VANCOUVER — Telus Health announced today it has reached the milestone of providing two million Canadians with access to their own digital personal health record.
Launched in Western Canada in 2019, Telus Health’s Personal Health Record (PHR) technology “are digital records provided to citizens to ensure they have a single point of access to their own health data, including test results and trends, immunization records, and biometrics such as blood pressure, blood glucose levels, and height and weight which can all be uploaded by the user or from a digital health device,” explains a press release.
“Telus Health is committed to…
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OTTAWA — Telus announced today an investment of $23 billion in network infrastructure, operations and spectrum across Ontario from 2022 to 2026, which the company says will help generate 9,500 new jobs in the province over five years, according to a press release.
“hrough our investment, we are supporting the social and economic vibrancy of Ontarians and ensuring that every member of our society has access to the technology that yields the opportunity to realize their full potential,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, in the release.
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VANCOUVER and CALGARY — Telus announced today it is investing $10 million to bring improved cellular service and broadband Internet to Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, as well as $430 million in Calgary in 2022.
In today’s announcement regarding Haida Gwaii, Telus says it completed upgrades in June to “the Mascon by Telus high-speed Internet network that now provides access to speeds up to 120 Mbps for residents and businesses in Daajing Giids and Skidegate.”
Telus bought Mascon Cable Systems in early 2017, and in early 2020 acquired Gwaii Communications, which was folded into the Mascon brand.
In addition to…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today an agreement with CBC that will see CBC Sports provide broadcast and streaming coverage of Canada Soccer’s women’s national team’s (above) three group stage games in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
Mediapro Canada is the rights holder in Canada for all Concacaf national team tournaments through to 2023.
The 2022 Concacaf W Championship “is contested by the eight top-ranked national teams from the North and Central American and Caribbean region and will take place from July 4 to 18 in Monterrey, Mexico,” a press release explains.
The tournament qualifies four teams directly for the 2023 FIFA…
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OTTAWA – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced today its decision on the rules for the upcoming 3800 MHz spectrum auction.
“These rules ensure that it will be possible to support higher quality and more affordable wireless services,” according to a press release.
Spectrum in this band is important for the deployment of 5G.
“Today’s announcement of the new rules for the 3800 MHz spectrum auction is an important step in our ongoing efforts to ensure Canadians have access to affordable and high-quality services from coast to coast to coast,” said François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry,…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Corporation announced today it has acquired 3 million multiple voting shares in the capital of Telus International Inc. from Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA).
The share acquisition in Telus International, which is a publicly traded company, was made in a private agreement with an entity affiliated with BPEA, according to a press release.
The purchased shares are being acquired for a price of US$22 per share, representing an aggregate consideration of US$66 million. They represent approximately 1.5% of the outstanding multiple voting shares of Telus International and approximately 1.1% of all outstanding shares, the release says.
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OTTAWA — On July 1, the IEEE, the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and the Canadian National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (CNC-URSI) will partner with Bell Canada, Telus and SaskTel to recognize the history and legacy of the Trans-Canada Microwave System, which officially opened on July 1, 1958.
Called “one of the greatest engineering achievements in Canadian history”, the Trans-Canada Microwave System “introduced live network television and direct-dialled long distance telephone service to Canadians from coast to coast,” explains a press release from IEEE Canada.
When it was completed in 1958, it was the world’s longest…
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Company sent a letter to ISED and Competition Bureau and is preparing ad blitz
By Ahmad Hathout
THE COMPANY THAT formerly owned the assets of what is now called Freedom Mobile has not given up on reacquiring them, despite a deal announced earlier this month that (pending relevant approvals) would see Rogers sell the wireless assets to Quebecor to satisfy regulators looking at its proposed acquisition of Shaw Communications.
Globalive Capital on Friday sent a letter to Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne and Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell – with a copy to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – further pitching its case as being…
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GATINEAU – The CRTC said today that telecommunications service providers will have to adhere to a regime that will set a minimum standard for blocking botnet traffic, which it said constitutes a “significant issue for cyber security, both in terms of volume and severity of harm.”
Botnets are networks of malware-infected devices that are controlled from a central location and used to do things like steal data and/or send an overwhelming number of communications to a server, which causes it to fail (denial-of-service attack). The increasing number of internet-connected devices coming to market, a lot largely with flimsy security measures, are…
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By Ahmad Hathout
BROOKS, Alta. – Proponents of a new partly city-owned fibre network currently in development in the town of Brooks, Alberta are viewing the partnership with the town as a future path forward for other Canadian towns they say are neglected by larger providers.
Michael Weening, president and chief operating officer of U.S.-based cloud and software company Calix, which is providing systems for the build, visited his hometown and met with Brooks mayor John Petrie last week to talk about the $21-million BrooksNet project, which will utilize buried fibre cable and provide gigabit-speed…
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