VANCOUVER – Several more cities and towns in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario now have access to Telus’ 5G network, the company announced today.
In B.C., Telus has expanded its 5G network to Victoria, Port Moody, Maple Ridge, New Westminster and Pitt Meadows. The Alberta communities of Fort Saskatchewan, Spruce Grove, St. Albert, and Sherwood Park and neighbouring areas in Strathcona County now have access to Telus’ 5G network. And in Ontario, Telus has extended its 5G service to the city of Windsor and neighbouring Tecumseh and LaSalle.
Telus also announced partnerships with…
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Telus leads all global operators in download speeds
CANADA’S BIG THREE wireless operators are providing superior data speeds to their customers, better than any other operators in the world, according to the most recent wireless performance research done by Opensignal.
In fact, Telus stood head and shoulders over everyone Opensignal measures when it comes to wireless download speeds, posting the highest average overall in the world at 75.8 Mbps, with Bell coming in second at 70.6 Mbps. Rogers placed 5th at 54.7 Mbps.
Opensignal’s testing software can be found on 95.9 million devices around the world, as of June 28, 2020 and…
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WATERLOO and VANCOUVER — BlackBerry and Telus today announced they are expanding their long-standing relationship with a new partnership to provide secure emergency management and crisis communications to organizations across Canada.
With this new partnership, Telus will resell BlackBerry’s AtHoc critical event management and communications solution with Telus’ connectivity to provide Canadian organizations with the emergency preparedness tools they need to keep their residents and employees safe, says the BlackBerry press release.
The companies also announced Edmonton Police Services has chosen BlackBerry AtHoc as its emergency preparedness solution. Telus will also resell BlackBerry AtHoc to government entities across British Columbia,…
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VANCOUVER, LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK — OUTtv, the world’s first LGBTQ+ television network, announced today it is teaming up with Fuse Media and Vice Studios on a new series, Clothes Minded (working title).
The empowering makeover series (eight episodes x 30 minutes) helps individuals from the transgender and non-binary community find a new look to celebrate their true identity, says the press release. The global premiere of the series is scheduled for early 2021 on OUTtv and Fuse.
Hosted by gender non-conforming model and activist Richie Shazam and by musician, artist, activist and life coach Lucas Silveira (Canadian rock band…
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By Greg O’Brien
ONE OF THE MORE prominent, persistent fictions when it comes to the Canadian wireless business, is that the market isn’t competitive.
Proponents of that myth point to similar pricing, similar services, similar devices, and so forth, as proof Canadian wireless operators march in lock-step, perhaps even consulting one another behind the scenes looking for ways to maintain the status quo. You don’t have to dig very far on Twitter or Reddit, or even in talking to family members, to hear such balderdash.
If you pay attention to the market, however, you can easily see a high level of competitive…
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25,000 additional homes and businesses to get access to Telus broadband
RIMOUSKI, Que. – Telus announced today it is expanding its high-speed wireless and fibre networks in eastern Quebec to reach an additional 25,000 homes in 45 remote, low-density communities in the administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches, Gaspésie, Lower St. Lawrence, and North Shore by early 2021
The company has invested more than $300 million since 2013 to deploy its PureFibre network in the eastern part of the province. “Thanks to our long-standing cooperation with the governments of Quebec and Canada and their contribution of $72 million, 99 per cent of families…
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OTTAWA – Telus announced today it is donating 13,000 backpacks filled with essential school supplies and a reusable face mask as part of its annual Kits for Kids program.
Since 2006, the company has distributed over 163,000 such kits nationwide to local schools to support students in need.
Each kit includes a backpack, lined paper, exercise books, a pencil case, colouring pencils, pencils, pens, erasers, a ruler, and a Telus Wise insert with helpful tips and resources for how to be safe online. This year, the kits also include a reusable, youth-sized Telus critter mask, to help slow Covid-19.
Five thousand…
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By Ahmad Hathout
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia court has dismissed an injunction application filed by Telus over Shaw’s promotion of its new Fibre+ internet product launched earlier this year.
In a September 11 ruling made public this week, the B.C. Supreme Court said it is unconvinced by Telus’ argument that the average customer would care about the differences between Shaw’s hybrid fibre-coaxial cable network and Telus’ fibre to the home technology when deciding on a broadband provider.
Telus asked the court in June to force Shaw to stop using “Fibre+” for its highest internet speeds until a final determination is made…
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TORONTO — A new company formed by Telus, called GoCo, officially launched today offering Canadian businesses a suite of communication and collaboration solutions from a number of partner providers.
GoCo combines the expertise of bluArc, BroadConnect Canada, Infra-Solutions, Netrium, Radiant and Ubity to provide businesses across Canada with simple, scalable solutions for unified communications, managed connectivity and network security. Backed by Telus, GoCo already serves more than 4,400 businesses, 100,000 unified communications users and 27,500 managed network sites, supporting a roster of customers such as Tim Hortons, Shell and La Vie en Rose.
“As communications…
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TORONTO — Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) today announced Japan’s Nippon TV channel has launched on Telus’ Optik TV platform.
Optik TV subscribers will have access to the channel’s newest Japanese programs, including drama series Cursed in Love, starring popular actor Ryusei Yokohama and actress Minami Hamabe, starting September 16.
Nippon TV Channel is now on free preview on Optik TV on channel 6587. For more information, please visit telus.com/optiktv.
“We are very pleased to be launching on Telus Optik TV and extending our offering to cable subscribers in British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta. Viewers have been requesting Nippon TV Channel in…
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