OTTAWA – Despite the promise of cheaper and more widespread 4G services, Canadian cellphone customers are unlikely to see any real benefit from the 700 MHz auction to be held later this year says consumer rights group the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). Industry Minister Christian Paradis officially outlined on Thursday the final regulations for the eagerly awaited spectrum auction.
While Paradis ensured “at least four providers in every region can acquire spectrum in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction,” PIAC claims there have been no substantive changes to the upcoming auction rules to…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has found a novel solution to efficiently rid itself of hot air. It’s teaming up with a BC utility distribution company to recycle the heat from its group of office towers distribute heating and cooling for its million-square-foot office and residential towers.
FortisBC will operate a regulated utility within the $750 million Telus “Garden” development that will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions by one million kilograms a year by capturing and re-distributing low-grade heat throughout the company’s office and residential towers, commercial spaces and amenities.
Created in partnership with Fortis…
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OTTAWA – Recycle My Cell, a national recycling program for mobile phones and accessories, announced today the winners of the third annual Recycle My Cell Student Challenge. Held again in partnership with Waste Reduction Week in Canada, the challenge saw Canadian students from kindergarten to post-secondary collecting as many old wireless devices as possible, including cell phones, smartphones, wireless PDAs, pagers, accessories and cell phone batteries.
The Challenge took place from October 15 to November 15, 2012, with 131 schools across Canada participating. A total of 4,260 cell phones were collected through the…
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TORONTO – Astral Out-of-Home is mixing together artists and marketers and encouraging them to “show their colours” by providing a “playground” called Face/Ad/Blog where they can share industry knowledge. The new online resource and corresponding Twitter and Facebook assets showcase bold and cutting-edge projects.
The new online platform not only brings together artists, photographers, designers, architects and “some of the most ingenious minds in advertising and marketing,” but also offers “infinite possibilities to create inspiration” says Astral. The platform will highlight great examples of creativity from across the country, and shares the industry knowledge…
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TORONTO – You only have two days remaining to lock in the early-bird rate by registering for The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.
For three days, the leadership of the telecom, broadcast & IT industries will converge at the Toronto Congress Centre from June 3-5 to discuss the key issues and trends that will impact this critical sector of the economy. Join more than 500 of your peers, partners, suppliers, policy makers, regulators, customers and competitors at the 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit.
Now in its 12th year, the summit is the place for Canada's…
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VANCOUVER – Telus President and CEO Darren Entwistle has exercised 303,183 common share options, re-investing the after-tax proceeds to purchase 122,475 Telus common shares. Entwistle now holds 668,830 Telus common shares. Entwistle previously declared he is taking his 2013 cash salary compensation in Telus shares for the fourth straight year.
Earlier this month, when Telus released its fourth quarter financial results, Entwistle noted the company's strong free cash flow and 2013 targeted growth in EBITDA and EPS support Telus' shareholder dividend growth model. This is a three-year plan to increase share dividends by approximately 10% a…
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INDUSTRY MINISTER CHRISTIAN PARADIS’ head is spinning. After a couple of days on the ground at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the Minister had talked to so many people and seen so much interesting new technology, he pronounced himself overwhelmed, impressed and excited by it all, in an interview with Cartt.ca on Tuesday.
MWC is one of the largest wireless industry conferences in the world with about 70,000 attendees – and it is known as the get-together where you’ll find the highest number of CEOs and other senior wireless executives. Thousands of vendors, app developers, handset makers and…
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MONTRÉAL – Telus Health is buying electronic medical record (EMR) provider MD Practice Software, bringing the total number of physicians using EMR solutions to 9,000 across Canada. By adding the company’s PS Suite EMR, Telus says it’s positioned to “unleash the full potential of EMRs" as it becomes Canada's largest electronic medical record provider.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed with the transaction expected to close on March 4, 2013. MD Practice Software is a member of the MD Physician…
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TORONTO – No more zombies, slick ad salesmen, or meth dealers on Rogers? That’s the warning that AMC has gone public with as its contract negotiations with Rogers Communications appear to be festering.
Sunday night, during the airing of The Walking Dead, a crawler appeared at the bottom of the TV screen informing viewers to “take action” by going to www.keepamccanada.com. There viewers could choose from email, phone, Facebook or Twitter to contact Rogers and urge it to keep AMC in its channel lineup.
While AMC’s shows such as The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad…
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Squamish, B.C. – Telus announced today it has invested $4.5 million to bring Optik TV and high speed Internet to more Squamish residences.
Also, for the next six months the company will contribute $25 on behalf of every new Optik TV customer in Squamish (to a maximum of $30,000) to support the Squamish Trails Society in their improvements to the Golf Course and Spawning Channel trails. These improvements will encourage safer outdoor activities and travel to school and work for area residents.
“The re-surfacing of these frequently-used trails has been a priority for a number of years. We are grateful that,…
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