VANCOUVER – Telus Satellite TV is now available across British Columbia and Alberta, the western-based telco announced this morning.
Cartt.ca originally had this story announcing the launch was coming back in May.
Telus Satellite TV is available to more than 90% of homes in the two provinces and residents can now add it to their suite of services from Telus. “Bundling Telus TV with Internet, home phone or long distance services helps consumers simplify their lives – and save money at the same time,” says the press release.
Telus Satellite TV will help the company more quickly compete with…
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OTTAWA, MONTREAL and WINNIPEG – The telco industry is continuing in its efforts to make its business ‘greener’.
During last week’s ‘Environment Week’, both Telus and Fido made announcements to highlight their commitment to social responsibility and the environment.
Telus made a donation to Tree Canada, a not-for-profit charitable organization established to encourage Canadians to plant and care for trees in urban and rural environments, on behalf of its customers and employees who opted for electronic billing, or who returned a mobile phone for recycling.
As part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Telus said that it offers…
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MONTREAL – Telus has named François Côté to the position of executive vice president and president of both Telus Québec and Telus Health Solutions, and Karen Radford as the president of Telus Business Solutions.
Based in Montreal, Côté will be responsible for expanding the BC-based company’s presence in Quebec, and advancing its national health care strategy through investment in innovative information, communications and technology applications, the announcement detailed.
Formerly president and CEO of Emergis, Côté was named president of Telus Health Solutions following the company’s acquisition by Telus in January, 2008.
Telus has more than 5,000 employees in Quebec,…
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TORONTO – Telus has been granted the exclusive Canadian license to host and operate Microsoft’s HealthVault platform for the development of a consumer-focused e-health service in Canada.
The service, to be called Telus Health Space, powered by Microsoft HealthVault, will allow Canadians to manage and store their personal health information and have access to applications like their personal health record, chronic disease management, pediatric care and wellness products.
"What was once thought impossible is now a reality,” said Francois Cote, president of Telus Health Solutions, in the announcement. “Canadians have been demanding the ability to manage their health electronically and soon…
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SAN JOSE, CA – Former Telus executive Aamir Hussain has been named Chief Technology Officer of Covad Communications, an American national provider of integrated voice and data communications.
Hussain brings more than 20 years of professional experience, most recently as Telus’ vice president of national planning, engineering and capital management, and will lead Covad’s combined broadband technology and network services team, effectively immediately.
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VANCOUVER – Telus Corporation reported a slim 1% growth in revenue for its first quarter, and lowered its full-year guidance accordingly.
Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, was $2.375 billion, an increase of $25 million, led by a 3% growth in wireless revenue and a 6% growth in wireline data revenue, which the company said more than offset its on-going declines in local and long distance wireline revenues.
The Burnaby, BC based telecom company lowered its 2009 guidance to “reflect the worsening Canadian economy since (December 2008), weaker than expected wireless results at Telus and the industry in…
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VANCOUVER – In an effort to bring a stronger fourth leg to its connectivity bundle (wireline phone, Internet, wireless and digital TV), Telus today announced it will add satellite television this year.
The company has signed a partnership agreement with Bell Canada – and the two have already been working together on the project since the beginning of 2009, Telus CEO Darren Entwistle told a press conference after the company’s annual general meeting today in Ottawa.
On the wireline digital TV side, the western-based telco said today it surpassed 100,000 subscribers in April, which are spread across its territories…
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OTTAWA – After similar announcements made in B.C. and Alberta, Telus has announced plans to invest more than $300 million on its advanced wireless and wireline broadband infrastructure in Ontario. The company said that work is underway to build out its next generation wireless network using high speed packet access technology, and it expects to launch the new network in the province and nationally by early 2010.
Its broadband wireline investment is geared to supporting new business contracts in Ontario, enabling more organizations to access leading edge connectivity, and collaboration and network services that can improve the efficiency…
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LAS VEGAS – Being the primary video source for customers is a far different thing than being there for them as a wireline, wireless or data provider.
Cable companies know this inherently thanks to decades of experience and many, many mistakes over the years. Cable’s first alert that there might be a network problem used to be when a customer called in to report they had no TV service and it might have taken a few calls (and please be there sometime between 8 and 8…) before the problem was fixed.
Nowadays, large cable companies have sophisticated network operations…
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EDMONTON and CALGARY – Telus has pledged to spend upwards of $700 million on their advanced wireless and wireline broadband infrastructure in Alberta.
Work is currently underway on its next generation wireless network which the company expects to launch in Alberta and nationally by early 2010.
Using the latest version of the high speed packet access (HSPA) technology, Telus said in a press release that the investment is expected to “ensure an optimal future transition to long term evolution (LTE) technology”, the emerging worldwide standard for fourth generation (4G) networks.
Its broadband wireline network is also scheduled to launch…
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