VANCOUVER – In a move that will likely send more shivers through the traditional radio community, Telus and XM Canada today announced the exclusive availability of Telus Mobile Radio – powered by XM Canada.
It’s the first service to offer Canadians access to real-time streaming satellite radio programming, including music, comedy, talk and entertainment – all from their mobile phones.
"This is another fantastic ‘first’ for XM Canada. The launch today represents the first time that satellite radio will be distributed in partnership with a wireless provider in Canada," said Stephen Tapp, president and COO of XM Canada.
Operating…
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MONTREAL – The opening of a new Telus call centre will create at least 150 new jobs in the heart of Montreal by the end of June 2007, Telus announced Wednesday.
"The fact that a high-performing and thriving company like Telus chose to set up a call centre dedicated to businesses in the Montreal region shows once again that the province of Québec is a highly competitive place for companies that wish to expand their business," said Québec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export, Raymond Bachand.
That’s not the only reason why Telus is setting up there. The Government…
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MONTREAL – Bell Canada announced Wednesday that Robert Odendaal, president of Bell Mobility and BDI (Bell Canada’s sales and distribution business), has decided to leave the company after three years to pursue other interests.
Odendaal was shifted over to Mobility from Bell Video/ExpressVu only in September of 2005 to help lead the wireless unit out from under a lingering storm of bad publicity and operational difficulties which stemmed from a billing system overhaul gone bad in 2004.
After not even a year in the role though, his departure could be seen as a bit of a surprise, but it…
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OTTAWA – Mayor Bob Chiarelli will join Telus executives Thursday as the telecom company turns the sod for its new Nation’s Capital home.
Slated for completion in 2007, this state-of-the-art "’green’ building will bring together some 300 Telus employees who are currently located in various buildings across the city," says the company.
With sleek lines and strong features, the Telus Building (at the corner of Bank and Slater Streets) "will showcase leading edge technology and is destined to become an Ottawa landmark," says the release.
It will provide approximately 105,000 square feet on eight floors, with two floors of…
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TORONTO – The little talent show that could is showing that it definitely can. Canadian Idol has signed on five sponsors for season four, the most so far.
Kraft is returning for a third year, while the show welcomes newcomers General Mills Whole Grain Cereals, Procter and Gamble, TD Canada Trust, and TELUS. All will have product integration with the series.
Canadian Idol enters its three-week “Top 22” stage next Monday, June 26 with back-to-back special live 90-minute performance episodes at 8 p.m. ET on June 26 and 27 on CTV.
TELUS has been named the official wireless sponsor….
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VANCOUVER – Telus and Motorola this week announced the Canadian wireless company will have the Motorola Q exclusively.
The Moto Q is a thin, sleek QWERTY keyboard wireless device meant to take a serious swing at the ubiquitous Blackberry.
It’s powered by the new Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. The operating system offers a familiar user interface making access to corporate and personal data in real-time easier. While away from the office, standard files, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat can be viewed on the device. It also offers integrated Bluetooth technology for wireless compatible headsets, hands-free car…
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OTTAWA – As CRTC chair Charles Dalfen mentioned in his speech to the Canadian Telecom Summit on Wednesday, the Commission has put out a call for comments to figure out whether or not wireless service should be factored into the local phone deregulation calculation.
When the CRTC set out its rules surrounding the deregulation of local telephone service, it did not include the so-called "wireless substitution" phenomena in the framework. Wireless substitution happens when a telephony customer abandons a wired line altogether in favour of wireless only, something Industry Minister Maxime Bernier says he has done already.
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IF RHETORIC AND HYPERBOLE were gasoline, a single spark would have razed the entire Toronto Congress Centre this week.
The speeches from Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Michael Sabia and Telus CEO Darren Entwistle at this week’s excellent Canadian Telecom Summit – as well as comments from a few others who work under them – suggest that not only are the communications of all Canadians utterly crippled by wacky regulation, but that our CRTC stands in the way of all Canuck creativity, innovation and productivity.
It’s an absurd notion, really. But it’s one much of the nation’s consumer media has…
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BURNABY, B.C. – Cable power supply manufacturer Alpha Technologies announced it has hired Mark W. Schnarr as its new president and CEO.
Schnarr brings 30 years of business management, marketing, and entrepreneurial experience to the company. Previously executive vice-president Telus and president, Telus Ventures, he has held a variety of executive positions related to the creation and growth of new business ventures, marketing of products and services, management of international operations, and introduction of emerging technologies.
Schnarr received his Bachelor of Arts (Marketing) degree from Simon Fraser University, and has his Canadian Securities Course Certificate. He has been a…
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TORONTO – The Canadian Telecom Summit’s "regulatory blockbuster" session is a must-view event every year.
This year was no different as regulatory chiefs from Bell Canada (Mirko Bibic), Rogers Communications (Ken Englehart), Telus (Janet Yale), Shaw Communications (Jean Brazeau), and MTS Allstream (Chris Peirce) traded barbs for over an hour about the competitive state of the industry, and just whom is benefiting most from the current state of regulation. It was funny and terse and interesting. ("Ken Englehart’s has such a learned and scholarly style, you automoatically think what he’s saying must be true, even though it isn’t," said…
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