WHILE THE CANADIAN launch date of Blackberry’s new Q10 smartphone is rumoured to be April 30, that hasn’t stopped several wireless carriers from announcing they are already taking pre-orders.
Rogers’ announcement was the first in Cartt.ca’s inbox this morning, in which the company says it is the first Canadian carrier to offer the new Q10 smartphone. The Q10 follows the release of Blackberry’s Z10 model on Feb. 5 and is their second smartphone to run on the company’s Blackberry 10 operating system.
While both the Z10 and Q10 smartphones run on the Blackberry 10…
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SUMMERSIDE, PEI and NORTH BAY, ON – Telus announced today that its 4G LTE network is now available to its customers in Summerside and North Bay.
With these launches, Telus has expanded its presence in both Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. Recently, Telus launched its 4G LTE service in other southwestern Ontario regions including Woodstock, Windsor, Leamington and Brantford. Recent additions in the Atlantic regions include Saint John, St. John’s, Moncton, Charlottetown and Halifax. The company’s 4G LTE service now covers nearly 70% of the Canadian population.
Smartphone customers can also use the company’s new…
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AS THE DEADLINE APPROACHES for submissions in the CRTC's hearing to examine our plan to unite Astral and Bell Media, competitors are already revving up their rhetoric.
Last week in a blog post, Telus's director of regulatory affairs, Anne Mainville-Neeson, road-tested the company's lines on why "vertical integration in the broadcasting industry can be harmful.” This position conveniently overlooks the fact that the federal Competition Bureau has comprehensively reviewed and cleared the proposed Astral-Bell Media transaction, and that the CRTC is of course conducting its own comprehensive analysis.
It also ignores the fact that the CRTC already has a…
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TORONTO – Canadian telcos will gain more TV market share this year, while the number of cable and satellite subscribers will continue to decline, according to a new report from Convergence Consulting.
The report, part of the company’s “Battle for the North American Couch Potato” series, estimates that Canadian TV market share for telcos will increase to 14.6% by year-end 2013, up from 11.3% the previous year, with Telus and Bell leading the pack. Cable’s market share is expected to decrease from 66% in 2012 to 63.7%, and satellite share is forecast to decrease to…
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TORONTO – Ericsson Canada announced that it will provide its MPEG-4 AVC HD compression technology to Telus for the telco’s Optik TV service.
“Video is such an important part of the at-home and on-the-go entertainment experience and today's consumers demand more and more content at the highest possible quality,” said Ibrahim Gedeon, Telus’ chief technology officer, in a statement. “We need technologies that allow us to exceed customer expectations for HD quality on an expansive selection of channels while staying ahead of the tremendous growth as we build out and enhance our network infrastructure. Ericsson has…
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LONDON, ON – The Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is the first hospital in southwestern Ontario to launch an innovative social networking tool that helps its young hospital inpatients stay connected to their families, friends and school.
The Children’s Hospital, together with Kids’ Health Links Foundation, Children’s Health Foundation and Telus Health, today announced the launch of Upopolis, a secure social network designed for children receiving care in hospitals.
Upopolis provides familiar features of social networking, such as personal profiles, micro-blogging, instant chat, group chats, multiple photo uploading and…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today it is offering $1.7 billion of senior unsecured notes in two tenors, the first with an 11-year maturity, the second with a 30-year maturity. The notes are offered through a syndicate of agents led by CIBC World Markets, RBC Capital Markets, and Scotia Capital. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about April 1, 2013.
The 3.35 per cent 11-year notes, Series CK, were priced at $99.435 per $100 principal amount for an effective yield of 3.412% per annum and will mature on April 1, 2024. The 4.40…
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TORONTO – With outgoing Wind Canada CEO Tony Lacavera having told Cartt.ca that he loves auction rules set by Industry Canada because it shows the federal government is committed to seeing a fourth national wireless player emerge strongly, Bay Street is now wondering if Lacavera’s former backer, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, will risk diving deeper into the Canadian wireless market.
Scotia Capital analyst Jeff Fan wrote in a research note to clients last week that there are numerous reasons not to invest in the Canadian wireless market, yet…
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GATINEAU – Wireless industry stakeholders are still at loggerheads over a number of issues pertaining to a wireless code of conduct. They include three-year contracts, the co-existence of the code with provincial consumer protection legislation and notifications of data and fee caps, among others.
On these matters, the Big Three – Bell Canada, Rogers Communications and Telus – remain united. They all agree that banning three-year contracts as has been suggested by some consumer advocates and the new entrants isn’t necessary given the clear language on earlier termination fees (ETF).
The ETF formula, in conjunction with the unlocking and cancelation policies,…
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QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. – Telus announced it has invested $100,000 to provide its 4G LTE network to customers in this community on Vancouver Island.
The company rolled out 4G LTE to almost than 90 per cent of British Columbians in 2012 and plans to connect even more by the end of 2013.
“Telus is committed to providing the best service to our customers, and that includes offering people in Qualicum Beach the fastest wireless technology available in the world today,” said Ray Lawson, Telus general manager for Vancouver Island, in a release. “With a 4G…
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