VANCOUVER – After a storm of negative publicity largely concentrated out west, Telus has decided to shelve its pay-per-view mobile adult content service.
Since its January 8th launch (which was first reported by Cartt.ca) the company signed on thousands of customers who downloaded adult photos and videos for $3 to $4 each. The service was an age-verified one so that no children could access the content, which was limited to nudity. No sex acts were shown.
But, the company also fielded several hundred complaints and faced the wrath of the Vancouver Catholic Diocese which threatened to cut off…
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VANCOUVER – Fourth quarter revenue jumped 8% to $2.25 billion at Telus compared to Q4 2005, the company said today.
Thanks to strong wireless and data growth, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 20%, too, aided by the absence of expenses from the labour disruption in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Telus achieved or exceeded four of five consolidated financial 2006 targets set more than a year ago, reports the western telco. "This result was largely driven by the national wireless business and wireline data growth, which included our non-incumbent operations in central Canada. The 2006…
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OTTAWA – In a letter to the editor of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Telus vice-president, wireless, broadband and content policy, Michael Hennessy, called out Quebecor for what he sees as a double standard.
As a member of the Canadian wireless industry, past president of the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association and an ex-director of the Canadian Television Fund, Hennessy said he was "both shocked and troubled," about decisions made by Shaw and Videotron to withhold their CRTC-mandated contributions to the Canadian Television Fund.
"While it is disturbing that such unilateral action could jeopardize thousands of jobs and scores of projects…
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TORONTO – Telus has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract with Best Buy Canada Ltd., one of the country’s fastest growing entertainment and technology retailers, to connect all of its stores across Canada with a private IP network, winning the business away from incumbent Allstream.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“Our guiding principle is to develop and provide the best shopping experience,” said Brian Martin, CTO for Best Buy Canada (the company also owns Future Shop). “To maximize the opportunities the digital age affords us, we need a foundation that supports our guiding principle and…
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VANCOUVER – The Better Business Bureau of Mainland B.C. (BBB) and Telus are teaming up to warn B.C. residents about a local telephone scam where an automated caller promises the recipient a free vacation if they dial ‘9.’
“This is a scam,” said BBB president Lynda Pasacreta in a press release. “If you receive a call from someone trying to convince you to dial ‘9’ for any reason, hang up. For that matter, any call from someone claiming you have won a prize in a contest you don’t remember entering is a scam. If it seems too good to…
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VANCOUVER – Last week Telus began offering dedicated adult content to its wireless subscribers.
For about $3 to $4 per download, customers can access images and videos from the Telus network, using age-verification techniques. It’s believed Telus us the first wireless carrier in North America to offer such a dedicated, age-verification protected service to its customers.
Of course, customers of any carrier with a web-enabled phone can access adult web sites whenever they want, but Telus is offering a high quality experience limited to adults only. The quality of experience when surfing to adult sites with a smartphone, for…
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VANCOUVER – Telus today announced it will provide managed communications applications for Canadian businesses, hosting several Microsoft tools on its servers to give small and medium businesses access to applications without having to manage the technology internally.
With these hosted applications, small to mid-sized Canadian companies can access Microsoft Office Communicator, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Server from a PC or a Windows Mobile 5.0-based device.
With the Microsoft Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 3.5, Canadian businesses can take advantage of advanced tools including: * Microsoft Exchange: Helps improve email productivity and collaboration with synchronized…
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VANCOUVER – Telus TV has activated its pay-per-view service Friday, adding movies, sports and other events to its digital TV lineup.
Telus TV pay-per-view offers access to a wide variety of sporting and entertainment special events including live NHL hockey games starting at $11.95 and WWE events starting at $39.95.
Telus TV is a 100% digital television service, delivered over Telus’ DSL network, which allows subscribers to customize their entertainment experience, selecting from 200-plus digital channels. Clients can personalize their viewing with flexible channel packaging and the choice of over a dozen theme packs – like sports, news, arts,…
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VANCOUVER – While Telus expects to add about the same number of new wireless and Internet customers in 2007 as it did in 2006, additional services means more revenue in the next 12 months.
"Telus’ 2007 targets build on the financial success experienced in 2006. Telus expects to meet or exceed the 2006 consolidated targets set a year ago for revenue, earnings and cash flow," said Robert McFarlane, executive vice president and CFO, in a press release.
Telus plans to add about 550,000 wireless customers through next year for a 12% to 13% revenue increase (up to $4.375 billion)…
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VANCOUVER – Wireless high speed roaming to more than 230 U.S. cities is now available to Telus mobile customers.
The announcement enables clients to access high-speed mobile Internet (and their e-mails or multimedia content) in more U.S. cities than offered by any other Canadian wireless carrier, says a press release.
With typical download speeds of approximately 400 to 700 kilobits per second, and maximum possible speeds of more than two megabits per second, Telus Wireless High Speed service offers clients the speed they need for mobile computing and SPARK mobile entertainment applications like mobile TV and radio, or Telus…
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