HALIFAX – Telus will award grants of up to $5,000 each to select teachers in 16 Nova Scotia schools for new technology for learning in their classrooms through the $75,000 Telus Technology for Teachers Fund.
The Telus Technology for Teachers Fund is part of the company’s national Phones for Good campaign. For every new smartphone purchased in Nova Scotia between February 7 and August 7, 2013, Telus gave $25 to this fund, to a maximum of $75,000.
After receiving more than 100 applications, the Telus Atlantic Canada Community Board involved members of the education sector…
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INDUSTRY MINISTER JAMES MOORE likely caused a number of folks in the Canadian subscription TV business to choke on their turkey this Thanksgiving weekend.
In a few media interviews, Moore dropped a preview bomb of this Wednesday’s Throne Speech by saying the federal Conservative government will make it its business to micromanage sectors of the economy, beginning with dismantling the TV channel packaging practices of Canadian broadcasters and broadcast distribution undertakings. “We don’t think it’s right for Canadians to have to pay for bundled television channels that they don’t watch,” he told CTV’s Question Period in an interview broadcast Sunday…
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OTTAWA – There is no working market for domestic wholesale roaming in Canada, which has led to sky-high rates that injure competition, says Halifax-based cable and wireless company Eastlink. Conversely, Bell Mobility argues new entrants have the choice of three providers, all of which are girding for roaming business.
In comments to the CRTC’s investigation into domestic and international roaming, Eastlink says the incumbents’ wholesale domestic roaming rates are much higher than their retail rates and thus “are inherently commercially unreasonable.” It adds these rates “are a significant obstacle to new entrants’ ability to compete over…
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CALGARY – Telus is bringing the fun of karaoke right into its customers’ living rooms by adding Stingray Digital’s Karaoke Channel TV app to its Optik TV lineup.
All Optik TV customers may now access an on-demand library of more than 8,000 karaoke videos, with more songs added regularly. The easy-to-use interface allows browsing and searching using the TV remote control, and the app also offers an optional lead vocal track to help would-be stars hit those notes.
The Karaoke Channel TV App is free for three months for Optik TV subscribers effective immediately. Find the app by pressing the 'app' or…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has launched a new program aimed at helping Canadians develop safer online habits.
The Telus WISE (Wise Internet and Smartphone Education) program offers free seminars and online resources in two parts – one aimed at adults interested in keeping themselves and their families safe; and the second tailored to appeal directly to youth.
The program for parents and adults, known as Telus WISE, includes seminars about the common pitfalls of cyberspace and how to better protect personal information from predators and malware; a library of online educational resources for parents about what choices children might be making online,…
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OTTAWA – C’mon kids, grab those old mobile devices: the Recycle My Cell student challenge is back for a fourth year.
As the national sponsor of Waste Reduction Week in Canada (October 21-27), Recycle My Cell is challenging all Canadian schools and post-secondary institutions to recycle as many old wireless devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, accessories and cell phone batteries.
The school in each province and territory that collects the most cell phones (based on school population) will be awarded $500 to be used towards a school environmental project. Last year, more than…
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WHILE THE CANADIAN WIRELESS world and the politicians who oversee it spent the dog days of summer 2013 barking at each other over policies they said were either wrecking the business or boosting competition (depending on your point of view) one player, Halifax-based Eastlink, remained largely silent.
While Eastlink is a big deal in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island especially, and does daily battle down East with Bell Aliant, CEO, Lee Bragg told Cartt.ca in a recent interview that adding his own voice to that cacophony would have accomplished little. And besides, even though he can’t side with government…
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TORONTO – Despite deeply discounted pricing, Canada’s new wireless entrants are expected to own only 7% of the wireless market by the end of this year, according to a new report from Convergence Consulting.
Canadian Wireless: Assessing the Impact of New Entrants says that Wind Mobile, Public Mobile and Mobilicity are undercutting incumbents Rogers, Bell and Telus and their discount brands on voice packages by up to 58% and 40% respectively, and on combined voice/data packages by up to 63% and 57% respectively.
In some cases, such as with regional providers like EastLink and Videotron, the incumbents and their discount brands…
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TORONTO – Telus is readying the latest generation of Telus Link, its Push To Talk (PTT) service, that promises to connect teams faster, in more places and on more devices.
Using Telus’ 4G HSPA and LTE networks as well as Wi-Fi, Telus Link will provide instant 'walkie-talkie' voice communication with an individual or a team as well as standard wireless service, enabling members of a work team to connect in less than one second wherever they are. Customers can also roam in the U.S. and around the world with enhanced coverage via PTT over Wi-Fi.
The service will roll out in…
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TORONTO – Mobilicity filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday, but said that it’s business as usual for its wireless customers – and that it has a buyer at the ready.
The company issued a statement after the markets closed confirming that it applied for and received protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) ("CCAA"). The move will allow it “the necessary time and financing to advance and complete a going-concern transaction, which is before Industry Canada for its review and approval”, the statement reads. “Mobilicity believes that the proposed transaction is in the best interests of its stakeholders and hopes…
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