OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC will release its hotly anticipated decision on wholesale mobile wireless services late Tuesday.
The Commission will stage a media “lock-up” from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET on May 5 to provide a technical briefing to explain the different elements of the decision. The decision itself will be released at 4:00 PM, followed by a short statement by chairman Jean-Pierre Blais.
With the CRTC's sharp consumer focus, most are expecting the decision will see the allowable rates come down, which will bode well for Wind Mobile (and less so for the big three of Telus, Rogers and…
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BAIE-COMEAU, MONT-JOLI and AMQUI, QC – Telus this week unveiled more details surrounding its planned investments in Quebec, which will include $5.4 million in Baie-Comeau, $2.3 million in Mont-Joli and $2.1 million in Amqui.
The funds will enable thousands of homes and businesses to connect directly to Telus’ fibre optic network while simultaneously enhancing wireless speeds, coverage and capacity, the company said. The investments will also allow for faster Internet speeds, new TV content, packages and applications for its Optik TV service, connect business locations and industrial parks to the network helping to further stimulate economic growth, plus grow the…
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TORONTO – Telus is joining forces with Startup Canada to help make Toronto a Canadian city of choice for entrepreneurs to start and scale their businesses.
The organizations launched Startup Toronto – an entrepreneur-led community that will help new businesses in the Greater Toronto Area accelerate their growth by providing access to resources, mentorship programs, education and support through a hyper-connected local and national network. Startup Toronto is the newest addition to the Startup Canada Communities network, and will, among other aims, act as a point of entry and resource directory for entrepreneurs to access Toronto's startup-support ecosystem.
Throughout the year,…
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CALGARY, MONTREAL and VANCOUVER – Canada’s communications industry is digging deep to help support relief efforts in Nepal after last Saturday’s devastating earthquake.
Shaw Communications said Tuesday that it will match employee donations to the Canadian Red Cross dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000 to help provide critical supplies and aid in rescue and recovery efforts. Aligning with the Federal Government's donation matching program, every dollar donated by Shaw employees could be matched twice, resulting in three dollars of aid to Nepal.
In addition, all Shaw Phone customers will receive complimentary long distance calling to Nepal until May 25, and Shaw TV customers have…
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GATINEAU – Earlier this month, a group of 14 broadcasters met for the first time to begin figuring out how to develop a subscription television set top box data measurement system.
In its TV Policy Review decision, the CRTC said building such a system would be a very good thing and set a deadline of April 13th for an industry-wide working group to start moving. Representatives from Bell Canada, Blue Ant Media, CBC, Cogeco, Corus, Eastlink, the Independent Broadcasters Group, MTS, Pelmorex, Quebecor, Rogers, SaskTel, Shaw and Telus met on April 8th saying in its first…
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TORONTO – Wind Mobile has made a pair of new senior executive hires, Cartt.ca has learned.
New CEO Alek Krstajic has named Bob Boron as new chief regulatory officer and Bruce Kirby chief strategy officer and interim chief financial officer. The announcement was made internally earlier this week.
Both men held similar positions under Krstajic when all were at Public Mobile before it was acquired by Telus in 2013. Boron came to Public after he was president of cell site managing company Jade Tower and prior to that was an executive at Call-Net/Sprint Canda. Prior to spending…
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OTTAWA – The country’s free cell phone recycling program Recycle My Cell is calling on Canadians to join in the Earth Day celebrations Wednesday by making sure that all those old cell phones in their junk drawers are recycled responsibly.
Earth Day also marks the launches of Recycle My Cell's "What in Your Drawers?" community challenges in Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador. Non-profit and community organizations in those provinces are challenged to collect as many old cell phones as possible between April 22 and May 22, 2015, and the group in each…
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TORONTO – With just over a month remaining until the start of the 2015 Canadian Telecom Summit, Telus president and CEO Joe Natale, Xplornet Communications president and CEO Allison Lenehan, Rogers enterprise president Nitin Kawale and Wind Mobile CEO Alek Krstajic are among the industry heavyweights confirmed as keynote speakers.
Scheduled for June 1 – 3 at the Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, the Canadian Telecom Summit attracts leaders from the telecom, broadcast and IT industries to discuss the key issues and trends that will impact this critical sector of the economy. Join more than 500 suppliers, policy makers, regulators,…
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TORONTO – Telus will invest $2.1 billion in new infrastructure and facilities across Ontario in the next three years, the company announced Tuesday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to upgrade its wireless towers across the province to 4G LTE; to continue its deployment of 700MHz spectrum for use in rural and urban areas; to further grow the role of Telus Health, and, facilitate the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies through investments in network, security, cloud computing and Internet-connected devices.
“Ontarians want increasingly faster wireless speeds and enhanced capacity, and we are well positioned to deliver these thanks…
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TORONTO – Telus and CIBC are teaming up on a new co-branded credit card that offers rewards such as a new device or prepaid cards, the companies announced Monday.
The CIBC Telus Rewards Visa card allows customers to earn Telus loyalty rewards for everyday spending which can be redeemed for products and services including the latest smartphones and tablets, charitable donations or travel passes.
Users earn one point for every dollar spent using the rewards card, and 1.5 points on all rewards card purchases at grocery and gas retailers or by paying their Telus bills. Additional points may be earned by…
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