VANCOUVER- Western telco Telus reported revenues of $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2006, a 5.1% increase over the first quarter of 2005.
"(C)ontinued strong wireless performance and excellent high speed Internet and wireless subscriber growth," was behind the results, says the company’s press release.
EBITDA increased 1% (to $862.7 million) due to strong wireless growth, largely offset by decreased wireline profitability this quarter. Free cash flow increased 13% to $640 million during the quarter, a $74 million increase primarily due to the receipt of a cash tax recovery.
"Telus achieved strong growth in high-speed Internet additions of…
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EDMONTON – Independent digital specialty channel Wild TV has debuted on Telus TV.
The 24-hour hunting and fishing television channel will be seen for the first time in Alberta in its linear format (its programming has been available on demand with Telus until now and is available on demand with Shaw Cable).
Edmonton-based Wild TV is dedicated to Canadian hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts, "offering original programming that captures the thrill of hunting and fishing in the Canadian wilderness as well as the best outdoor programming from across North America," says the company.
"With an estimated eight million hunting…
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VANCOUVER – TELUS announced today that it’s joining forces with Visto Corporation to offer secure two-way wireless email.
Business Inbox offers instant access to email via mobile devices, powered by Visto Mobile. The application can be downloaded over the air to any supported wireless data device, allowing clients to send and receive wireless email, and access their calendar and contacts files. It works with both Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino. The service will be free to TELUS email and Web monthly data subscribers.
"TELUS continues to expand its e-mail services portfolio with sophisticated wireless applications such as Business Inbox,…
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OTTAWA – TELUS today launched its high-speed wireless service in Ottawa, bringing broadband speeds to handheld devices.
The service began rolling out last November across the country and besides the nation’s capital is available so far in Vancouver, Whistler, Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Toronto and Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe region, Montreal, Mont-Tremblant, St. Jovite, and Quebec City. Other cities will get the service through the year, the telco said.
“TELUS is excited to bring wireless high speed to Ottawa, a city recognized for the past three decades as being at the forefront of the wireless revolution and a leader in…
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SEATTLE – Canadian telco Telus, along with manufacturer Cisco, have invested US$16 million in Widevine Technologies, a provider of downloadable content protection and digital forensics solutions aimed at IP video operators.
Widevine’s products enable the acquisition of premium broadcast and video-on-demand (VOD) content from all major studios and broadcasters. The company currently has over ninety telco, cable, satellite and internet service operator customers.
"When we looked at the overall market for content protection it became clear that Widevine was by far the most advanced vendor in the space. Widevine provides Telus with maximum flexibility with a proven solution spanning…
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VANCOUVER – Telus’ new high speed wireless service was launched in Whistler, Fort MacMurray, Alberta and Mont-Tremblant and Saint-Jovite, Quebec, on Wednesday
The service means consumer and business clients in those regions can have what Telus customers already have in the big cities: mobile access to the Internet, e-mail and other data at broadband speeds similar to desktop Internet access.
Bell Mobility also rolled out its broadband wireless service in the Mont-Tremblant region on the same day.
Typical download speeds are 400 to 700 Kbps, with possible speeds of more than 2 Mbps. Since November, Telus has already launched…
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TORONTO – Telus announced today it has purchased Assurent Secure Technologies for an undisclosed purchase price.
Assurent is a Toronto-based provider of information technology security services and products.
Assurent’s 55 employees will become a part of Telus Business Resiliency Services, a part of the Telus Business Solutions business unit. This acquisition is consistent with Telus’ approach to make "tuck-under" acquisitions which augment capabilities related to the strategic growth areas of data, wireless and IP, says today’s press release.
"Information security is an increasingly critical issue for all businesses," said Joe Natale, president, Telus Business Solutions. "Security threats continue to proliferate…
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VANCOUVER – Aimed squarely at B.C. and Alberta small business owners, Telus today launched Business One
Part of the company’s "Future Friendly Office," Telus Business One is a package of communication tools that "realize the full potential of Internet Protocol technology to make work easier, more productive and cost efficient for small business customers," says the release.
The package includes telecommunications and high speed Internet together with other tools like customized e-mail, desktop backup, web site hosting, virus protection and conference on demand at no extra cost.
www.telus.com/businessone
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VANCOUVER – Saying it’s detected an increase in voice-mail hacking recently, Telus is urging customers to protect themselves from attempts to use this scam to make long distance calls at customers’ expense.
While businesses are usually the prime target for this type of fraud, residential customers should also take precautions, said the company.
"In a nutshell, fraudsters attempt to hijack the system by exploiting people’s tendency to use simple passwords and leave the default manufacturers’ passwords in place on their voice mailboxes," said Gene McLean, Telus chief security officer. "They try to make overseas calls using voice mail systems’…
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VANCOUVER – "Telus is pleased to introduce this leading edge security technology, a second layer of spam and virus control that will screen out the most obvious problem e-mails before they make their way to customer in-boxes," said Fred Di Blasio, Telus vice-president of consumer product marketing, in a release on Tuesday.
"The net result is that our internet customers will be better protected from annoying spam messages and malicious computer viruses."
Telus has seen a five-fold increase in the number of e-mails on its network since it first introduced spam control to customers three years ago, putting a…
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