VANCOUVER – Telus is expecting 2012 to be a rosy one. The telco said Friday that subscribers increases for its smart phone, TV and high speed Internet services will help to drive up its profits and revenues next year.
Telus is predicting that its revenues will come in between $10.7 billion and $11 billion, up 4 – 6.5% than in 2011, and that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is expected to be higher by up to 6%.
Wireless revenue is forecast to grow between 5.5 – 8% to between $5.75 and $5.9 billion, while wireline revenue will be in the $4.95 to…
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WINNIPEG – Telus has turned on more new HSPA+ dual-cell wireless sites in Manitoba, extending its wireless network reach to 66% of the province.
The new wireless coverage is live now in Selkirk, Victoria Beach, Lockport, Ste. Anne, Steinbach and along Highway 1 to Portage la Prairie. Full coverage is scheduled to be available in Portage la Prairie in early 2012, with service to Brandon expected next summer.
"Our commitment to our customers is to offer the best wireless experience coast-to-coast. We are investing millions of dollars to bring them the most advanced network technologies in urban and rural areas," said…
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TORONTO – Telus is offering customers a fun way to give back to those less fortunate this holiday season with its 11th annual charity critter sale.
Stuffed Saw-whet owls, featured in Telus’ current ad campaign, are available in select stores for $7.50 until December 31, 2011. Part of the sales proceeds will be given to local organizations, including youth-focused charities across the country. Customers are invited to donate $1 if they choose not to purchase a critter but still want to contribute to the store’s charitable donation.
“For years Canadians have embraced our commitment to giving back and making a difference in…
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TORONTO – Rogers Media announced Monday that Telus will now offer FX Canada to its Optik TV subscribers in Alberta and British Columbia.
Beginning yesterday, Rogers-owned FX Canada is available to Telus Optik TV subscribers in Alberta and British Columbia in standard definition on channel 188 and coming soon on demand and in high definition on channel 690 in early 2012.
The digital specialty launched last month on Rogers Cable, EastLink and Cable Cable.
www.FXCanada.ca
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GATINEAU – CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein told the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Telus on Monday that the two organizations need not fear Bell Media withholding its TV signals while the independent carriers continue to try to convince the broadcaster to alter its new wholesale carriage agreement.
As Cartt.ca first reported last week, a number of Canada’s independent TV distributors have balked at signing the new contract, which encompasses up to 30 Bell Media channels (including TSN, BNN, Comedy, MuchMusic, Discovery and so on) and have complained to the CRTC that the terms demanded by…
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OTTAWA – Grassroots youth-focused charities in the Ottawa region received a $400,000 financial boost from the Telus Ottawa Community Board this year.
The Board has supported 29 local organizations that work to educate and empower youth to reach their full potential. Since it was launched in 2005, the Board has contributed more than $3.3 million to support 203 local projects that help to improve education, health and quality of life for youth in Ottawa.
Telus also announced that Arnie Vered, president of Arnon Corporation, has been named as the new chair of the Telus Ottawa Community Board. Other board members include…
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VANCOUVER – Third quarter profits at Telus rose by 30%, which the company said Friday was generated by increases in its wireless, wireline and data revenues.
Net income for the quarter ended September 30 was $326 million, a sizeable jump from $251 million in the same period last year. Adjusting for three non-recurring items in the third quarter of 2010, normalized net income was higher by 12%.
Revenues for the quarter grew 6.5% to $2.6 billion, compared to $2.5 billion last year, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $968 million increased by 3% from $941 million due to revenue…
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GATINEAU – Some consensus around a Rogers Communications proposal for IP to IP connection emerged during the first day of rebuttals Monday at the CRTC’s interconnection hearing.
Rogers decided that it would be easier to live with the status quo in IP interconnection and pay for the costs of converting IP traffic to TDM (time-division multiplexing) to terminate voice calls on ILECs network as long as ILECs would negotiate IP interconnection where they offer it to either a subsidiary, a division or an unaffiliated carrier. Last week, Rogers requested the commission require the ILECs to pay…
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TORONTO – Telus has once again pledged its support to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation via its annual ‘Go Pink’ campaign which seeks to raise money to fund breast cancer fellowships for research into the early detection and treatment of the disease.
Telus will contribute $25 to the Foundation for every pink BlackBerry Curve 9360 smart phone sold, and an additional $5 for each purchase of select pink phone accessories. Canadians may also visit Telus’ Facebook page to create their own ‘pink network’ – an on-line, shareable photo gallery – and Telus will contribute an additional $1 for every new photo gallery created.
"Each…
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OTTAWA – Telus chairman Brian A. Canfield has been named this year’s recipient of the Neotelis Canadian Telecom Career Service Award.
Awarded by Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame, the career service awards were initiated in 2006 to acknowledge the exemplary work, accomplishments and leadership of those Canadians who have made tangible contributions to the betterment of the domestic and international telecom industry for the better part of their careers.
Canfield joined BC Tel in 1956 and, in the early part of his career, held key positions in network services, engineering, operator services, sales and operations before being named president and CEO…
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