TORONTO – Telus is offering Canadian businesses a new cloud-based call-handling solution for smartphones and tablets.
In tandem with enterprise cloud communication and collaboration solutions provider RingCentral Inc., Telus said Thursday that Telus Business Connect Mobile makes the features of an enterprise-grade PBX phone system available on smartphones and tablets, eliminating the need for a landline or expensive on-premise equipment.
This solution is designed to drive productivity and cost savings for businesses of any size with mobile or remote workforces through features including:
– an easy setup and an administrative self-serve web tool;
– an auto-attendant feature to answer every call…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is test driving a new pilot project with B.C.-based mobile app company eBrake Technologies to help curtail distracted driving.
eBrake is a new, Canadian-made mobile innovation for Android and iOS smartphones that completely blocks a driver from using their device while driving, but grants passengers unrestricted use. When it detects vehicle-related motion, the software-based solution locks any device it is installed on and blocks incoming notifications. To unlock the device, the user must complete eBrake's patent pending Passenger Unlock Test, something a driver cannot complete while driving. It is this test, continues the news release, that…
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GATINEAU – Some of the project evaluation and eligibility criteria proposed by the CRTC for its new broadband deployment fund must be altered or it risks repeating the deferral account fiasco, according to comments on a new broadband funding regime.
Introduced as part of the Basic Service Objective decision last year, the proposed funding model would provide much needed capital to broadband deployment projects in unserved and underserved communities across the country. It also set a new standard called the Universal Service Objective (USO) with a minimum requirement of 50/10 Mbps.
In comments to Telecom Notice of…
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TORONTO – TNW Wireless is asking the CRTC to compel Bell and Telus to provide it with wholesale roaming agreements in order to further the rollout of its proprietary iPCS technology that it says will offer Canadians a new low cost mobile service.
The company says that Bell and Telus have refused to sign roaming agreements with it, contrary to the Commission’s regulatory framework for wholesale mobile wireless services, because the two big incumbents “believe TNW will allow permanent roaming on their respective networks”. But that is not the case, continued TNW, which has also asked the CRTC to rule…
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VANCOUVER – Telus and Huawei say that they have achieved a significant breakthrough in the race to 5G after completing a 5G wireless connection using the global 3GPP technology standards platform at their joint 5G "Living Lab" in Vancouver.
The successful pilot not only demonstrates the dramatically faster wireless speeds customers will enjoy as 5G technology becomes mainstream – up to 200 times faster than current LTE networks, says the release, it also showcases the potential for 5G technology to deliver Wireless-to-the-Premise (WTTx) connectivity with speeds and reliability necessary to power the smart homes and businesses of tomorrow.
The pilot network was…
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TORONTO – Hollywood Suite will offer the red carpet treatment to new customers in Ontario, B.C., and Alberta after finalizing agreements with Cipher TV (AEBC Internet Corp), Beanfield Metroconnect and Frontline 360 Inc. for its four HDTV movie channels.
“We are thrilled to satisfy more and more Canadians’ appetites for nostalgic, high-quality programming with our growing service partnerships,” said Hollywood Suite content distribution VP Julie Kumaria, in the news release. “With an illustrious, expansive film catalogue and monthly movie premieres to boot, Hollywood Suite is excited to deliver the customers of Cipher TV, Beanfield Metro Connect and Frontline 360 unparalleled…
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TORONTO – Telus said Thursday that it will be the preferred Canadian carrier and retail partner of the new Essential Phone, available in store and online this summer.
The premium smartphone, the first from Android co-founder Andy Rubin’s new company Essential, will debut in Canada and the United States. The Essential Phone is expertly crafted using titanium and ceramic, and features an edge-to-edge full display and dual camera system that eliminates any 'camera bump' in the industrial design, reads the news release. It also comes with top-of-the-line specs and 128GB of memory. The device will be part of a modular…
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TORONTO—Although ISED Minister Navdeep Bains' call for lower wireless and broadband prices dominated the buzz at the Canadian Telecom Summit here last week, it was not the only hot subject on the agenda. Far from it, in fact.
During a panel discussion moderated by Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O'Brien, senior officials from Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, Telus, TekSavvy Solutions and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre scrimmaged over such other pressing subjects as software-based competition, low-income broadband subsidies, Wi-Fi-only services, unlimited broadband offerings, the future of the Broadcast and Telecom Acts and…
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TORONTO – An increasing number of Canadians are not only opting for alternative video services, their level of satisfaction is higher for alternatives than for their traditional pay TV service, according to new data from J.D. Power.
The Canadian Television Provider Customer Satisfaction Study measures overall satisfaction with television service providers based on six factors (in order of importance): performance and reliability; cost of service; programming; communication; billing; and customer service. The Canadian Internet Service Provider Customer Satisfaction Study is based on five factors (in order of importance): performance and reliability; cost of service; communication; billing; and customer service. Continue Reading
TORONTO—ISED Minister Navdeep Bains' clarion call Monday for the Canadian telecom industry to slash its wireless and broadband prices re-ignited a heated debate within the industry about the sector's direction.
That debate was on full display on the stage of the Canadian Telecom Summit here Tuesday evening. In a contentious 90-minute session moderated by Cartt.ca editor and publisher Greg O'Brien, senior officials from Bell Canada, Rogers Communications, Telus, TekSavvy Solutions and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre tangled over the industry's current pricing policies and the response needed to the Liberal Government's populist push for lower consumer…
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