By Ahmad Hathout
Telus CEO Darren Entwistle said Friday he believes there will a future where the regulatory environment will be tempered by heightened competition and current declining prices despite higher inflation.
“God forgive me for saying this, but I see over the longer term the environment moderating,” Entwistle said during a third-quarter earnings call Friday. “I think a lot of the goals that the federal government has had on the regulatory front have effectively been answered, and I think this is an era to allow free market forces to determine competitive outcomes, not regulatory or government intervention.”
The telecom said…
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MONTREAL – Telus, Montreal-based TerreStar Solutions (operating as Strigo) and U.S.-based Skylo announced Wednesday they have successfully used satellite connectivity to conduct voice calls and send text messages between smartphones as well as connect to IoT devices.
The trial in October combined non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider Skylo’s software-defined network connectivity platform, TerreStar’s mobile satellite spectrum and service platform that covers most of Canada, and Telus’s network-building expertise, according to a press release. The trial was successful in making direct connections using TerreStar’s existing Echostar T1 geostationary satellite, the release says.
“This…
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QUEBEC CITY – Telus and FLO, a North American electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator and smart charging solutions provider, announced Tuesday an agreement to bring Telus connectivity to FLO chargers.
Headquartered in Quebec City, FLO is Canada’s most extensive EV network and boasts having 100,000 charging stations across North America, enabling more than 1.5 million charging sessions each month, according to a press release.
The companies say FLO will leverage Telus’s dedicated IoT network solutions and connectivity platforms in FLO public and commercial Level 2 and Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFCs)…
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VANCOUVER – The Telus Pollinator Fund for Good announced last week it is making equity investments in three clean technology startups.
The fund is participating in a US$20-million funding round being held by Climate Robotics, a Houston-based startup leveraging advanced robotics and artificial intelligence to help sequester carbon emissions while improving the health of agricultural soils, according to a Telus press release.
The second new startup the fund is investing in is Mississauga, Ont.-based erthos, which “is leading the charge to address the global plastic pollution crisis with a plant-based resin alternative to…
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VANCOUVER – Telus Communications announced Wednesday it has made a historic achievement by becoming the first company in the world to be awarded ISO 31700-1 Privacy by Design certification.
The certification, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in partnership with former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Dr. Ann Cavoukian, was awarded to Telus’s Data for Good program, which is powered by the Telus Insights platform and focuses on leveraging de-identified mobility data for social good.
“The Data for Good program, launched in 2017 and winner of the 2020…
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OTTAWA – Telus has been awarded Friday more funding on top of the $12 million it was allocated for four projects backed by the commission’s Broadband Fund.
The CRTC has approved the Vancouver-based telecom’s request for an additional $4.5 million – a nearly 40 per cent increase – on the basis of unanticipated increases in costs including labour since the pandemic and changes in equipment that would “improve the sustainability, resiliency, and cybersecurity of the project.
The projects will build and/or upgrade mobile wireless, local fixed access, and transport infrastructure in a total of 26 communities and along roughly 305 kilometres…
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TORONTO – Telus Friendly Future Foundation on Wednesday is officially announcing the launch of its new $50-million Telus Student Bursary fund, which it says is the largest bursary fund in Canada.
The fund has been created through a $25-million endowment gift from Telus, along with an additional $25-million commitment in fundraising from Telus Friendly Future Foundation. It is intended to support students facing financial barriers impacting their ability to enroll in or continue their post-secondary education.
Telus Student Bursaries will be awarded annually to youth between the ages of 17 and 29 who have been…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – Telus is accusing the CRTC of deviating from precedent when it argues that spectrum sale and leasing revenues count toward the telecoms’ total operating revenues for the purposes of calculating what fees are owed to the commission.
The Vancouver-based telecom argued in a submission Thursday that those revenues have traditionally not been filed under total operating revenues when using the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for financial reporting, which has been used by the CRTC to calculate contributions owed to the commission.
Telus was backing a point made by mobile satellite and cell services provider TerreStar, which…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced Monday it is introducing a new tier of PureFibre X home Internet service in Alberta and British Columbia, providing symmetrical upload and download speeds of 3 Gbps.
“PureFibre X 3.0 gigabit Internet marks a substantial leap in the next generation of Internet technology,” reads a Telus press release. “Telus is the only 100 per cent fibre-to-the-home in Western Canada, with the ability to seamlessly increase bandwidth and capacity to deliver unparalleled speeds to PureFibre customers.”
The Telus PureFibre X 3.0 gigabit Internet service, starting from $115 per month…
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CALGARY and OTTAWA – Telus Communications today announced the expansion of its community boards in Calgary and Edmonton, as well as three of its Ontario community boards.
“Leveraging a unique model of philanthropy, the Telus Community Boards bring together local business and community leaders, empowering them to make decisions on where Telus’ charitable funding will make the most meaningful difference in their own communities,” explains a Telus press release.
The two Alberta community boards are formally changing their names to Telus Calgary and Southern Alberta Community Board and Telus Edmonton and Northern Alberta Community Board….
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