VANCOUVER – Community initiatives around the Lower Mainland will receive a $500,000 boost from Telus every year thanks to the new Telus Vancouver Community Board.
Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle today announced the launch of the board as part of a new national philanthropic program. Charitable organizations are invited to apply for up to $20,000 in one-time funding for projects in the areas of health and wellness, education and sport, and arts and culture, with a focus on youth and the innovative use of technology.
"We are looking to members of the Telus Vancouver Community Board for the…
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IT WAS A LUCKY DAY to be in Vancouver, what with the announcement by Shaw that it’s launching VOIP here and that Telus is spending $15 million on a shiny new headend.
So, we took the opportunity to have a short visit with Fred Di Blasio, vice-president consumer product marketing (he’s in charge of the Telus TV rollout, among other things) to get a bit more than what was in the press release on Wednesday.
What follows is a conversation between Di Blasio and www.cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O’Brien at the Telus Learning Centre in Burnaby, B.C….
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VANCOUVER – After alluding to it in an earlier story on www.cartt.ca, Telus today announced a long-term video on demand agreement with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox.
Telus TV will now offer the studio’s movies such as Fantastic 4, Kingdom of Heaven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Robots, and other classic Hollywood movies, will be offered on a video on demand basis.
www.telus.com
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VANCOUVER – After alluding to it in an earlier story on www.cartt.ca, Telus today announced a long-term video on demand agreement with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox.
Telus TV will now offer the studio’s movies such as Fantastic 4, Kingdom of Heaven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Robots, and other classic Hollywood movies, will be offered on a video on demand basis.
www.telus.com
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VANCOUVER – After alluding to it in an earlier story on www.cartt.ca, Telus today announced a long-term video on demand agreement with Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox.
Telus TV will now offer the studio’s movies such as Fantastic 4, Kingdom of Heaven, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Robots, and other classic Hollywood movies, will be offered on a video on demand basis.
www.telus.com
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VANCOUVER – Not wanting to let Shaw have the news all to itself this week, Telus announced today that it will build a brand new $15 million digital headend north of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.
The headend, which will be operational by this summer, will deliver Telus TV to subscribers in B.C. and Alberta.
It will initially provide Telus TV customers with more than 200 video and audio channels once it is fully operational – growing to well over 300 channels within a year. In addition to eight satellite dishes, with room for three more, Telus is installing Internet…
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VANCOUVER – "We are on track to exceed all of the 2005 consolidated targets we set a year ago for revenue, earnings and cash flow" said Robert McFarlane, executive vice-president and CFO of Telus, in a press release Friday.
"Notably, we accomplished this despite a four month labour disruption experienced in Western Canada. The acceptance of a new collective agreement in November and the ongoing strong growth in the Canadian wireless industry positions Telus for continued financial success, as reflected in the 2006 targets announced today,” he continued.
“These targets reflect our expectation for strong growth in both revenue…
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VANCOUVER – The merger of Telus Communications and Telus Mobility will see the top floor of the executive suite reduced from 12 to 9 people.
The company announced on November 24 the merger of its wireless and wireline segments and one of the casualties will be Wade Oosterman, the previous chief marketing officer (CMO). “The outcome of the discussions is that a suitable alternative role for Mr. Oosterman has not been found. No replacement will be appointed as the position of CMO is not present in the new merged executive reporting structure,” said a Telus release today.
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OTTAWA – On Thursday the CRTC told Telus that it can avoid using an SRDU for its Telus TV service and granted the telco some flexibility when it comes to the U.S. 4+1 signals it chooses.
However, the Commission denied the company’s request distribute the same Part 2 Eligible satellite services and Canadian distant signals on the same basis as the incumbent in the market without the need for a further regulatory process. It also said no to Telus’ desire to add the same audio programming services as the incumbent, without the need for a further regulatory process.
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TORONTO – Telus has signed a 15-year agreement with Hamilton Health Sciences to deliver the process and information technology components of its human resource services.
Valued at $137 million, the agreement will see Telus implement a technology and an application upgrade to Hamilton Health Sciences’ HR management system, as well as assume the day-to-day management and delivery of its HR services including payroll, recruitment, compensation, occupational health and safety and benefits.
Through the partnership, 73 Hamilton Health Sciences employees join Telus. Employee relations, labour relations consulting and advisory staff, along with strategic HR leadership staff remain employees of Hamilton…
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