Telus and WestJet announced Wednesday the first step in a multi-year strategic partnership that will provide free Wi-Fi connectivity delivered by satellite network operator Starlink onboard WestJet aircraft, starting in December 2024.
Access to the new inflight system will be provided exclusively to WestJet Rewards members free of charge thanks to Telus, a press release says.
The announcement marks the beginning of a fully integrated partnership between Telus and WestJet, with additional, exclusive benefits and perks for WestJet Rewards members and Telus customers to be announced in the coming months, the release says.
“The future of inflight connectivity and…
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Telus announced Tuesday it has achieved a major milestone in its charitable giving, with the Vancouver-based telecom’s Community Board program reaching $100 million in donations to local charities across Canada.
Funded by the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, Telus’s 13 Canadian community boards are composed of local business and community leaders who make informed decisions about where charitable grants are best allocated in their communities based on need and maximum impact, explains a Telus press release.
Each year, more than $6 million in grants are contributed to grassroots community-based health and education…
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Pre-Olympic coverage includes Canadian women’s first soccer match Thursday
CBC is inviting Canadians to mark the official start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Friday, July 26 with live coverage of the opening ceremony on CBC, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, partner networks TSN and Sportsnet, CBC’s dedicated Paris 2024 website and the CBC Paris 2024 app for iOS and Android devices.
Beginning at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT, a pre-ceremony show hosted by Paris Prime Live’s Scott Russell and CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault will build…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The Federal Court has granted a fresh website-blocking order that will force broadcasters to block websites streaming different sports league matches for next season.
The July 9 order draws on previous site-blocking precedent but deviates in that it is being applied to multiple sports in a single order. It also applies a permanent ban on the defendants from broadcasting the unlicensed content, though the reason for the site-blocking order in the first place is because said defendants, who can operate from abroad, have historically not stopped the activity.
As such, the order captures all live pre- and regular season…
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Telus announced Tuesday its PureFibre services will soon be available in the Township of Langley, Kwantlen First Nation’s McMillan Island 6 and Katzie First Nation’s Katzie 2 communities in British Columbia.
“As a proud resident of the Township of Langley, I couldn’t be more excited to help bring TELUS’ PureFibre services to the region,” Daryl Storey, vice president of investment return excellence at Vancouver-based Telus, said in a press release. “This new infrastructure will support critical, transformational change in the region, and open the door to new possibilities to participate and thrive in today’s digital economy.”
The project…
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Telus announced Tuesday it has chosen Magnite’s SpringServe ad server and Magnite Streaming supply-side platform (SSP) to power its free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) and online video advertising inventory.
The partnership aims to bring innovative advertising opportunities to the Canadian market at a time when consumers are increasingly watching TV content through ad-supported streaming, a Telus press release says. According to research conducted by Magnite, 74 per cent of Canadian consumers are now watching streaming TV, compared to 51 per cent who watch paid traditional TV, the release says.
“Since rolling out FAST channels to…
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Telus Health last week announced a collaboration with Nova Scotia Health (NSH) to enable residents of the province to access their primary care information through the YourHealthNS app.
“This health data interoperability initiative marks the first large-scale effort in Canada to standardize and connect primary care data and empowers people in Nova Scotia to better manage their health and improve health outcomes,” says a Telus Health press release.
Telus Health currently supports most of Nova Scotia’s clinicians with electronic medical records (EMRs) to enhance their practice and patient care, the release says. “Through this…
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By Ahmad Hathout
A consortium of large cable companies is blasting a proposal by Telus to significantly increase its pole attachment rate in British Columbia and Alberta, saying it will unjustly cost third parties millions of dollars in extra payments annually.
In April, Telus filed a proposal to increase its rate per pole by just over 50 per cent, from $19.33 annually, or $1.61 monthly, to $29.83, or $2.49 per month. It said it needs to do this because of significant cost increases since the last approved tariff in 2010, which include a faster-than-average replacing of existing poles and increased costs…
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Independent telecom Beanfield, with facilities-based operations in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa, announced Tuesday it has appointed Rizwan Jamal as its CEO, effective immediately.
Based in Toronto, Jamal was most recently president and CEO of rural telecom provider Xplore, a position to which he was appointed last September. Prior to Xplore, Jamal was president of residential and small business at Bell, where he worked for more than 11 years. He also previously worked at Telus for more than a decade in various roles including senior vice president of consumer marketing.
In his new role…
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Telus announced Tuesday several private investments totalling $21.1 million to deploy and update its networks in Quebec’s Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé Peninsula and North Shore regions.
These investments are being paired with financial contributions of $17.55 million from the government of Quebec and $14.4 million from the CRTC’s Broadband Fund, which will allow for the addition of a total of 35 new 5G wireless sites across the three regions, according to Telus.
In the Lower St. Lawrence region, money from the Quebec government announced in April will enable 12 new sites to be built to…
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