Telus announced Wednesday it is committing $135 million in Calgary this year to expand and improve its infrastructure, operations and services in the city.
The investment will focus on building next-generation networks, fueling innovation and sustainability, and driving economic growth, according to a Telus press release.
“We live in a digital world, and this investment continues TELUS’ legacy of making vital contributions to advance the economic strength and social vitality of Calgary and the province of Alberta,” Navin Arora, executive vice president of Telus and president of Telus Business Solutions, Telus Health,…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Telus filed a trademark last week for a service that provides support for device repair, maintenance and protection.
According to the application, ExperTechno includes an array of services, including software “in the nature of a search engine for locating support, repair and maintenance services.”
Other services include protection plan coverage for repair, replacement or reimbursement of devices; technical support services, including tune-up and repair of consumer electronic devices and telecommunications network hardware; in-home installation, set-up and repair services for consumer electronics, smart home devices and appliances, computers, tablets and telecommunications networking hardware; and technical support in the nature of…
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Telus announced Wednesday it has been selected by music video network Vevo to become its national direct ad sales representative, enabling Vevo to bring its enhanced advertising opportunities to Canadian agencies and brands.
Leveraging Telus’s extensive network reach, the collaboration will enable Vevo to offer advertisers a vast library of premium music video content on major connected TV (CTV) platforms and streaming services, including YouTube, Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, Vizio, Google TV and Roku, a press release says.
“Our direct ad sales partnership with Vevo marks an exciting entry into Canada’s advertising…
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Cisco and Telus announced Monday they are launching new 5G capabilities in North America to serve IoT use cases across industry verticals, with a focus on connected cars.
“The network will serve as a foundation to support drive testing by a major North American automotive manufacturer’s 5G Connected Car, while setting the stage for enhanced experiences for customers and revenue opportunities for carmakers,” says an announcement made by Cisco at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Telus said Tuesday it is looking for tech enthusiasts and environmentally conscious Canadians to join its Telus SmartHome+ Beta program that it said will help shape future smart home technology.
Participants in the beta program will get an exclusive look at Telus’s new SmartEnergy product, “an innovative, first of its kind product in Canada that enables customers to save on their energy bills,” according to an emailed announcement.
“Participants will also get early access to our new Home View smart camera plan, which uses AI technology to detect and differentiate between various…
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Telus, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Samsung Electronics announced Tuesday they are teaming up to create North America’s first virtual roaming gateway, improving reliability, speed and latency for customers travelling abroad.
“Traditionally, roaming traffic (voice, data, and SMS) is routed through the provider’s home country, resulting in slower speeds for customers. With this revolutionary new approach, TELUS is able to house their network within AWS Regions worldwide, using virtualized roaming gateways,” a Telus press release explains. “This means that traffic no longer needs to go through Canada, but will be routed directly to the…
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By Ahmad Hathout
Telus’s proposal to ride on its competitors’ internet networks outside of its home territory would be destructive to facilities-based competition and would create an existential crisis for regional wholesalers, two prominent cable companies told the CRTC on Thursday.
Representatives from Telus said Wednesday that the Vancouver-based telecom should be able to wholesale internet capacity from competitor networks to drive diversity of choice and competition, or the regime would be “useless.” The telco also pushed back against claims that it is a national incumbent, instead saying that its preferred status would be a regional player that’s a new…
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Telus and Samsung announced Thursday they will build the first commercial 5G virtualized and open radio access network (RAN) in Canada, and they are expanding their existing collaboration from greenfield to brownfield deployments.
Telus selected Samsung as one of its 5G network vendors in June 2020. Their approach to infrastructure deployment “embodies the essence of collaboration, bringing together manufacturers and providers to create a modular, state-of-the-art wireless network,” a Telus press release says.
“It is also one of the first truly virtualized Open RAN deployments within a complex, brownfield network environment,” the…
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Bell says market has ‘never been more competitive’
By Ahmad Hathout
Telus said Wednesday that it should be allowed to use the wholesale internet regime outside of its operating territory, but noted that an unfettered framework without limits will create a disincentive to invest in networks.
Telus took issue Wednesday with being labelled a national “incumbent” because it mainly operates in the west and has few facilities east of its home court, including some in Quebec.
The telco argued that it be given access to the wholesale regime in areas outside of its operating territory because that would boost competition. In contrast, it…
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In late January, the CRTC shot a letter to Telus’s vice-president of telecom policy and chief regulatory legal counsel, Stephen Schmidt, requesting detailed information about the Vancouver-based telecom provider’s proposed March 8 disconnection of home telephone service in an area of Tranquille Valley near Kamloops, B.C.
Having become aware of Telus’s intention to disconnect the service, CRTC staff “is concerned that TELUS’ plans could jeopardize access to telephone services in the Tranquille Valley, and perhaps elsewhere,” the letter said.
“Without reliable alternatives, Canadians in this area would lack access to public safety services…
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