VICTORIA – Victoria General Hospital has become the first hospital on Vancouver Island to offer the social support platform and networking tool Upopolis to their young patients.
Powered by Telus Health and created by Kids' Health Links Foundation (KHLF), Upopolis.com is Canada's only private, secure and trusted online social network designed for kids and teens receiving medical care in hospitals and clinics. The site offers access to medical content written in kid-friendly language so patients can better understand their diagnosis and treatment plan, enables connections with other patients who share similar diagnoses through public and private discussion groups, and…
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TORONTO – Just in time for March Break, Bell Media’s pop-culture channel Much will kick off a national free preview from March 7 until April 4.
Home to comedy classics South Park, The Simpsons, and American Dad, Much will also serve up new British comedy Brotherhood, genre-busting prank show Fameless, plus the debut of Conan O’Brien’s new Conan Without Borders: Made In Mexico special (pictured).
Much’s freeview is available through television service providers including Bell, Bell Aliant, Cogeco, Eastlink, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw, Shaw Direct, Telus, Videotron, and several CCSA partners including Westman Communications Group and Tbaytel.
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WINNIPEG – Telus officially launched the Telus Manitoba Community Board on Wednesday, led by board chair Dave Johnston, retired president and COO of Great West Life's Canadian Division.
The new board will provide $350,000 in grants each year to local registered charities across the province to help local youth succeed through the power of technology. This contribution is part of the telecom company’s total $1 million commitment in 2017 for community investment in Manitoba.
Telus has been part of the community since it launched national wireless services in Manitoba in 2000 but earlier this month, it announced it will welcome…
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GATINEAU – Today, the CRTC announced changes to the proposed final terms and conditions for the mandated mandated wholesale roaming offered by Bell, Rogers and Telus.
The changes, once implemented and approved by the Commission, “will ensure that, among other things, the incumbents’ tariffs (i) reflect the policy established in Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-177; (ii) define the scope of mandated wholesale roaming to avoid potential anti-competitive behaviour by the incumbents; (iii) recognize the principle that the incumbents are not required to provide access to their networks to service providers and their customers that do not qualify…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC today told Ice Wireless that allowing its Sugar Mobile customers to roam constantly on the Rogers Wireless network violates its roaming agreement and that it has 50 days to stop.
As Cartt.ca has reported, Ice had applied to the CRTC for relief against Rogers Communications after the national operator told Ice more than a year ago it was violating their agreement – and it would be terminating that contract, along with roaming service to Sugar customers.
Ice Wireless operates a mobile network that includes coverage in the three Canadian Territories and some…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has expanded its smartphone plans for customers who are frequent U.S. travellers, snowbirds, and those with family and friends in the United States.
The telco said Monday that its new Canada-U.S. monthly rate plan works the same in both countries, with unlimited calling and texting to Canadian and U.S. numbers as well as usage from the customer’s data bucket while in Canada or the US.
According to the company’s website, the plan offers various data options as well as voice mail, call display, call waiting and conference calling. Customers are required to stay on this plan for the…
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FORT WORTH, TX – Equestrian lifestyle channel Ride TV is gearing up to gallop on to Canadian television screens.
Sponsored by Telus, the service is set to be added to the list of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution in Canada later this week by the CRTC.
Available in high definition, Ride TV is devoted exclusively to the horse and rural living lifestyle. The channel is owned by Ride Television Network, a privately held corporation based in Fort Worth, and produces over 90% of its own content which includes live championship equestrian sports, children's programming, documentaries, and reality shows.
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CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Telus will invest $55 million to connect more than 90% of homes and businesses in Chilliwack directly to its fibre optic network.
Direct fibre connection will dramatically boost data capacity, providing local homes access to its gigabit-enabled PureFibre network that boasts Internet speeds of up to 150 megabits per second, the company said late Thursday. This new fibre optic infrastructure will also be the backbone of Telus’ wireless network, enabling even more wireless capacity and speed.
“Direct fibre connection unleashes infinite possibilities now and into the future,” said Telus’ EVP and broadband networks president Tony Geheran, in the…
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OTTAWA – BCE Inc. got the official go ahead to proceed with its $3.9 billion purchase of MTS early Wednesday after the Competition Bureau and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) offered their respective blessings.
As part of the regulatory wrangling, Bell and MTS agreed to transfer 40 MHz of 700 MHz, AWS-1 and 2500 MHz wireless spectrum currently held by MTS to Xplornet Communications who will launch a new mobile wireless service in Manitoba in the coming months. In addition to picking up 24,700 new mobile customers from Bell MTS and six retail outlets in the province, Xplornet…
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VANCOUVER – Despite subscriber growth in both wireless and wireline operations, Telus saw fourth quarter profits plunge 69%, the company reported Thursday.
For the period ended December 31, net income fell to $87 million from $261 million year-over-year, impacted by higher restructuring and others costs, primarily reflecting a $305 million one-time “transformative compensation expense” made to employees. When excluding restructuring and other costs, net gains and equity income from real estate joint venture developments, and favourable income tax-related adjustments, adjusted net income dipped 2.5%.
Consolidated operating revenue increased 2.7% to $3.3 billion over the same period a year ago, reflecting higher…
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