VANCOUVER — Telus is now offering next-generation, broadband push-to-talk (PTT) service on its wireless network for its business and government customers, thanks to a partnership with California-based ESChat, a provider of secure PTT technology for LTE communications.
According to a news release from ESChat on Tuesday, the companies first completed a commercial contract in May 2019 and have been in soft-launch with a number of customers since late 2018. After testing new features and adding customers over the past year, carrier integration has been completed and the ESChat solution is now commercially available for Telus business and government customers,…
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MONTREAL and TORONTO — To thank frontline healthcare workers in Quebec and Ontario, Telus announced Monday it is crediting monthly rate plan charges for two months for healthcare workers at select hospitals which have been significantly impacted by Covid-19 across the two provinces. The two-month credit will be available to eligible Telus and Koodo customers.
“One of the many heartbreaking impacts of this pandemic is that many doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are isolating themselves to avoid risking the health of their families and their community. We want these heroes to know that our Telus team is extremely grateful for…
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VANCOUVER – The Telus Friendly Future Foundation today announced a $250,000 donation to support a number of community healthcare leaders with their Covid-19 response for homeless and marginalized Canadians.
“The funding will bolster efforts to provide a multitude of services, including Covid-19 assessments; triage service at temporary isolation shelters; and personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies to ensure a clean and safe environment for patients and clinicians,” says the press release.
This $250,000 donation is the latest contribution by Telus Friendly Future Foundation in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Recently the foundation announced a $10 million commitment to help urgently…
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VANCOUVER – This week, Telus Health announced it has expanded its Home Health Monitoring (HHM) solution in British Columbia so nurses and other healthcare providers there can digitally monitor more patients remotely while they recover from Covid-19.
Launched in partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Health and local health authorities, the digital health dashboard enables healthcare providers to track symptoms and provide medical help for more patients as they recover outside of hospitals and in their own homes.
Through any mobile device, the program sends daily prompts to the patient to report things like their temperature, physical symptoms and overall health…
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QUEBEC CITY, MONTREAL, OTTAWA, TORONTO, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and KELOWNA — Telus announced Tuesday several of its community boards across the country are donating additional funding to local charities to support organizations responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, Telus said it was committing $1 million in donations in 2020 to charities in Calgary and Edmonton.
Today, Telus announced it is providing $1 million immediately in grants to grassroots charities in Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria and the Okanagan region of B.C., with a commitment to provide another $2.4 million in…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced Monday it is giving over 10,000 free mobile devices and $0 rate plans to hundreds of organizations across the country to help Canadians in vulnerable communities or isolated in hospitals stay connected through the Covid-19 crisis.
The devices are letting hospitalized Covid-19 patients virtually connect with loved ones, for example, as well as providing a needed lifeline for isolated seniors, low-income families, homeless, and at-risk individuals so they can see and speak to to families, health practitioners and social support services.
Telus has already donated more than 6,000 mobile devices paired with $0 rate plans including unlimited…
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EDMONTON and CALGARY – The Telus Edmonton Community Board and the company’s Calgary Community Board each announced donations to local charities this morning to help them during the Covid-19 pandemic which will amount to $1 million in 2020.
The Edmonton board it is immediately directing $165,000 in grants to be given out and is committing another $335,000 this year for a total of $500,000 to be granted in 2020. The Calgary board is committing to $140,000 in grants right now and will add another $360,000 for a total of $500,000 to be given out in 2020.
“As charities across the country…
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EDMONTON — Telus is expediting its capital investments in Alberta to support the province throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, announcing Tuesday it will bring forward investments originally targeted for 2021 into this year as it reallocates its 2020 capital spend.
As part of its previously announced $16-billion, multi-year investment commitment in Alberta, Telus’ total investment in network infrastructure and operations in the province in 2020 will be approximately $3.5 billion, according to the news release.
As part of this investment, Telus will expand its PureFibre and high-speed Internet networks to 282,000 homes and businesses across Alberta, including a specific focus…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Health announced Wednesday it is adding patient videoconferencing functionality to its electronic medical records (EMRs) offering, enabling 26,000 Canadian family doctors across Canada to conduct virtual visits with their patients for free while reducing Covid-19 exposure risk.
Telus Health says it accelerated the development of this virtual video functionality in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, now that physicians across the country can use virtual care fee codes. Offered as a free service for the first four months, this new feature allows physicians to virtually support their own roster of patients while maintaining continuity of care…
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VANCOUVER — Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle told employees Monday that since they are forgoing any raises for the next three months and seeing the temporary suspension of the company’s matching portion of the employee share plan over the same time frame, he will donate three full months of his own salary to help support front-line healthcare workers fighting against Covid-19.
“As we do our very best to navigate a new world created by this challenging global pandemic, the past three weeks have certainly been unprecedented for our team and company,” wrote Entwistle in a Monday morning internal email…
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