RIMOUSKI, QC – After hiring 40 agents in May to staff its Rimouski contact centre, Telus held a second career fair September 22 and 23, looking for more workers.
The company is even offering new prospects the chance to work at home. "This gives our team members another option for balancing their busy lives, saves commuting time and also allows for greater flexibility in scheduling shifts," said Clément Audet, Customer Contact Centre director.
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TORONTO – After bobbing and weaving through a very successful first year, Canada’s The Fight Network looks to be a budding media empire.
The company – which launched a year ago last week – started as a category two digital channel but thanks to its original content, has branched out into mobile, on demand, radio, the web, events, clothing, energy drinks and other platforms – in Canada and the U.S.
“We’ve achieved some significant milestones in our first year of operations,” said Mike Garrow, president and CSO of the channel. “From day one our goal has been to build…
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VANCOUVER – The people living on Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, will have high speed Internet service from Telus later this year thanks to a recent agreement between the western telco and the Gwaii Trust Society.
Telus is investing $1.3 million to build a series of high-capacity mountain-top data transmitters to Mount Hayes near Prince Rupert. High speed Internet service will then beam 115 kilometres over water to a station at Masset, on the Islands. Service will flow from the station to other points on the Islands via fibre optic cables.
Until this build, Masset…
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OTTAWA – Speakers have been announced and sessions outlined for the 2006 Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention, set for Vancouver November 5-7.
The early registration deadline (where attendees get a rate break) ends on Friday.
The theme for this year’s CAB Convention – New Realities. New Rules. – "reflects the tremendous rate of change that Canada’s private broadcasters are experiencing," says the association.
"From the explosive growth of new digital technologies to an unprecedented level of regulatory review, 2006 is shaping up to be a watershed year for Canada’s private broadcasters," adds a release.
In keeping with well-established tradition,…
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EDMONTON – Telus and DevStudios International have entered into a sales teaming agreement to offer Telus’ small retail business customers the DevStudios Leapfrog Business Operating System. The software combines point of sale, inventory management, and customer relationship management in one tool.
“We are excited to add DevStudios Leapfrog Business Operating System to the portfolio of tools we bring to our smaller retail customers,” said Monty Carter, Telus’ Alberta Managing Director of Sales. “Small retail is a critical engine in our economy and important to the success of Telus. DevStudios allows us to bring an integrated solution to our customers…
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VANCOUVER – "We are working with Telus to create an open, standards-based IPTV network that uses best-in-class products from across the industry," said Dietmar Wendt, president, Global Services, Nortel in announcing a new agreement with Telus yesterday.
"Telus is working closely with Nortel to create a unique communications and entertainment experience for our customers that we call the Future Friendly Home," added Ibrahim Gedeon, chief technology officer, Telus. "We are building an innovative platform that will provide us differentiated services today and as we move into the future with a converged multimedia-centric infrastructure."
The integration of IP-based multimedia technologies into…
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TORONTO – Telus will provide, manage and supply its portfolio of network services, including IT security, for the entire network of the Government of Ontario, the company announced today.
The five-year contract is valued at $140 million.
"The contract with the Government of Ontario is another step forward in the continued advancement of the national growth strategy that Telus initiated in 2000," said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO, in the press release.
Telus will provide the provincial government with fully managed services including all network components and an IT security solution suite that recognizes the importance of information security…
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WINNIPEG IS ONE OF THE HOTTER bundling battlegrounds in Canada.
While Shaw is the incumbent video provider and a nascent voice company in the Manitoba capital, MTS Allstream, the provincial telco (which is also a national wholesale and enterprise player) has claimed about 55,000 video customers with MTS TV in Winnipeg – the only city in the province in which it has a cable license.
Customers like the simple bill, the fact they can re-jig their channel lineups on screen or even see e-mails and caller ID on their TVs. Finally, last month, MTS TV added a key piece…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today that it will become Canada’s largest income trust next year, assuming shareholders approve.
After its major announcement last week that the company will spend $600 million upgrading its network, the western telco’s board of directors unanimously approved the proposal from Telus management to reorganize the publicly trade company into an income trust fund. It will be the largest income trust (for now, unless BCE decides to go the same route sometime in the future, as has been speculated).
Initial distributions are anticipated to be in the range of $3.90 to $4.10 per unit on annualized…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is spending $600 million over three years to enhance its broadband network in British Columbia, Alberta, and eastern Quebec, the company announced.
By installing advanced Internet equipment in more than 7,000 sites across its network, Telus will bring the fibre closer to homes, resulting in download speeds of 15 to 30 megabits per second and faster, the company says.
The $600 million will be invested from 2007 to 2009, in addition to the approximately $190 million that Telus is expected to spend in 2006 on upgrades that have already began. The enhancements will be concentrated in…
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