TORONTO – Telus has rolled out its 4G LTE network in six more Ontario communities.
The telco said Thursday that the network is now available in Barrie, Bolton, Kingston, Muskoka, Orangeville and St. Thomas with more locations to come this year. Click here for an updated coverage map.
When in Telus’ 4G LTE coverage areas, customers may enjoy manufacturer’s rated peak download speeds of up to 75 Mbps with an expected average speed of 12 to 25 Mbps. If users travel outside the 4G LTE network coverage areas, they will move seamlessly from 4G LTE to 4G, with no…
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NEW YORK – Vocal Telus shareholder Mason Capital Management LLC is taking issue with a research report written by a well-known Canadian telecom analyst.
The U.S. hedge fund distributed a public statement to Telus shareholders on Monday in response to “misleading statements” contained in a research report sent out last week by Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose. According to Mason, the report incorrectly states that Telus could remove the voting rights associated with Mason's voting shares of the telco in order to remedy a potential failure by Telus to meet the Canadian ownership requirements.
As Cartt.ca has reported, Mason is pushing Telus for details on how…
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VANCOUVER – Telus shareholder Mason Capital Management LLC has upped the ante in its quest to force the telco to disclose its current foreign ownership levels.
The U.S. hedge fund filed a petition with the Supreme Court of British Columbia this week seeking full disclosure of unredacted copies of the proxies submitted by Telus shareholders at its May 9 shareholder meeting. Mason said that Telus is obligated to disclose how shareholders voted on the now-withdrawn proposal to eliminate its dual-class share structure.
At that time, Telus said that it decided against the move in large part because of a…
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MONTREAL – Telus’ Wi-Xi squad will be peddling along the streets of Montreal this summer to provide free access to its 4G LTE network.
Telus will be decking out Bixi bike’s (used in the city’s bike sharing program) in Telus colours and transforming them into Wi-Fi access points via a 4G LTE modem linked to a battery that is recharged by pedal power. The Telus Wi-Xi allows up to 10 users per bike to connect to Telus' 4G LTE network. Telus says the pilot project exploits the power of the Internet to offer the best technological solutions for households and…
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GATINEAU – On Wednesday, July 4, Globalive Wireless Management (Wind Mobile) asked the CRTC to add a new piece of evidence to its file which says Telus is currently off-side when it comes to Canada’s telecom regulations on foreign ownership.
As we reported previously, Globalive wants the CRTC to launch a public proceeding to examine whether or not the number of foreign investors in Telus is too great. On June 20th in a submission to the Commission, Globalive said that Telus’s recent aborted attempt to convert to a single share structure exposed…
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KAMLOOPS, BC – Telus has commenced construction of its Kamloops Internet Data Centre that it claims will be one of the most environmentally sustainable, secure and reliable operations of its kind in the world when completed by July, 2013.
By utilizing green hydro power and natural cooling the site will use up to 80% less power than a typical data centre of its size and is designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold standard says Telus.
Telus says the data centre will be the cornerstone of its cloud computing business strategy, providing a competitive edge for its…
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NEW YORK and VANCOUVER – One of Telus’ biggest shareholders is demanding that the telco disclose its current foreign ownership levels to verify that it is in compliance with the Canadian ownership requirements.
U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital Management LLC made public a letter that it sent Telus on Thursday citing information from the proxies submitted for Telus’ recent annual shareholders meeting which it claims shows that approximately 42% of voting shares voted at the meeting were held by shareholders who declared themselves non-Canadian or refused to answer the required declaration as to their residency. Under the Telecommunications Act and other related statutes,…
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GATINEAU – Unless there is a last minute change of heart from one side or the other, a panel of three CRTC commissioners will soon decide the terms of the next carriage agreements for 29 Bell Media specialty channels on a number of independent BDUs.
The Commission panel will choose one offer over the other in the final stage – known as Final Offer Arbitration (FOA), sometimes referred to as “baseball arbitration” – of this carriage battle. It’s high-risk business brinksmanship. In Major League Baseball, if a player and his team can’t come to a negotiated salary agreement, an arbitrator…
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TORONTO – Telus will open the doors Thursday on a new concept store designed for small and medium-sized businesses in Toronto.
The store will feature consultants trained in the specific needs of small to medium sized businesses and consumers, in-store learning centres with one-on-one or group tutorials to help business customers learn how to get the most out of their communications technology, and display stations equipped with live devices offering hands-on experience.
The Telus Business Store is located at 500 Yonge Street (between Wellesley Street East and College Street).
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GATINEAU – In what could be described as a case of “turnabout is fair play”, Globalive has formally questioned the Canadian bona fides of Telus and has asked the CRTC to hold a public hearing on the matter.
Globalive (which, of course, does business under the Wind brand) says that Telus’s recent aborted attempt to convert to a single share structure blew the lid off of the Vancouver-based telco’s non-compliance with the country’s telecom ownership rules and that it may well be in breach of the Telecom Act. So, a full public hearing must be held…
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