,000 TV customers (which includes some satellite TV subs), up 85% from a year earlier and word is growth has not slowed through the first quarter of 2011.
By the end of 2010, TELUS had installed the infrastructure necessary to bring wireline broadband Internet speeds of up to 25 megabits per second and Optik TV to more than a million households in Alberta communities including Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, to name a few. Optik TV runs over a high-speed Internet connection, providing customers with more than 480 channels, among other features.
The DSL-delivered service features PVR Anywhere, remote recording, picture-in-picture browsing; onscreen call display and an improved search capability that enables effortless searches for shows and movies by actor, director, show title or sporting event, for immediate viewing or recording in the future. With Optik TV, Telus customers can use their Xbox 360 as a digital television box.
