OTTAWA – Wireless growth fed Canadian telecom companies through 2005, especially since mobile users are much better spenders than wired accounts, says a report put out today by Statistics Canada.
Two events stood out in the telecommunications services industry in 2005, says the release, the number of wireless subscribers passed the 16 million mark and the number of conventional residential telephone lines dipped below 12 million.
The wireless industry (with providers like Rogers Wireless, Bell Mobility, Telus, MTS, Sasktel, Aliant and Virgin Mobile) recruited more than 650,000 new customers in the last quarter of 2005, bringing the total number…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has added the Migo, a simple wireless phone for pre-teens to its handset lineup.
It’s "specifically designed for parents who want to equip their pre-teens with a simple mobile communications device for safety and security," says today’s press release.
Instead of a regular phone keypad, the Migo has only four programmable speed-dial keys and one programmable emergency key, all of which parents can pre-set to phone numbers they choose and protect with a pass code. Parents can also program specific ringtones to correspond with up to four different callers.
The oval-shaped Migo weighs 70 grams (2.5…
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OTTAWA – The new Federal Cabinet wants the CRTC to revisit last year’s voice over Internet protocol decision.
As reported on numerous occasions by www.cartt.ca, the CRTC decided last year to maintain its position that voice, even delivered via IP, is still telephone service. What that meant was that incumbent telcos still faced some regulatory shackles (like having to file for tariffs) while newcomers, such as cable operators or VOIP providers like Vonage would have a freer hand.
Canada’s ILECs – most of them anyway – appealed the decision.
In governmentspeak: "The Governor in Council (GIC) has referred…
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OTTAWA – The new Federal Cabinet wants the CRTC to revisit last year’s voice over Internet protocol decision.
As reported on numerous occasions by www.cartt.ca, the CRTC decided last year to maintain its position that voice, even delivered via IP, is still telephone service. What that meant was that incumbent telcos still faced some regulatory shackles while newcomers, such as cable operators or VOIP providers like Vonage would have a freer hand.
Canada’s ILECs – most of them anyway – appealed the decision.
In governmentspeak: "The Governor in Council (GIC) has referred the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC’s)…
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TORONTO – "Work. Live. Play. – The Infinite Potential of Wireless", is the theme of the 2006 Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association annual conference.
The gathering, backed by major sponsors Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus and Nortel, will explore new business opportunities, converging technologies and life beyond 3G.
Set for May 16 and 17, 2006 at the Hilton Toronto Airport, the two-day symposium will feature more than 65 industry experts, business leaders and government officials in a series of panel discussions and workshops centred around three main tracks:
* Freedom to the Worker – Wireless Solutions for Business * Living in…
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VANCOUVER- Western telco Telus reported revenues of $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2006, a 5.1% increase over the first quarter of 2005.
"(C)ontinued strong wireless performance and excellent high speed Internet and wireless subscriber growth," was behind the results, says the company’s press release.
EBITDA increased 1% (to $862.7 million) due to strong wireless growth, largely offset by decreased wireline profitability this quarter. Free cash flow increased 13% to $640 million during the quarter, a $74 million increase primarily due to the receipt of a cash tax recovery.
"Telus achieved strong growth in high-speed Internet additions of…
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EDMONTON – Independent digital specialty channel Wild TV has debuted on Telus TV.
The 24-hour hunting and fishing television channel will be seen for the first time in Alberta in its linear format (its programming has been available on demand with Telus until now and is available on demand with Shaw Cable).
Edmonton-based Wild TV is dedicated to Canadian hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts, "offering original programming that captures the thrill of hunting and fishing in the Canadian wilderness as well as the best outdoor programming from across North America," says the company.
"With an estimated eight million hunting…
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TORONTO – If you thought clicking thumbs on BlackBerrys during business meetings was annoying, now Kevin Newman is going to be making appearances in them.
Saying the video quality is iPod-like, CanWest MediaWorks will begin making its content available to Blackberry users beginning this month.
Sixty to 90 second clips of Global National will be the first of many "berry casts" the company has planned, CanWest Interactive president Arturo Duran told www.cartt.ca today. Following the news, the company will make Entertainment Tonight Canada available and is looking into packaging sports content, "like plays of the day," as well, he added….
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VANCOUVER – TELUS announced today that it’s joining forces with Visto Corporation to offer secure two-way wireless email.
Business Inbox offers instant access to email via mobile devices, powered by Visto Mobile. The application can be downloaded over the air to any supported wireless data device, allowing clients to send and receive wireless email, and access their calendar and contacts files. It works with both Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino. The service will be free to TELUS email and Web monthly data subscribers.
"TELUS continues to expand its e-mail services portfolio with sophisticated wireless applications such as Business Inbox,…
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OTTAWA – TELUS today launched its high-speed wireless service in Ottawa, bringing broadband speeds to handheld devices.
The service began rolling out last November across the country and besides the nation’s capital is available so far in Vancouver, Whistler, Edmonton, Calgary, Fort McMurray, Toronto and Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe region, Montreal, Mont-Tremblant, St. Jovite, and Quebec City. Other cities will get the service through the year, the telco said.
“TELUS is excited to bring wireless high speed to Ottawa, a city recognized for the past three decades as being at the forefront of the wireless revolution and a leader in…
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