EDMONTON – Alberta drone tech startup AirMarket and Telus today announced a new strategic alliance.
The two companies signed a letter of intent which will see them work together will aim to accelerate development and deployment of unmanned traffic management services for the global drone market, says the press release. Both want to deliver a telecom control framework which can safely integrate drones into Canadian airspace.
“As the use of drones continues to grow in popularity and more applications are developed for their use, it is crucial that UTM (unmanned traffic management) rapidly evolves to address new, complex air traffic situations. While…
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VANCOUVER – Rogers Media’s podcaster Pacific Content announced today it has hired Jonas Woost as its director of business development.
Woost (right) will look to grow Pacific Content's roster of clients and podcasts, which already include Facebook, Dell Technologies, Red Hat, Mozilla, Charles Schwab, Audible, McAfee, and the New York Times T Brand Studio. Pacific Content produces original podcasts for and with brands.
Woost joins Pacific Content from Telus, where he was the executive producer of the Storyhive project. Prior to that, he was executive producer at CBC Music, the public broadcaster's digital music service. He…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today that its investment arm Telus Ventures, along with BASF Venture Capital are among lead investors in a series B investment round for British startup Hummingbird Technologies.
Hummingbird is a startup which has become a leader advanced crop analytics, says the press release. Other main investors include Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) and the British investment firm Downing Ventures.
Founded in 2016, Hummingbird developed a technology platform to evaluate the condition of agricultural fields and its “artificial intelligence, deep learning and imagery analytics solution uses proprietary algorithms driven by aerial images captured from satellites,…
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VANCOUVER – With its latest Telus Wise happiness workshop announced Wednesday, Telus is hoping to equip teens in grades 9 through 12 with the better skills and practices for ensuring mental resilience and well-being in our digital world.
Tips offered in the workshop include taking occasional digital breaks, being aware of and limiting social comparisons that can get in the way of our happiness and practicing the Joy of Missing Out (JOMO) as opposed to the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). The workshop has been announced support of World Mental Health Day, on October 10.
The happiness workshop was developed…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today it will purchase ADT Security Services Canada for approximately $700 million.
ADT Canada is a leading provider of security and automation solutions, serving residential and business customers. It has approximately 500,000 customers and 1,000 employees across the country, according to the Telus press release. Last fiscal year, ended December 31st, ADT’s Canadian operations generated US$229 million in revenue, said the release from the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company.
While the company had already launched a security solution via its SmartHome Security app, this acquisition brings Telus more in line with other Canadian network operators such as Rogers…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced Thursday chief corporate officer and group president Josh Blair (pictured) has decided to leave the company at the end of the year.
Blair will continue to serve in his capacity as chair of Telus International and will also become chair emeritus of Telus Health, in recognition of his long-standing contributions to the growth of Telus’s healthcare IT division, the company said in a news release.
After 25 years in leadership roles throughout Telus, including 12 years as a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Blair is taking the opportunity to spend time with his family…
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EDMONTON – At an event Tuesday, Telus announced it will invest $16 billion in its wired and wireless networks in Alberta through the next five years as it pushes its PureFibre and builds 5G.
“As one of the province’s leading employers, our investment includes hiring 5,000 Albertans over the next five years. Furthermore, across our vast partner ecosystem, Telus’ investment in network infrastructure will support the creation of 20,000 family-supporting jobs across the province over the next five years,” says the company press release.
“Telus is proud to be making this generational investment in Alberta, providing the technology to bridge…
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MONTREAL, TORONTO and VANCOUVER — Bell, Rogers and Telus all announced Thursday they have each signed reciprocal roaming agreements with AT&T to provide their respective business customers with seamless access to AT&T’s LTE-M network throughout the United States.
In the case of each agreement, a Bell, Rogers or Telus customer will be able to roam on AT&T’s LTE-M network across the US, and AT&T customers in turn will be able to roam on the LTE-M networks operated in Canada by Bell, Rogers and Telus.
In three separate announcements, the Big Three carriers all touted their LTE-M networks as the ideal platform…
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VANCOUVER — Telus is launching today the Telus IoT Shop, which it says is Canada’s first self-serve online portal that enables businesses to easily purchase and manage prepaid IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity on its wireless network.
In a news release issued Tuesday, Telus said the Telus IoT Shop is ideal for businesses such as IoT start-ups and developer labs because it makes it quick and easy for them to connect their IoT devices to Telus’s 4G LTE and LTE-M networks, thereby helping to streamline product development and accelerate smaller projects.
Previously, customers purchasing IoT connectivity had to commit to…
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VANCOUVER — Telus is working with sustainable home developer Adera Development to create the first sustainable smart home, the two companies announced Monday.
As a leader in the innovation of SmartWood Technology, local developer Adera Development has earned the reputation of constructing happier, healthier mass timber homes in British Columbia for more than 50 years, the company said in a news release announcing its partnership with Telus. Together with Telus, Adera will enhance its ideology to include elements of a smarter home to complement its sustainable platform, the company said.
“We are excited to begin this partnership with locally renowned…
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