MONTREAL — Darren Entwistle, Telus president and CEO and a McGill alumnus, is donating $100,000 of his salary to support the work of researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) studying the impact of virtual connections on hospitalized patients who are cut off from their families and friends during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was announced today.
As previously reported, Entwistle is donating three months of his salary to help support Canadian healthcare workers on the front lines battling Covid-19. He has chosen the MUHC Foundation as one of the donation recipients.
On June 5, MUHC researchers Dr. Inés Colmegna,…
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By Denis Carmel
VANCOUVER – In a civil suit filed on June 10, Telus has asked the British Columbia Supreme Court to grant an injunction preventing Shaw, from using the term “Fibre+” as the product name for its fastest Internet service.
“The false and misleading statements in Shaw’s advertising and promotional materials described above, which Shaw knew and knows are false, were made with the intent to cause consumer confusion and injury to Telus without lawful justification, and will result in Telus suffering actual economic loss,” writes Telus in its statement of claim.
Telus argues that using the word “Fibre”, Shaw misrepresents…
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OTTAWA — The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) has provided updated data about the changes in traffic volumes and usage patterns that have occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Its most recent report, released Friday, looks at wireless and wireline traffic volumes through the month of May, as some regions of Canada began to loosen restrictions on the mobility of citizens and the reopening of some businesses. (The CWTA’s previous report looked at traffic volumes in March and April.)
Among the data highlights of the new CWTA report, Managing Networks in Unprecedented Times – Part 2, are the following:
Wireline…
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ESPOO, Finland — Wireless network equipment maker Nokia announced Monday it is collaborating with semiconductor designer Broadcom to develop new custom system-on-chip (SoC) processors which will be integrated into Nokia’s “5G Powered by ReefShark” chipset portfolio.
The new SoC solutions will utilize Nokia’s wireless technology and Broadcom’s expertise in application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technologies. The collaboration further expands the range of Nokia ReefShark chipsets available for 5G solutions and will improve both the system performance and energy footprint of 5G networks, says the news release.
These new chipsets are designed to be deployed in several building blocks of Nokia’s AirScale…
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REGINA – Telus Health today announced the expansion of its Home Health Monitoring solution to digitally monitor the recovery of lung transplant patients across Saskatchewan.
Launched in partnership with the Saskatchewan Health Authority and eHealth Saskatchewan, this digital health dashboard enables a virtual healthcare team to provide medical support remotely, for patients in real-time as they recover in their own homes and away from Covid-19 and other infections.
Accessible through a mobile device, tablet or desktop computer, HHM sends daily prompts to patients to report their biometrics such as spirometry (i.e. lung function), blood pressure and overall health condition. If patients…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada today announced the launch of its 5G wireless network, now available in Montreal, the Greater Toronto Area, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
Bell’s initial 5G service, riding on its AWS-3 spectrum (in the 1755-1780 MHz and 2155 to 2180 MHz range), will expand to more centres across the country “as the next-generation wireless technology grows in speed and capacity,” says its press release.
The promise of 5G is great (virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, connected vehicles, smart cities and enhanced rural access, and many IoT opportunities for business and government, says the Bell press…
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MONTREAL – The Telus Friendly Future Foundation has donated $100,000 towards Breakfast Club of Canada’s support of Canadian children and families through the current pandemic.
While the Club usually reaches over 240,000 children daily through school nutrition programs, but “(w)hen schools closed in March, Breakfast Club of Canada’s efforts were immediately focused on finding new ways to reach children and to continue our mission to feed kids in vulnerable situations,” said Daniel Germain, president and founder of Breakfast Club of Canada.
“We quickly created an Emergency Fund and experienced an overwhelming response from many partners who took action and contributed in…
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VANCOUVER — Home Internet customers in Western Canada now have another high-speed option to consider, with the announcement from Telus on Wednesday it is launching its Telus PureFibre 1.5 Gigabit service for residents in B.C. and Alberta.
This follows Shaw’s announcement two weeks ago that its gigabit-speed Internet service, Fibre+ Gig, is now available to more than 99% of its residential customers in Western Canada.
Telus PureFibre 1.5 Gigabit provides up to 1.5 Gbps download and up to 940 Mbps upload speeds, according to the Telus news release. Telus says its PureFibre network is the largest 100% pure fibre-to-the-premise…
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Says change disproportionately impacts their customers
By Ahmad Hathout
GATINEAU – Third party internet service provider TekSavvy, along with the Competitive Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), said in complaints to the CRTC that a change to Rogers’ network management practices that would constrain some users’ internet usage during the Covid-19 pandemic would disproportionately affect subscribers of wholesale service providers.
Rogers submitted an application to the CRTC in May revising its access tariff to include a section outlining the company’s ability to apply internet traffic management practices (ITMP). “During these periods, any end-user whose disproportionate consumption of shared resources required for internet service is…
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By Greg O’Brien
OTTAWA – No one likes delay, especially when it comes to the auction of the wireless spectrum which will drive the primary advantages of 5G wireless technology.
Canadian wireless companies have been clamouring for access to 3500 MHz (3.5 GHz if you prefer) because the mid-band spectrum will deliver the speed and low latency so key to 5G’s future and all were anxious to get to this December’s auction and hit the gas on the next generation of wireless.
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
While company CEOs like Joe Natale (Rogers), Mirko Bibic (Bell), Darren Entwistle (Telus), and…
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