VANCOUVER – "Telus is pleased to introduce this leading edge security technology, a second layer of spam and virus control that will screen out the most obvious problem e-mails before they make their way to customer in-boxes," said Fred Di Blasio, Telus vice-president of consumer product marketing, in a release on Tuesday.
"The net result is that our internet customers will be better protected from annoying spam messages and malicious computer viruses."
Telus has seen a five-fold increase in the number of e-mails on its network since it first introduced spam control to customers three years ago, putting a…
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VANCOUVER – Telus Mobile Music launched today.
The new service offers clients access "to Canada’s largest mobile music catalogue and the only one offering selections from all the world’s biggest record labels – EMI Music, SonyBMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group," says the press release.
Telus also announced the exclusive availability of the LG 8100, a mobile entertainment and communications device packing an MP3 player, stereo speakers, Bluetooth functionality and much more.
"The newest addition to SPARK, Telus’ set of consumer-oriented mobile entertainment, information and messaging services, Telus Mobile Music makes downloading music fast and easy," said…
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TORONTO – As previously reported, Toronto Hydro Telecom today announced plans to provide Wi-Fi coverage in the downtown core.
"We are proud to be the first company in Canada to deliver a ubiquitous Wi-Fi zone, which will provide Internet access as well as next generation applications," said David Dobbin, president, Toronto Hydro Telecom, in a press release.
"Wi Fi technology is the new benchmark for urban living. It’s standard equipment in many electronic devices, from laptops to portable entertainment units. We think it’s time to enable that technology to be used in what will be the largest Wi Fi…
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QUEBEC – Both Telus and Bell Canada announced Thursday the launch of their new high speed wireless networks in the provincial capital today.
With typical download speeds of 400 to 700 kilobits per second, and maximum speeds of more than 2 megabits per second, Telus and Bell’s separate EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized) networks make it easier for wireless customers there to communicate whatever data they wish (e-mails, video, text, etc).
www.bell.ca www.telus.com
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I HOPE I HAVEN’T BEEN helping put Dave Armstrong out of business.
Dave is the owner-operator of Markdale Cable, a 1,200-customer operation serving the folks in and around Markdale, Ont. – a ski-country/farming community (and home of Chapman’s Ice Cream) about 40 kms southeast of Owen Sound, Ont.
I’ve been a skier since I could walk and my family and I are part-time customers of Markdale Cable (weekends and holidays during the winter). I needed high speed Internet at the place we rented for the season and Markdale Cable delivered. Dave even showed up on New Year’s Day to…
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HALIFAX – Aliant today launched its high-speed wireless service in Halifax. The new service will provide Aliant’s wireless customers access to wireless data speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps – and new and enhanced applications on their wireless devices.
Customers in the Halifax area will be the first to experience new wireless data speeds – five times faster than what is currently available. Customers will be able to access information on their wireless device – notebook computer, PDA, or cell phone – "at speeds close to those of their home broadband connection," claims the release.
Streaming video and TV…
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OTTAWA – Once upon a time, the boys and girls in the content production and delivery business gathered for many huddles. They were figuring out how to pass film and video content to the receiver, the Internet, and score a business model for web content. The play action took the form of rights management issues, and the strategy was nearly intercepted by haggling over the ownership and dollar value of rights.
Today, as the Internet joins video MP3 players, cellphones, games and podcasting among the receivers of digital content, the players are huddling once again and again, the quarterbacks…
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VANCOUVER – Record wireless customer additions made up for the impact of the strike in 2005 for Telus, the company reported this morning.
Fourth quarter revenue was $2.1 billion, a 6% increase compared to Q4 2004 "due to continued strong wireless performance, including record wireless net additions," says this morning’s press release. Operating earnings (EBITDA) were down 4% due to higher temporary expenses associated with the extended labour disruption in Western Canada that ended in late November.
Reported earnings per share (EPS) for the fourth quarter were 22 cents, compared to 38 cents for the same period a year…
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WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT I AM the president of Babytel, an independent provider of high-speed Internet phone service, the first question I get is about our name, (most love it), followed closely by “how in the world can you compete against the big guys?”
How we compete is quite simple: we are finding unique opportunities, such as being the VOIP backbone for partners like independent cable companies and ISPs, and we are selling to niche markets like Asian and African communities in Canada.
(I will refer the genesis of our name to later.)
There is incredible opportunity. VOIP opens…
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OTTAWA – If rollouts go according to plan, Canada’s telcos will collectively have over a million terrestrial video customers by the end of 2008, says a recent report by Yankee Group.
The report looked at the existing terrestrial video delivery systems from Manitoba Telecom Services and Sasktel and notes that when compared to each company’s high speed Internet customers, MTS and Sasktel boast TV penetration rates of 39% and 44%, respectively, of DSL high speed Internet customers.
The report goes on to predict that as long as Bell Canada and Telus go ahead with their full launches of Internet…
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