OTTAWA – Earlier this month, the CRTC asked Rogers for more information about its July nationwide outage, according to a letter posted on the CRTC’s website last night.
The letter, sent to Rogers on Aug. 5, asks the telecom to submit answers to a second series of questions about the outage. The request was made after Rogers filed a report on July 22 responding to a list of initial questions from the CRTC.
In the second list of questions, which is partially redacted as it refers to some information Rogers filed in confidence, the CRTC asks Rogers to “quantify…
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BURNABY, NEW WESTMINSTER, RICHMOND, SURREY and VANCOUVER — Telus announced last Friday several investments it is making in B.C. cities as part of its previously announced $17.5-billion investment in infrastructure, operations and spectrum across the province of British Columbia through 2026.
Telus is investing $40 million in Burnaby, $13 million in New Westminster, $4 million in Richmond, $33 million in Surrey and $105 million in Vancouver.
All of the press releases for these announcements say the investments “will connect more local homes and businesses to the PureFibre network and expand access to Telus’ 5G network.”
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Rogers wins for upload speed experience, Bell wins for download speed experience
LONDON, U.K. – Opensignal, a U.K.-based mobile analytics company has released two new reports on mobile experience in Canada – its Mobile Network Experience Report and its 5G Experience Report, both authored by technical analyst Hardik Khatri and based on data collected from April 1 to June 29, 2022.
Telus has the most consistent mobile network experience in the country, according to the Mobile Network Experience Report, which provides an analysis of the overall experience of Opensignal users across all network technologies for the three national carriers.
The analytics…
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TELUS ANNOUNCED TODAY it is investing $9 million in Lloydminster and Stony Plain, Alberta and $27 million in Whistler, Squamish and Prince George, British Columbia in 2022.
In Alberta, the company is investing $3 million in Lloydminster and $6 million in Stony Plain. These investments are part of a previously announced $17-billion investment Telus is making in operations, infrastructure and spectrum in Alberta now through 2026. (For Telus’ press release on its Lloydminster announcement, please click here, and for its Stony Plain announcement, please click here.)
In British Columbia, Telus is investing $8 million in Whistler and Squamish and…
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TORONTO – Mediapro Canada announced today its crews will produce live coverage of the inaugural League1 Canada Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship, with English and French-language commentary, for global broadcast.
The championship is “an innovative new cup tournament launched by Canadian Soccer Business and featuring four teams from League1 BC, League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ),” a press release explains.
The tournament is being held at Le Complex Sportive Bois-de-Boulogne in Laval, Québec starting with Alliance United of League1 Ontario playing against AS Laval of the PLSQ on Friday, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. ET.
The broadcast will be…
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OTTAWA – Telus Communications is asking the CRTC to approve revisions to its general tariff, which would allow it to charge customers a 1.5% credit card processing fee.
If approved, new and current Telus customers making a payment by credit card will be charged the fee. The company is proposing this change be effective as of Oct. 17, 2022. If the Commission is not able to issue a decision in time, Telus is requesting the effective date be set at three weeks after the Commission’s decision is released.
In its application to revise its tariff, Telus notes in 2018, there was…
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FORT MCMURRAY and ST. ALBERT, Alta. — Telus announced today it is investing $3 million in Fort McMurray and $10 million in St. Albert this year as part of its $17-billion investment in operations, network infrastructure and spectrum across Alberta from now through 2026.
In Fort McMurray, Telus’ investment is being used to continue to bring the company’s “blistering-fast 5G network speeds to the city,” according to a press release.
In a separate release regarding Telus’ investment in St. Albert, the city’s mayor, Cathy Heron, said access to online resources at home, work or on the go “is becoming…
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WITH CANADIAN SERVICE providers finally deploying their 3500 MHz spectrum, a new era of 5G is among us – the era of 5G+.
“This next evolution of the rollout is the one that really starts to unlock… super high speeds, home Internet in rural markets and then true business applications, so it’s really exciting,” said Jim Senko (above), Telus president of mobility solutions, in an interview with Cartt.ca.
Currently, 78% of the Canadian population has access to Telus 5G – a number that is expected to reach 80% by the end of the year.
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today the launch of the Friendly Future Makers Awards and is inviting Canadians to nominate inspiring youth who are creating long-lasting positive change in their communities.
From now until Sept. 26, Canadians can nominate a Friendly Future Maker aged 13-19 at telus.com/YouthAwards.
“Nominees will be entered to win one of six prize packs worth $7,000, which includes $5,000 for an RESP or to help fund their initiative, a $1,000 Telus gift card, and a $1,000 donation to the registered charity of their choice,” explains a press release.
One winner will be chosen from each of six social…
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MONTREAL — Bell announced today it has been recognized for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in corporate responsibility and environmental standards by Corporate Knights magazine.
Bell was named the top telecom and fourth company in Canada overall on Corporate Knights’ Best 50 Corporate Citizens list, an annual ranking that “evaluates 332 of the largest Canadian companies on a set of 24 environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators to single out the Best 50 that Corporate Knights considers ‘the vanguard of corporate sustainability leadership in Canada,’” a Bell press release explains.
Only three telecom providers made the list: BCE Inc….
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