Bell on Wednesday announced Bell AI Fabric, which it said will be the largest artificial intelligence compute project in Canada, starting with a data centre supercluster in British Columbia that will eventually provide up to 500 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric-powered AI compute capacity across six facilities, the telecom said.
“Bell’s AI Fabric will ensure that Canadian businesses, researchers, and public institutions can access high-performance, sovereign and environmentally responsible AI computing services,” Bell President and CEO Mirko Bibic said in a press release. “Through this investment, Bell is immediately bolstering Canada’s sovereign AI compute capacity,…
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Telus announced Tuesday it will invest more than $70 billion over the next five years to expand its network infrastructure and operations across Canada.
Priorities for its investments through 2029 include enhancing connectivity, supporting Canadian AI leadership and fuelling economic growth, the Vancouver-based telecom said in a press release.
Telus is pledging to bring Telus PureFibre connectivity to more homes and businesses across B.C., Alberta, Quebec and Ontario. In addition, it will deploy targeted enhancements to its 5G and LTE services at more than 500 macro and micro sites nationwide this year, significantly increasing wireless coverage and capacity,…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Telus is alleging in an undue preference complaint made public Wednesday that Bell is deliberately obstructing its ability to introduce its broadcasting services over the larger telco’s last-mile fibre facilities in eastern Canada.
Telus claims in the complaint that it has made “repeated requests … over the course of several months” to pave the way to include its BDU systems on Bell’s fibre facilities but was allegedly denied based on reasons that are redacted from the complaint.
Telus says it wants the CRTC to force Bell to allow it to distribute its own programming services in these leased network…
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Internet outages across Canada were reported just after 9 a.m. ET Wednesday morning from users of Bell, Telus and Rogers, as well as third-party ISPs, according to Downdetector.ca.
Downdetector received outage reports from users for Bell, Bell Aliant, Bell MTS, Lucky Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Rogers, Fido, Chatr, Telus, Koodo, Public Mobile, Videotron, Freedom Mobile, Continue Reading
By Ahmad Hathout
Rogers and Quebecor are challenging a decision by the CRTC to extend by two years the implementation of the next-generation 911 service, saying they will be forced to assume millions of dollars in unnecessary costs for a longer period of time.
The CRTC in March extended by two years the full implementation deadline for the new system, which will allow first responders to receive texts and multimedia messages from distressed callers. Crucially with that decision, the regulator maintained the dual-rate model, meaning originating network providers (ONPs) – which link up with Bell and Telus, the managers of the…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Telus has filed a notice of discontinuance requesting the Federal Court of Appeal no longer consider its judicial review application challenging an order from the federal cabinet recommending the CRTC contemplate banning the “Big Three” from access to the last-mile fibre regime.
The Vancouver-based telco insisted in March that its case was still relevant – despite the CRTC declining to change its November 2023 interim decision in response to the cabinet order – because the government still had another opportunity to vary or rescind that subsequent decision by May 5.
That date has come and gone…
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Telus said Wednesday it will launch a new national rewards program on Thursday that welcomes all Telus customers to its loyalty program.
The new Telus Rewards program features a redesigned tiers-based system that rewards customers for their loyalty and unlocks exclusive benefits and perks, shifting from a points-only approach to a more comprehensive points-and-perks model, Telus said in an emailed announcement.
The program introduces a number of new perks, including a free Mobile Klinik screen protector service, international roaming passes, video on demand rentals for Optik TV customers, complimentary Telus Health MyPet virtual consultations, and…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC has closed the loop on a matter it opened over a year ago: that it does, indeed, have concurrent jurisdiction with Industry Canada over the wireless attachments on telco-owned or controlled structures.
The ruling means the installation of small cell and Wi-Fi equipment is subject to the support structure tariffs filed to the commission, which was the starting point for the matter in question.
The commission held that preliminary view since February 2024 after Rogers and Quebecor applied to it for an order directing Bell, which was accused…
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Telus announced Wednesday its entertainment bundle combining the most popular streaming services and live TV channels is being launched in Ontario and more regions of Quebec.
“Customers in select regions can now build their ideal mix of premium streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+ and illico+ with core live TV channels,” reads a Telus press release.
“At TELUS, our customers are the centre of every innovation we deliver,” said Zainul Mawji, executive vice president and president of Telus Consumer Solutions, in the release. “With this launch, TELUS becomes the only…
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By Peter Menzies, former newspaper executive, past vice chair of the CRTC, and a Macdonald-Laurier Institute Senior Fellow
On June 1, the Vancouver Whitecaps will play one of the most important games a Canadian club sports team has ever played.
In most countries – in fact in almost any country – broadcasters would be clamouring over each other for the ability to show it. The national public broadcaster might be claiming it as a program of national interest and politicians would be weighing in to play a little hero ball of their own and grab the spotlight.
The Whitecaps’ Concacaf Champions League…
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