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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SEPT-ÎLES, Que. — Telus and the federal government jointly announced today a $15-million investment for the deployment of an underwater fibre-optic cable between Sept-Îles and the Gaspésie region of Quebec. The federal funding is coming through the Connect to Innovate program.
The submarine cable will improve the reliability and security of telecommunications services on Quebec’s North Shore, by providing an additional high-speed connection in the region, says the news release. In the event of a fibre cut on the main transmission network, the new underwater fibre link will ensure the continuity of Internet, TV, and wireline and wireless phone…
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VANCOUVER — Now that the NFL 2020/21 season is underway, Telus today added a new Optik TV feature — the NFL on Optik app — which allows customers to follow their favourite teams with live standings, scores, schedules and games all available in one convenient location.
The app can be accessed at anytime within the apps menu by pressing the “apps/interactive” button on the Optik TV remote control or by tuning into channels 207, 907 or 1500. The app can also be viewed directly from the home screen just by turning on the TV.
For more information about Optik TV, please…
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By Denis Carmel
GATINEAU – Enough delay, say the independent ISPs.
TekSavvy, Distributel and the Competitive Network Operators of Canada on Friday filed applications with the CRTC demanding the incumbent telco and cable carriers file new tariffs as ordered by the Commission in its August 2019 decision setting new wholesale internet rates (CRTC 2019-288).
The decision gave the network owners until September 14, 2019 to do so, but only Telus filed. Later, SaskTel filed its tariff pages after a CRTC reminder. The other incumbents declined to do so, pending the three appeals of the decision filed shortly after the August 2019 rates…
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GATINEAU – After the CRTC found Iristel and Telus in breach of the Telecommunications Act, the former for traffic simulation in the 867 area code and the latter for the actions it took against Iristel, the Commission started a process to determine whether an Administrative Monetary Penalty should be imposed.
Without surprise, Iristel immediately asked the Commission to review and vary and to stay the decision.
CNOC supported the stay request, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre asked the deadline be postponed and Telus asked for the process to be suspended (it may well have an R&V of its own…
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