TORONTO – Concerns over data security and a limited knowledge of cloud computing are putting Canada's economic competitiveness at risk, according to a Telus and IDC Canada study released Thursday.
The study, commissioned by Telus, found that 71% of Canadian businesses are not open to alternative IT delivery models that may bring new levels of productivity and enhanced customer service to their organizations. Security was found to be the top concern and barrier to cloud deployment, with business leaders saying that their own organizations do a better job of securing data than cloud providers.
In addition, when it comes to their…
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is allowing a class action suit valued at $19 billion to proceed against Canada’s biggest wireless companies.
According to a Globe and Mail report, the suit centres around monthly “system access fees” charged by Bell, Rogers and Telus that the companies falsely led subscribers to believe were required by federal regulators.
The suit was first launched in 2004 in Saskatchewan’s Court of Queen’s Bench. The high court declined to hear an appeal by the companies of a decision that certified the suit in 2008.
The matter could turn into Canada’s largest-ever class action,…
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NEW YORK and VANCOUVER – One of Telus’ biggest shareholders is demanding that the telco disclose its current foreign ownership levels to verify that it is in compliance with the Canadian ownership requirements.
U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital Management LLC made public a letter that it sent Telus on Thursday citing information from the proxies submitted for Telus’ recent annual shareholders meeting which it claims shows that approximately 42% of voting shares voted at the meeting were held by shareholders who declared themselves non-Canadian or refused to answer the required declaration as to their residency. Under the Telecommunications Act and other related statutes,…
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GATINEAU – Unless there is a last minute change of heart from one side or the other, a panel of three CRTC commissioners will soon decide the terms of the next carriage agreements for 29 Bell Media specialty channels on a number of independent BDUs.
The Commission panel will choose one offer over the other in the final stage – known as Final Offer Arbitration (FOA), sometimes referred to as “baseball arbitration” – of this carriage battle. It’s high-risk business brinksmanship. In Major League Baseball, if a player and his team can’t come to a negotiated salary agreement, an arbitrator…
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TORONTO – Telus will open the doors Thursday on a new concept store designed for small and medium-sized businesses in Toronto.
The store will feature consultants trained in the specific needs of small to medium sized businesses and consumers, in-store learning centres with one-on-one or group tutorials to help business customers learn how to get the most out of their communications technology, and display stations equipped with live devices offering hands-on experience.
The Telus Business Store is located at 500 Yonge Street (between Wellesley Street East and College Street).
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OTTAWA – Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and MTS Allstream have all told the CRTC that they are opposed to BCE and Rogers’ proposal to take control of sports channels Leafs TV, NBA TV Canada and Gol TV Canada from parent Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE).
The interventions filed by the independent distributors claim that the move, which comes as part of the BCE/Rogers $1.32 billion bid for a majority stake in MLSE, “are bad for the Canadian broadcasting industry, further extending the control exerted by these large vertically integrated conglomerates”.
“Increasing the already extensive market power enjoyed by vertically integrated programming…
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GATINEAU – In what could be described as a case of “turnabout is fair play”, Globalive has formally questioned the Canadian bona fides of Telus and has asked the CRTC to hold a public hearing on the matter.
Globalive (which, of course, does business under the Wind brand) says that Telus’s recent aborted attempt to convert to a single share structure blew the lid off of the Vancouver-based telco’s non-compliance with the country’s telecom ownership rules and that it may well be in breach of the Telecom Act. So, a full public hearing must be held…
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WINNIPEG – Telus said Thursday that it will invest more than $7 million in its 4G wireless network in Manitoba.
In addition, the telco has pledged to contribute $25 on behalf of every new smart phone customer in Winnipeg, up to $160,000, to the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation through the ‘Phones for Good’ campaign. The campaign will run until December 5 and will help fund paediatric oncology clinical trials to help children with cancer receive safe treatments.
"Telus' $7 million investment will enhance our world-class wireless network for Manitobans living and working in the province," said VP Michael Sangster, in the release. …
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OTTAWA – The “tsunami of traffic” resulting from very high levels of social media over wireless devices and the connectivity of an increasingly large number of those devices is forcing mobile operators to deal with growing congestion.
This was one of the key messages from Eros Spadotto, executive vice-president of technology and operations at Telus during a keynote presentation to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Communications on Tuesday in Ottawa. He said the possible connection of 20 to 200 billion devices to the Internet using wireless networks could create headaches…
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SASKATOON – Telus has opened two new retail locations in Saskatoon designed to assist local businesses in choosing the technology that best meets their needs.
Located in the city’s north end on Faithfull Avenue and downtown on 2nd Avenue, the Business Stores feature consultants trained in the specific needs of small to medium sized businesses and consumers, in-store learning centres with one-on-one or group tutorials to help business customers learn how to get the most out of their communications technology, and display stations equipped with live devices offering hands-on experience.
"Today's smartphones and tablets are loaded with technology and features that…
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