Ahead of Black Friday weekend, Telus announced Tuesday the return of its Buy One, Give One campaign, which aims to give new meaning to the traditional concept of BOGO.
From Nov. 28 to 30, for every new or certified pre-owned phone purchased by customers, Telus will give a free phone and plan to a Canadian youth transitioning out of government care through its Mobility for Good program, Telus said.
“Now in its 5th year, TELUS’ Buy One, Give One initiative empowers Canadians to shop with purpose — knowing their purchase is helping bridge…
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Telus announced Wednesday the official groundbreaking of a new Telus Living development in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood, which will see a former telephone exchange transformed into a mixed-use building with 55 rental units and four retail spaces, helping to provide much-needed housing in the community.
Telus Living is Telus’s initiative to transform existing real estate holdings, such as telephone central offices, into purpose-built rentals that bridge the housing gap with smart, sustainable and community-focused development. Telus’s copper-to-fibre network migration is helping to unlock opportunities to redevelop these properties that once housed…
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Telus last week announced the official start of installation work on its 125-kilometre-long submarine fibre-optic cable that will run from Sept-Îles to Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, providing redundancy to the telecom network serving communities between Baie-Comeau and Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon on Quebec’s North Shore.
This project, initially announced in 2020 and approved earlier this year, is backed by a joint investment of more than $20 million by Telus and the federal government.
“This deployment marks the culmination of several years of careful planning and represents a major technological turning point for the North…
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Terrion currently building a multi-carrier tower in Nanaimo
By Ahmad Hathout
Telus executives said Friday that they are confident the telco can compete on its suite of services in light of Bell’s entrance in the internet market out west.
“We are obviously supportive of competition,” Executive Vice President and CFO Doug French said on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call on Friday. “We still want to obviously win in retail, and our bundling and our product superiority will continue to compete well there.”
The comments came after Bell announced last month that it was going to wholesale Telus fibre and…
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The CRTC in an Oct. 30 letter has asked Bell and Telus to provide information in response to allegations of tariff violations the companies may have committed contrary to the commission’s wholesale fibre access regulatory policy.
It isn’t clear who complained against whom initially, but the telecom regulator gave Bell and Telus until Oct. 31 to provide copies of all communications between the two companies relating to any dispute involving the provision of wholesale high-speed access (HSA) fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) services at speeds of 1.5 Gbps or higher since Oct. 1, 2025.
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Telus and Indigenomics announced Tuesday a partnership supporting indigenous economic advancement and innovation, which will see Indigenomics leverage Telus’s Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec, to accelerate the development of its indigenous economic intelligence platform, IndigenomicsAI.
Through access to Telus’s high-performance AI compute power at its Rimouski facility, “Indigenomics will leverage the advanced GPU technology to train AI models, conduct research on the sizing of the Indigenous economy and develop AI-driven economic development tools that elevate Indigenous voices and perspectives in business and leadership,” reads a Telus press…
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Telus and WestJet announced Wednesday they have linked their loyalty platforms, allowing Telus Rewards and WestJet Rewards members to earn, transfer and redeem points across the programs when they link their accounts.
In addition to exclusive travel and connectivity benefits, members with linked accounts will also automatically receive WestJet seat selection vouchers and Telus Roaming Passes.
The linked loyalty platforms mean members will be able to earn WestJet points on their Telus bills, redeem WestJet points toward their Telus services and the Telus Rewards catalogue, and convert their Telus Rewards…
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Telco focusing on content and mobility bundle
By Ahmad Hathout
Bell said Tuesday it will use the CRTC’s wholesale internet framework to launch fibre-based internet services in British Columbia and Alberta, reciprocating what its telco rival Telus is doing in eastern Canada.
The telco confirmed to Cartt that the launch of the services in western Canada “is a result of the CRTC’s recent decision,” which it does not agree with because of what it says is the policy’s negative impact on network investment. The regulator mandates that competitors have access to the bundled fibre infrastructure of Bell and Telus nationwide.
“Our position on…
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Telus in late September filed a trademark application with the federal government’s Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for “First Frame,” which is currently the name of a video podcast under Telus’s Storyhive banner that is designed to train and support emerging video content creators.
The First Frame podcast is hosted by Cameron Zinger, director of Telus Local Content and executive in charge of production, and Jennifer Park, manager of Telus Storyhive and community content. The podcast currently consists of 10 episodes offering advice on “building your content creation career.”
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Stingray announced Thursday that it has launched seven new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels on TELUS TV+ and Stream+.
The new channels are Qello Concerts by Stingray, which featured concert films and documentaries featuring a wide array of beloved artists; Stingray DJAZZ, which features concerts, films and documentaries from top venues and festivals; ZenLIFE by Stingray, which provides wellness content; Stingray Holidayscapes, CozyCafe, and Stargaze, which bring holiday, relaxing and dreamy environments to the home; and Movie Music by Stingray, which serves “epic film scores.”
“This launch allows us to deliver our premium curated content to a wider audience, offering…
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