OTTAWA – When it does launch its digital television service, Telus doesn’t want to jump through the Commission’s hoops every time it needs to make a competitive move to match Shaw, the western telco has told the CRTC.
Telus needs to be competitively nimble, so to have to ask the Commission for permission to make certain programming additions or alterations poses problems, it says, because it won’t be able to respond in a timely enough manner in its markets.
When contacted by www.cartt.ca today, and asked about the application, which was filed on December 13, 2004 and only made…
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VANCOUVER – Saying it wants to accelerate the resolution of its union negotiations, Telus today made “an addendum” to its last offer to its B.C. workers.
The offer was presented to the Telecommunications Workers Union on April 13th and the addendum clarifies some of the clauses, said the western telco today. "We continue to do everything we can to reach a settlement that benefits our employees, customers and shareholders," said Darren Entwistle, Telus president and CEO, in a news release.
"We have made these adjustments to expedite settlement of a replacement collective agreement. Our offer is generous, provides job…
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BURNABY, B.C. – The latest changes proposed by Telus to its final offer made to its employees are “an insult to all members of the TWU, especially those in predominately female job classifications," said Telecommunications Workers Union president Bruce Bell.
"This is an insult to members of the bargaining unit. It includes an offer of an additional $8,000 in signing bonuses for approximately 1,500 predominantly male craft employees in Alberta and an additional percentage increase to most of craft employees in British Columbia and Alberta. But there is nothing by way of a comparable increase for members in…
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TORONTO – So what’s it like going from one side to another, is what people often want to know from Janet Yale.
She spent four years as president and CEO of the CCTA (Canadian Cable Television Association ) before bolting to Telus in late summer 2003 and is now executive vice-president, corporate affairs. Yale (right) tries not to see her move from one side to another, and draws similarities between cable and telecom.
However, while each are facilities-based providers, cable and telecom are clearly at each others’ throats right…
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OTTAWA – Three of the nation’s incumbent telcos are going to the Federal Court of Appeal saying the CRTC’s win-back rule violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Bell Canada, SaskTel and Telus today officially applied to the Federal Court of Appeal challenging the "win-back rule" imposed on them by the CRTC, saying it violates their freedom of expression.
The Commission likely knew this was coming since, as reported here by www.cartt.ca, the companies had already filed that complaint with the Commission, only to be told it would be rolled into the local forbearance hearings beginning…
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MONTREAL – Cogeco Cable today made official its launch of voice over Internet telephony in many of its major service areas.
Over the last year, Cogeco Cable has successfully tested its new digital telephone service in the Trois-Rivières area in Québec and in the Burlington/Oakville Ontario corridor.
These conclusive trials, as well as the market studies conducted at the same time, have helped to better pinpoint the services and functions that customers want, says the company.
In 2001, Cogeco abandoned testing it was doing in the telephony space after spending about $25 million, saying it would wait for the…
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VANCOUVER – Telus and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) have launched a new annual contest which features $20,000 in cash prizes and an opportunity to present their projects to a panel of industrial, academic, and media experts.
The IEEE Telus Innovation Award invites IEEE Canada student members in their final year of an engineering or technology program at a Canadian undergraduate institution to submit a significant Information Computing and Telecommunication (ICT) Technologies project for which they are receiving education credit.
"We are very pleased that Telus is sponsoring this award," says Bill Kennedy, president of IEEE…
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TORONTO – Last week’s Canadian Telecom Summit saw the leaders of Canada’s largest ILECs stay relentlessly on the attack, hitting at the CRTC as well as Canadian cable companies.
While Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia’s keynote on Tuesday said the telecom regs were just plain wrong, Telus Communications CEO Darren Entwistle backed him up the next day.
Both executives are peeved at the May 12th voice over Internet protocol regulatory decision which said, mainly, that for the incumbent local exchange carriers VOIP will be regulated as their traditional circuit-switched systems in that they must file tariffs each…
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ST-LAURENT – National wireless provider Telus Mobility today announced the official opening of two new, state-of-the-art retail locations in Quebec City, one on trendy de la couronne boulevard and another in the Galeries de la Capitale.
Combined with the renovation of F.M. Electronique and recent opening of Expert-Cell Télécom, two prominent independent dealers, Telus Mobility has invested more than $500,000 to provide Quebec consumers with the company’s wireless wares.
These two new corporate store locations are part of the company’s network of more than 3,000 retail locations across Canada, including more than 100 corporate retail stores.
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today that it is introducing 10 gasoline-electric hybrid sedans to its fleet of vehicles in a pilot project intended to determine the cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits of integrating hybrid vehicles into the company’s fleet.
Ten Toyota Prius’ will replace conventional sedans in several of Telus’ major markets – two each in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto.
"While the Prius’ cost significantly more than the sedans they are replacing, we expect a substantial reduction in fuel costs and maintenance expenses," says Joe Grech, Telus executive vice-president, technology and operations "That does not include the environmental…
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