VANCOUVER – Telus Satellite TV is now available across British Columbia and Alberta, the western-based telco announced this morning.
Cartt.ca originally had this story announcing the launch was coming back in May.
Telus Satellite TV is available to more than 90% of homes in the two provinces and residents can now add it to their suite of services from Telus. “Bundling Telus TV with Internet, home phone or long distance services helps consumers simplify their lives – and save money at the same time,” says the press release.
Telus Satellite TV will help the company more quickly compete with…
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TORONTO – Mobile advertising should be part of marketers’ media buy now – “not next year, not in six months, the opportunity is now” – said Phil Barrett, vice-president of digital and mobile for Toronto-based marketing communications agency B-Street Communications.
Barrett made his comments during a panel discussion on mobile marketing, advertising and commerce at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Tuesday afternoon.
“We’re not suggesting you forget about online and TV and other media, but our point of view is that mobile is now about 10% of our marketing business… and we’re seeing great click-through rates on mobile advertising,”…
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WATERLOO, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) has added another Blackberry to its family of smart phones.
The Blackberry Tour was designed for CDMA customers in North America – such as Bell, Telus, Verizon, and Sprint’s legacy networks, allowing customers to “stay seamlessly connected – across town and around the world”, according to the press release.
"BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smart phone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio," said RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, in the release. "With its striking design and…
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TORONTO – A recent survey from KPMG International suggests wireless subscribers are more willing to pay for broadband content if it means they can avoid having to view ads on their mobile devices. In addition, an increasing number of mobile customers are being turned off by content bundles that don’t let consumers pick and choose the applications they want.
Peter Greenwood, a partner at KPMG in Canada, presented some of his organization’s survey results at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Monday during an afternoon session on the mobile evolution.
“There were comments made during lunchtime today that ‘everybody loves…
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TORONTO – Canadians may soon be able to send and receive money using their mobile phone, thanks to a new application called Zoompass.
Launched Monday by mobile commerce company EnStream, Zoompass allows customers to link their personal bank account or credit card to load and transfer money via a secure account, much like PayPal does.
This will allow users to conduct everyday transactions such as splitting a lunch bill, requesting money from parents, or even pay a babysitter, directly from a mobile phone.
The service also has the ability for customers to make purchases in stores and on the Internet using…
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BANFF – Home Box Office’s (HBO) John Adams was the big winner on Monday as it picked up the Grand Jury Prize as the best of the best – as well as the best drama award at the Banff World Television Awards, or Rockies, ceremony.
“OMFG. We got the big one,” said David Baldwin, executive vice-president of programming planning at HBO, in accepting the Grand Jury Prize. “John Adams was a special project for HBO.”
The U.S. mini-series about U.S. president John Adams also has Emmy and Golden Globe wins.
The Rockie for best Canadian program went to Passage,…
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OTTAWA, MONTREAL and WINNIPEG – The telco industry is continuing in its efforts to make its business ‘greener’.
During last week’s ‘Environment Week’, both Telus and Fido made announcements to highlight their commitment to social responsibility and the environment.
Telus made a donation to Tree Canada, a not-for-profit charitable organization established to encourage Canadians to plant and care for trees in urban and rural environments, on behalf of its customers and employees who opted for electronic billing, or who returned a mobile phone for recycling.
As part of its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Telus said that it offers…
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MONTREAL – Telus has named François Côté to the position of executive vice president and president of both Telus Québec and Telus Health Solutions, and Karen Radford as the president of Telus Business Solutions.
Based in Montreal, Côté will be responsible for expanding the BC-based company’s presence in Quebec, and advancing its national health care strategy through investment in innovative information, communications and technology applications, the announcement detailed.
Formerly president and CEO of Emergis, Côté was named president of Telus Health Solutions following the company’s acquisition by Telus in January, 2008.
Telus has more than 5,000 employees in Quebec,…
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OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Reaction to the CRTC’s broadcasting in new media report has been swift, and predictably, mixed.
The news that the Commission will continue to exempt new media broadcasting services from its regulation got high marks from Internet service providers (ISPs) Telus and Rogers.
“The CRTC is often criticized, but give them in credit in this case,” Rogers’ senior vice president of regulatory, Ken Engelhart, told Cartt.ca on Thursday. “The Internet’s power comes from the consumer, not regulation and not taxes. This decision is very progressive and far reaching and we support it.”
Michael Hennessy, Telus’ senior…
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OTTAWA – Former Canadian Association of Broadcasters exec Jay Thomson has launched a consulting company offering strategic communications policy and regulatory advice.
Jay Communications Consulting will focus on Internet, broadcasting and copyright matters.
Thomson recently helped lead the CAB on the BDU framework hearing and other significant CRTC files as its vice president of regulatory and policy. He also spent four years at Telus, and was the first full time president of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers (CAIP).
He may be reached at jay@jaycom.ca
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