TORONTO – EnStream is offering more services that use real-time mobile network and account information to protect and confirm a consumer's online identity.
The mobile commerce joint venture company owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus said that the new services include enhanced analytics for name and address matching, mobile device authentication and mobile location services covering over 90% of the Canadian market, all without requiring any pre-loaded software on mobile devices.
"Validating identity is perhaps one of the biggest challenges on the Internet today, especially with the move to mobile," said EnStream’s chief identity officer Robert Blumenthal, in the news release….
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OTTAWA – After being deluged with over 1,600 complaints from Public Mobile customers last week after the company decided to increase a popular promotional pricing plan by $10 a month (which it subsequently backed down on), the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-Television Services (CCTS) is reminding consumers that they must first contact their telecom or TV service provider to try and resolve any grievances.
In a letter published Tuesday entitled Lessons from the Public Mobile price increase, CCTS took issue with an iphoneincanada.ca article that repeated advice from a social media user about how to file a…
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And why CPE should be reduced for traditional media companies
GATINEAU – Saying online content platforms have radically altered the Canadian broadcasting system is as undeniable as it is now cliché. Netflix itself, has an estimated six million subscribers in Canada, an amount greater than half of all cable TV subscriptions here.
With Amazon Prime growing and the arrival of other online services in the future (BritBox arrived this week and CBS All Access is coming), the Canadian system needs to evolve with this new reality in mind, several have told the CRTC…
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VANCOUVER – “Robust customer growth” helped to lift fourth quarter revenues and profits at Telus, the company said Thursday.
For the period ended December 31, consolidated operating revenue increased by 4.9% to $3.5 billion over the same quarter a year ago, reflecting growth in wireless network revenue and wireline data services.
Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 46% to $1.1 billion due to higher revenue growth and lower restructuring and other costs year-over-year, partially offset by higher acquisition and retention costs. Adjusted EBITDA was up 4.7% when excluding certain costs, including restructuring and other costs, which…
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The big four have not become the content exporters they were supposed to
LAST WEEK, I RESPONDED to a Scotiabank report which said the success of Netflix in gaining subscribers, along with Google and Facebook’s dominance of the Canadian advertising market, meant a merger of Bell and Corus was a logical market response to ensure we remain competitive.
I question the strategy of further vertical integration in light of its obvious failure. My core argument is VI has failed because it did not properly take into account the competitive advantages of the vertically integrated companies. As their…
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LONDON, UK – Led by Telus, Canada now boasts some of the fastest LTE speeds in the world, says OpenSignal in its latest State of Mobile Networks: Canada report released Wednesday.
The wireless mapping coverage company examined over 405 million measurements collected from 20,474 mobile test devices between October 1 and December 30, 2017.
“In our 4G speed tests, Telus not only established a commanding lead over its competitors, it demonstrated some truly remarkable results”, reads the report. “Our average 4G download for Telus was 44.5 Mbps, which is among the fastest individual operator results we've measured on a nationwide…
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Company rebranded as Xavient Digital – powered by Telus International
LAS VEGAS and SIMI VALLEY, CA – Telus International has wrapped up its acquisition Xavient Information Systems and has rebranded the global IT consulting and software services company as Xavient Digital – powered by Telus International.
The US$250 million deal was first announced in October 2017. Telus International said Tuesday that with all conditions satisfied, it now holds a majority interest in Xavient and will purchase the remaining interest on or before December 31, 2020.
Xavient is headquartered in Simi Valley, California and has operations throughout the U.S. and in India,…
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STOCKHOLM – Tech maker Ericsson said Wednesday it has decided to sell 51% of its Media Solutions business to private equity firm One Equity Partners
Last March the company announced it was undertaking a strategic review of Media Solutions and its Red Bee Media division and would consider partnerships, divestments, and a continued in-house development. It has decided to hang on to Red Bee.
“Media Solutions and Red Bee Media are leading providers of media products and services, and with the performance improvements that are currently being implemented, we see future upsides to both businesses. We are confident that the…
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TORONTO – Discovery Velocity has opened up for a month-long national free preview, on now through February 8.
Billed as Canada’s only home for factual turbo programming, Discovery Velocity will serve up live coverage of the most spectacular classic car auction event of the year, Barrett-Jackson Live (pictured, from January 16 – 21), alongside new series Texas Metal (January 12), and the return of Wheeler Dealers on January 22.
The freeview is available through television service providers including Bell, Bell Aliant, Cogeco Connexion, Eastlink, BellMTS, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus, Videotron, and several CCSA partners including Access…
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I WAS NOT SURPRISED to learn that one of Jim Shaw’s role models was former U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
In his time, Churchill was considered a political outsider, a brash maverick, seemingly unwavering in his convictions, fiercely loyal to his homeland and someone who inspired similar loyalty in so many others. Along the way of course, Churchill was exactly what his country needed at the time and he found enormous successes – but his sometimes irascible nature also antagonized more than a few.
For those of us who have been in the cable industry for a while, there are many…
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