VANCOUVER – Last week Telus turned on the first five of seven new cellular sites which are providing voice and data service to a 25 kilometre stretch of Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Golden, B.C. known as Rogers Pass. The remaining two sites are planned for later in the year.
The $7 million project is part of the company’s ongoing investment to improve existing cell service along the highway and throughout British Columbia’s interior.
“We recognize cellular service along this corridor is particularly important for people living in the area and travellers, and are doing what we can to…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced this week it will invest $800,000 to launch mobile phone service to four small coastal B.C. communities in the coming months.
The company is upgrading existing central switching offices with state-of-the-art cellular network and transmission equipment in Port Edward, Hartley Bay, Klemtu, and Oona River. The sites will provide PCS cellular and wireless data services such as text messaging and Internet access to each community. Similar upgrades were just completed to bring mobile phone service to the Queen Charlotte Islands, Bella Bella, and Bella Coola.
“By adding cellular network equipment to existing Telus landline sites…
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VANCOUVER – Telus launched a pair of products today that will help lost customers find where they’re going and let parents electronically track their kids.
Navigator and Kid Find are the two new GPS services that will help "consumers get increased peace of mind whether on the road, at the park or going trick or treating," said Robert Blumenthal, Telus senior vice-president of products and services, in a press release.
Navigator and Kid Find now operate throughout Telus’ 1X Digital PCS coverage area in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe region, which stretches from Oshawa to Kitchener, and…
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VANCOUVER – Members of the British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union working at a subsidiary of Telus have reached a tentative agreement.
The BCGEU members work at Telus Sourcing Solutions, which provides payroll services to the B.C. government.
The agreement provides what the union calls “significant pay increases” of an average of 6% retroactive to Apr. 1 this year, followed by additional hikes in December this year and December next year.
The BCGEU bargaining committee is recommending its member accept the deal when a ratification vote is held during the week of Oct. 2.
The B.C. government privatized…
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RIMOUSKI, QC – After hiring 40 agents in May to staff its Rimouski contact centre, Telus held a second career fair September 22 and 23, looking for more workers.
The company is even offering new prospects the chance to work at home. "This gives our team members another option for balancing their busy lives, saves commuting time and also allows for greater flexibility in scheduling shifts," said Clément Audet, Customer Contact Centre director.
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VANCOUVER – The people living on Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, will have high speed Internet service from Telus later this year thanks to a recent agreement between the western telco and the Gwaii Trust Society.
Telus is investing $1.3 million to build a series of high-capacity mountain-top data transmitters to Mount Hayes near Prince Rupert. High speed Internet service will then beam 115 kilometres over water to a station at Masset, on the Islands. Service will flow from the station to other points on the Islands via fibre optic cables.
Until this build, Masset…
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EDMONTON – Telus and DevStudios International have entered into a sales teaming agreement to offer Telus’ small retail business customers the DevStudios Leapfrog Business Operating System. The software combines point of sale, inventory management, and customer relationship management in one tool.
“We are excited to add DevStudios Leapfrog Business Operating System to the portfolio of tools we bring to our smaller retail customers,” said Monty Carter, Telus’ Alberta Managing Director of Sales. “Small retail is a critical engine in our economy and important to the success of Telus. DevStudios allows us to bring an integrated solution to our customers…
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VANCOUVER – "We are working with Telus to create an open, standards-based IPTV network that uses best-in-class products from across the industry," said Dietmar Wendt, president, Global Services, Nortel in announcing a new agreement with Telus yesterday.
"Telus is working closely with Nortel to create a unique communications and entertainment experience for our customers that we call the Future Friendly Home," added Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer, Telus. "We are building an innovative platform that will provide us differentiated services today and as we move into the future with a converged multimedia-centric infrastructure."
The integration of IP-based multimedia technologies into…
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TORONTO – Telus will provide, manage and supply its portfolio of network services, including IT security, for the entire network of the Government of Ontario, the company announced today.
The five-year contract is valued at $140 million.
"The contract with the Government of Ontario is another step forward in the continued advancement of the national growth strategy that Telus initiated in 2000," said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO, in the press release.
Telus will provide the provincial government with fully managed services including all network components and an IT security solution suite that recognizes the importance of information security…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today that it will become Canada’s largest income trust next year, assuming shareholders approve.
After its major announcement last week that the company will spend $600 million upgrading its network, the western telco’s board of directors unanimously approved the proposal from Telus management to reorganize the publicly trade company into an income trust fund. It will be the largest income trust (for now, unless BCE decides to go the same route sometime in the future, as has been speculated).
Initial distributions are anticipated to be in the range of $3.90 to $4.10 per unit on annualized…
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