VANCOUVER – Telus announced Saturday it will be giving Canada’s snowboarding team members a total of $50,000 for reaching the podium at World Cup events or other key events during the 2007-2008 snowboard season.
The money will be divided among Maelle Ricker (North Vancouver), Jasey-Jay Anderson (Mont Tremblant, QC), Drew Neilson ( North Vancouver), Rob Fagan, (Cranbrook, B.C.), Tom Velisek (Squamish, B.C.), Dominique Maltais (Montreal, QC), Derek Wintermans (Vancouver, B.C.), Mike Robertson (Canmore, AB), Ryan Hickey (North Bay, ON), Matt Morison (Burketon, ON), Brad Martin (Ancaster, ON), Jeff Batchelor (Oakville, ON), Crispin Lipscomb (Whistler, B.C.), Sarah Conrad (Halifax, NS),…
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VANCOUVER – TELUS announced on Thursday a proposed offering in Canada of $500 million worth of seven-year senior unsecured Notes.
The Notes will be sold through a syndicate of agents led by Scotia Capital Inc. and that includes RBC Capital Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets, CIBC World Markets Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc.
The Notes will mature on April 15, 2015. The interest rate and other terms will be determined through negotiation with the agents.
Telus said the money raised through the offering will be used “for general corporate purposes, including repaying amounts under the…
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TORONTO – Telus Corp. has launched a new low-cost, no-frills mobile service, called Koodo Mobile, that offers talk and text options.
Koodo Mobile’s cheapest plan costs $15 a month for 50 minutes at any time of the day, and 50 text messages. Voicemail, call display, and an unlimited text messaging cost $5 a month or $10 a month for all three.
A media release refers to the service as “fat-free mobility” because it doesn’t feature more bandwidth intensive features such as television, video calling and satellite radio. There is no activation fee and no fixed-term contract. Billing is per…
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VANCOUVER – With the completion of a final wireless installation on Mount Byang,
near Port Alice on northern Vancouver Island, most Telus cellphone customers in B.C.
and Alberta now have access to wireless high speed Internet service.
As a result of a three-year, $100 million investment program, Telus has installed
hardware at more than 1,100 cell sites in B.C. and Alberta, providing wireless service to
about 95 per cent of residents.
The company said they’ll now have access to the Internet at speeds approaching home
Internet service.
“Western Canadians can now enjoy access to wireless broadband Internet pretty much…
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VANCOUVER – Telus came to the rescue of several people awaiting organ transplants this weekend in British Columbia.
According to a story in The Globe and Mail, what with the Oscars going on, Hollywood types had claimed many of the corporate jets often hired to shuttle harvested organs to their needy recipients.
Click here to read the story of how Telus rode to the rescue.
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OTTAWA – Minister of Industry Jim Prentice has been “about to” introduce new copyright legislation for about three months now at least, according to Ottawa sources.
Perhaps March will be the month it happens…
In the meantime, the Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright has submitted a position paper to the minister “urging the government to strike a balance in copyright reform that reflects the needs of users and creators,” says its letter.
Besides the members in the headline, the BCBC also includes smaller stakeholders like EastLink, Cogeco Cable, SaskTel, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association and the Retail Council of…
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VANCOUVER – Fourth quarter 2007 revenue at Telus came in at $2.33 billion, an increase of 3.4% from a year ago, the western telco announced this morning.
“The performance was driven by 9% growth in wireless revenue and 7% growth in wireline data revenue, partially offset by declines in local and long distance wireline revenues. Consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 8% to $953 million due to a 14% increase in the wireless segment and 2% increase in the wireline segment,” reads the release
Net income in the quarter ended December 31, 2007, was $400…
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MONTREAL – It’s not a big deal in terms of its dollar value, but this one has to sting a bit at Bell.
Telus announced today it was selected as Ville de Montréal’s primary telecommunications partner in 10-year deal estimated at $87 million. Of course, Bell Canada’s national headquarters is in Montreal.
Under the deal, Telus will provide and manage Internet Protocol (IP) based voice and data services for the city’s more than 300 administrative offices across the island.
“Today, Ville de Montréal has placed their trust in Telus to upgrade their communications services to our state-of-the-art IP technology,”…
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TORONTO – Telus today announced that it has acquired privately held Fastvibe Corporation, a provider of innovative Web streaming solutions for business.
The purchase price was not disclosed.
Billed as a “green purchase” by Telus, the company will use Fastvibe’s web streaming technology to help Canadian businesses reduce travel and improve communications
The Fastvibe team brings unique technical, event and production Web streaming management expertise to Telus, says the press release. The acquisition strengthens Telus’ technology solutions portfolio by offering Canadian businesses an environmentally responsible and cost effective way to deliver information like training, employee communications and investor information…
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VANCOUVER and MONTREAL – Telus and Emergis will soon be one.
The companies today announced that a total of approximately 84,876,494 common shares of Emergis representing approximately 94% of the outstanding common shares (on a fully-diluted basis) were validly deposited to the $763 million offer to buy made by Telus, which expired at 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on January 16, 2008.
"We are very pleased with the strong acceptance of our offer," said Joe Natale, president of Telus Business Solutions, in a press release, "and we welcome the Emergis team and its CEO François Côté to the…
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