VANCOUVER – Canadian fibre optic provider Dixon Networks is celebrating 50 years of helping Canadians connect and communicate.
The Vancouver-based company started in 1966 by connecting families in rural B.C. with basic telephone service. It now has offices in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, and counts Telus, Rogers, Shaw, Delta Cable, the Province of Ontario, Alberta SuperNet and the City of Burnaby among its customers.
“Dixon has been a quiet leader in Canada’s tech industry for fifty years,” said CEO Brian Harris. “We laid the fibre that allowed people across British Columbia to first surf the Web. Now, we’re building…
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VANCOUVER – Canadian businesses can and should better support LGBTQ diversity and inclusiveness, according to a new study commissioned by Telus.
Conducted by MARU/VR&C (formerly the Research & Consulting Division of Vision Critical), the study surveyed 814 Canadians (half LGBTQ-identified) in July 2016. It found that one third of respondents do not agree that their workplace is safe and inclusive for LGBTQ employees, and that 45% do not agree their workplace is safe and inclusive for transgender employees. Additionally, 30% of LGBTQ respondents said that they have experienced or witnessed homophobic or transphobic discrimination or harassment at work, with nearly…
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VANCOUVER – Telus customers in British Columbia and Alberta may now watch ultra-high-definition television with the launch of 4K on Optik TV.
Customers will require a 4K TV, a 4K PVR, as well as a minimum of Internet 50 to support 4K streaming. Telus said that its new 4K PVRs will store up to 400 hours of HD content, or up to 100 hours of 4K content, double the capacity of its current HD PVR. The 4K PVRs are available at no additional cost with a two-year commitment.
At launch, the 4K lineup will include TSN 4K, "adrenaline sports" (e.g., snowboarding, surfing…
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TORONTO – Telus Health is buying the Canadian business of Nightingale Informatix Corp., including its proprietary Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software solutions and related assets.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Nightingale currently provides its EMR solution to 4,000 physicians in Canada, mainly in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces.
"At Telus Health, we are on a mission to leverage the power of technology and our world-class telecommunications infrastructure to improve health outcomes for Canadians," said Telus Health president Paul Lepage, in Thursday's news release. "We are working to realize our goal not only by continuing to invest in health…
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TORONTO – While Canadians can order a pizza, a movie or a taxi online or from an app on their smartphone, they are surprisingly unaware of technology solutions that will allow them to better manage their healthcare, according to a study commissioned by Telus Health.
The Telus Health Digital Life survey, conducted by Maru/VCR&C from May 30 to June 3, 2016, found that 89% of those surveyed believe digital health technology will lead to better care. Further, at least 85% report missing out on digital tools that would allow them to take control of their personal health just as effortlessly…
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MONTREAL – Telus will invest $111 million in its communications infrastructure across Greater Montreal this year on its advanced fibre optic network that will stretch more than 4,000 kilometres, the company said Monday.
The investment, part of Telus’ pledge to spend $2 billion in Quebec through 2020, will increase the network's transmission capacity and extend its reach into sectors including Old Montreal, Anjou, Boucherville, Dorval, Île-Bizard, Pierrefonds and Pointe-Claire.
Telus added that it will also build indoor distributed antenna systems (DAS) this year in several health and educational facilities, including the McGill University Health Centre, the Montreal Heart Institute, the Jewish…
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THOMPSON, MB – Bell and MTS have announced plans to expand mobile and wireline broadband communications networks in northern regions of the province, including full LTE and HSPA+ wireless coverage for the Highway 6 corridor to Thompson, Manitoba's Hub of the North.
The two companies said Thursday that the plans also include new wireless and wireline broadband services for the indigenous communities of Easterville, Gods Lake Narrows, Gods River, Grand Rapids and Red Sucker Lake, plus enhanced broadband service for key mining centre Flin Flon.
“The Bell MTS broadband service improvements unveiled today will be the largest capital investment in wireless…
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a.k.a. net neutrality…
GATINEAU – There is pretty broad consensus among many of the interveners in the CRTC’s differential pricing consultation that the practice can have a positive impact on the ISP business, content providers and consumers.
First round comments to the Commission’s Examination of differential pricing practices related to Internet data plans (2016-192) revealed though that it’s not a cut and dried issue. For instance, Bell Canada argued that zero-rating and sponsored data pricing mechanisms – two differential pricing practices or DPPs – are common in the communications world.
The company pointed to toll free calling and time of use…
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EDMONTON – Stollery Children's Hospital has become the first Alberta hospital to offer the Upopolis social network 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, plus enables connections with other patients who share similar diagnoses through public and private discussion groups.
In addition to remaining securely and privately…
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GATINEAU – In an unsurprising decision, the CRTC denied Bell Canada’s request to review and vary the decision which gives third party independent Internet service providers access to incumbent networks’ newest fibre infrastructure.
Bell had submitted a Part 1 application to the CRTC to review and vary Telecom Regulatory Policy 2015-326 that states incumbent telecom providers must introduce a “disaggregated wholesale broadband access service” (DBS) so that independent ISPs gain access to FTTH (fibre to the home) facilities.
In a nutshell, Bell believes the CRTC’s decision has unfairly changed the rules governing fibre-to-the-home broadband networks by mandating…
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