GATINEAU – The CRTC has told Canada’s wireless companies that their collective inaction when it comes to the loss or theft of customer handsets – and the personal data those mobiles contain – will not be tolerated.
Back in the summer, the Commission sent a letter to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association asking what the group and its members (which include all Canadian wireless carriers, big and small) are doing to keep track of lost or stolen mobile phones and help their customers who are impacted. In most other jurisdictions around the world, a central database has been created so…
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BRANDON – 4G wireless service is now available in Brandon as part of Telus’ $7 million capital investment to further expand and enhance its wireless service in Manitoba in 2012.
The new wireless coverage brings 4G speeds to Brandon and the surrounding communities including Carberry, Austin and MacGregor. Manitoba's 4G coverage is also available in and around Winnipeg, Highway 59 from Winnipeg to Victoria Beach, and Highway 1 from Winnipeg…
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VANCOUVER – Telus says it continues to receive the backing of proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) in its ongoing battle fight with U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital. Over the weekend Mason issued a news release that claimed the ISS had reversed its previous position and was no longer in favour of Telus’ share consolidation plan.
“The ISS report recognizes – and agrees with – Mason’s core arguments: that the voting shares are of greater value than the non-voting shares, and that Telus’ proposed one-for-one exchange ratio dilutes voting shareholders’ voting rights and…
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NEW YORK – Is Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) for or against Telus’ share consolidation plan? The proxy advisory firm back in April reiterated its recommendation to institutional clients that they vote in favour of the proposed plan that would eliminate Telus’ dual class share structure, but now appears to be contradicting itself, according to a news release sent out by the chief opponent of the plan, Mason Capital Management.
On the weekend, Mason issued a response to a new report issued by the ISS it claims is now critical of the share consolidation plan Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Siri, where can I go to recycle you? The answer is the Recycle My Cell program for mobile devices and accessories, which has officially kicked off its third annual Recycle My Cell Student Challenge.
As the national sponsor of Waste Reduction Week in Canada (October 15-21), 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 Challenge, running from October 15 to November 15, encourages students of all…
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MONTREAL – Pledging to help improve the sustainability of Canada’s healthcare system, Telus has launched TelusHealth.com, an online hub that provides professionals with resources, tools and technology to help improve health outcomes.
The healthcare hub features Telus Health products and services and offers customers smart healthcare solutions and other resources designed to help health professionals improve both health outcomes for patients and Canadian healthcare in general.
The new online hub will provide:
– Solutions and services information such as eClaims, personal health records and home care monitoring are easy to access and understand…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is expanding its 4G LTE network to Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton and the Sea to Sky Highway with a $1.7 million investment. With the expansion Telus says it now offers 4G LTE across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, from Whistler to Tsawwassen and out to Hope. Additional B.C. communities will be getting access to 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) in the coming months, as the telecom extends the technology to nearly 90% of the province’s population by the end of 2012.
“We are committed to offering you the best customer experience. A…
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OTTAWA – In a battle of GOs, Telus is charging Corus Entertainment and Shaw Communications of conspiring to block its efforts to stream Movie Central/HBO content to its Optik On The Go customers, which competes directly now with Shaw`s GO TV Everywhere service.
Telus filed a complaint with the CRTC last week saying Telus has tried unsuccessfully for nearly a year to acquire the premium content for its Optik on the go service from Corus, to no avail.
“Corus is offering in-home, out-of-home and on-the-go access to Movie Central…
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TORONTO – Mason Capital Management has filed and is sending its dissident proxy circular to voting shareholders of Telus Corporation ahead of its general meeting scheduled for October 17, 2012.
Mason has been locked in a bitter dispute with Telus over the telecom’s proposed plan to eliminate its dual-class share structure without paying a premium to voting shareholders, including itself, to reflect their higher value on the open market
The proxy circular filed today includes a letter to voting shareholders, which outlines the reasons Mason believes voting shareholders should vote “No” to Telus’ proposal including:
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GRANTING BELL THE RIGHT to buy Astral Media will make an already big company that acts badly, enormous, add incentive for it act even worse, which in the end will crush competition and choice in Canada. Therefore, the deal needs to be quashed altogether or tough new rules applied to constrain the biggest player in Canadian media, say final replies to the CRTC’s public proceeding into Bell Canada’s quest to buy Astral Media.
Those last written rejoinders to the Commission’s public proceeding into Bell Canada’s purchase of Astral Media (CRTC 2012-370) from intervenors were due into the Commission on Friday,…
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