Telus Sports app now available to download free
VANCOUVER – Mediapro Canada announced yesterday it has partnered with immersive live sports streaming startup YBVR and Telus to pilot a fully-immersive sports metaverse service.
“Beginning with OneSoccer and the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the TELUS Sports app brings Canadian soccer fans access to unique features allowing them to choose, in real time, between up to eight different camera angles, across multiple devices and from multiple viewers to offer the most immersive soccer viewing experience in the comfort of their home or on-the-go,” a press release explains.
The Telus Sports app is free…
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REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL – Telus and Peel Regional Police Service (PRP) announced today they have signed a memorandum of understanding “to advance 5G innovation and deploy technologies that will keep our communities safe,” a Telus press release says.
“This association will support mission critical communications, protect the well-being of communities and connect first responders quickly and efficiently with members of the public in emergency situations,” the release explains.
The collaboration between the two organizations will begin immediately “with the goal of connecting individuals in crisis with virtual mental health services and equipping first responders with improved multimedia tools and real-time…
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OTTAWA – While telecommunications service providers continue to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, the CRTC is seeking more information on how they prepared for and responded to the storm.
The Commission sent a request for information last week to Bell, Eastlink, Rogers and Telus. By Oct. 7, the companies are expected to submit information including “a high-level estimate of the number of customers affected by service outages of 24 hours or more caused by the hurricane, for each of the phone, mobile wireless, and Internet access services,” as well as “The status to date of any…
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IT HAS BEEN nearly two weeks since Hurricane Fiona devastated Canada’s east coast, despite which some Canadians continue to be without telecommunications services.
This is not because service providers failed to plan ahead or because restoring service was not prioritized. Rather, it goes to show just how bad the storm was when it hit.
“Hurricane Fiona was the biggest storm ever to hit anywhere in Canada,” a Bell spokesperson told Cartt.ca via email. “Our preparations ensured our core networks remained largely operational throughout, but the damage to our infrastructure in the field is the worst we have ever seen in this…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Palo Alto Networks Inc. announced today it has been selected by Telus to assist with securing the carrier’s 5G network and IoT infrastructure.
Telus “will leverage Palo Alto Networks’ hardware and software firewalls to protect high-capacity network interfaces across its 5G stand-alone core and internet perimeter as well as to provide security to its IoT customers,” a press release reads.
Palo Alto Networks “will leverage its Zero Trust approach, a security framework that is rigorously applied through to the full ecosystem of controls — network, endpoint, cloud, application, IoT, identity and more — and that many organizations…
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ATLANTIC CANADA – Telecommunications service providers are working hard to restore service to parts of Atlantic Canada impacted by Hurricane Fiona over the weekend.
“While service has begun to restore for some of our customers in Atlantic Canada, there are many who remain impacted by this weekend’s hurricane,” Eastlink posted on Twitter yesterday afternoon. “Continued power outages as well as downed trees, poles and lines may still be impacting your service. Our crews are working hard to gain safe access to affected sites so that we can get you back up and running.”
Rogers also tweeted yesterday to say…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today OneSoccer will show live, exclusive coverage in Canada of the three international friendly matches Canada Soccer’s men’s national team (CanMNT) will play this fall in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
CanMNT will face FIFA World Cup host team and current Asian champion Qatar this Friday, Sept. 23 at the Generali Arena in Vienna, Austria, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT.
On Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT, the Canadian men will play 2018 World Cup quarter-finalist Uruguay at the Tehelné pole Stadium in Bratislava, Slovakia.
CanMNT’s third international friendly…
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RIMOUSKI, Que. — Telus announced today it is celebrating the tenth anniversary of maCommunauté, a local channel on Optik TV that showcases the eastern Quebec communities of Rimouski, the Gaspé Peninsula, Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Montmagny, Baie-Comeau, Sept-Îles and surrounding communities.
“Since maCommunauté’s launch in 2012, $10 million has been invested in producing original shows locally by creators from different regions of eastern Quebec,” says a Telus press release.
“With content covering sports and cultural events, stories about prominent figures from different regions of Quebec, brief video segments on health and the outdoors, and shows on local issues, Quebec communities and their interests…
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LONDON U.K. — Canada’s national mobile operators — Bell, Rogers and Telus — have all been named as “5G Global High Performers for 5G Reach” in Opensignal’s 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022 report, released today.
The report from Opensignal, a U.K.-based mobile analytics company, compared users’ 5G mobile network experience by operator, to see how the operators stacked up globally. Data for the report was collected from Jan. 1 to June 29, 2022.
Opensignal’s 5G Reach metric “measures how users experience the geographical extent of an operator’s 5G network. It analyzes the average proportion of locations where users were…
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OTTAWA – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) last week refused an application for spectrum licences in Manitoba to be transferred from Xplore Mobile Inc. to Telus Communications.
The application included licences in the Broadband Radio Service (BRS), Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) and Mobile Broadband Services (MBS) bands.
“The proposed transfer raised substantial concerns that the resulting concentration of spectrum would impede the ability of future mobile competitors to provide wireless services and effectively compete in Manitoba,” reads the decision, which adds the “proposed transfer is contrary to ISED’s policy objective for spectrum management.”
Xplore Mobile announced this past July…
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