VANCOUVER – Today, Telus Optik TV customers have the ability to control their entertainment experience using voice commands, at no extra cost, if they have a Google smart speaker or app, too.
Optik TV customers with a Google Assistant-enabled speaker or Smart Display can pair to Telus Home Assistant to allow voice commands to change the channel, launch Netflix and other apps, search for their favourite shows, pause or simply turn off their digital box.
Those without a Google Home device can enjoy the same hands-free voice control ability through the free Google Assistant app for smartphones.
“Integrating Optik TV with…
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VANCOUVER – Here’s one move that helps puts Telus onside with the CRTC’s Internet Code of conduct – for customers who renew or sign up for one or two year contracts at least.
The company today announced customers can now enjoy unlimited home internet data, no matter to which home broadband speed package they subscribe.
Last week, the CRTC told large broadband providers they had to warn customers when they were coming to the limit of their monthly data plans to avoid pesky data bill shocks, but this move mitigates that risk and that regulatory demand…
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VANCOUVER – Telus saw consolidated operating revenue increase 4.2% to $3.6 billion in the second quarter, ended June 30th, thanks to strong growth on the wired and wireless sides of the business.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 9.8% as compared to the second quarter of 2018 to $1.4 billion. The company noted in its press release that growth was partly offset by declines in wireline legacy voice and legacy data services.
For the quarter, net income of $520 million increased by 31% over the same period a year ago due to EBITDA growth and lower income…
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Family discounts and easier device payment plans launch, too
VANCOUVER – The day after its three-week, $75/month with no overage charges wireless promotion officially ended, Telus has decided to make the lower price permanent – and to add some new wrinkles.
Today, the company launched what it’s calling “Peace of Mind” rate plans, which begin at $75/month for 10GB of high speed data with any overage delivered at 512 Kbps. There are also plans at $95 for 20GB and $125 for 50GB. Speeds are slowed for users who cross their limits in those plans, too. While Rogers – when it Continue Reading
TORONTO – Telus Optik TV will be the first Canadian provider to launch Insight TV’s 4K UHD feed.
Distributed in Canada by Ethnic Channels Group (ECG), Insight TV’s programming includes original action sports, lifestyle and entertainment shows featuring global influencers including Droners, Travel with a Goat, Road to Gymkhana GRiD, King of the Hammers, THRU, and Breaking Limits.
Insight TV is scheduled to debut on Telus Optik TV Friday with a one month free preview.
"ECG is thrilled to partner with Insight TV to bring this high-octane content to Canadians. There has been a gap in this market for this type of…
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Infinite Wireless data plans have no overage charges
TORONTO – Rogers Communications today said it will introduce unlimited wireless data plans with no overage charges starting tomorrow (Thursday), on its main Rogers brand.
Also, said the company, it plans to launch new financing options to give customers more affordable smartphone and device options.
Rogers Infinite Wireless plans with unlimited wireless data will start at $75 for 10GB of high speed data for every line on its fastest LTE network, reads the company release. Service plans of $95 and $125 a month will also be offered for 20 GB and 50 GB, respectively.
What…
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PRINCE GEORGE, BC – Telus is investing $150 million to connect more than 90% of homes and businesses in Prince George, including the North Side of Lheidli T’enneh First Nation’s Fort George 2 reserve, directly to its fibre optic network.
The gigabit-enabled Telus PureFibre network will give residents access to Internet speeds of up to a gigabit, while businesses, schools, healthcare providers and other institutions can access even more speed and capacity, reads the news release. The network offers symmetrical service, meaning that customers can upload just as fast as they download.
Telus said that it plans to complete the infrastructure build over…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced an expansion of its Connecting For Good portfolio Wednesday that will see two of the initiatives launch in Manitoba and New Brunswick.
In its home province of British Columbia, the company pledged to boost its Internet and Mobility for Good programs to encompass an additional 25,000 families and youth.
Telus Internet for Good offers low cost, high-speed Internet to families with children currently receiving income or disability assistance from the provincial government. Eligible families in B.C. will receive a letter from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction with instructions on how to activate Telus’ offer of…
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TORONTO – In front of a backdrop of a Canadian Pacific train winding its way through the Rockies, Telus technology strategy EVP Eros Spadotto (right) offered a more creative take on the message Canadian wireless carriers are delivering at the 2019 Canadian Telecom Summit.
During his Wednesday morning keynote (just hours ahead of ISED Minister Navdeep Bains’ speech), Spadotto drew parallels between what our cross-country rail system delivered more than 100 years ago and what 5G wireless will be able to deliver very soon – saying it’s not, and never was, about the technology itself.
The developments brough on by sea-to-sea…
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OTTAWA – Telus has consolidated its regulatory and government relations office in Ottawa with the departure of three senior staffers.
Departing this week are Johanne Senecal, SVP regulatory and goverment affairs; Alexa Young, VP government relations; and Ann Mainville-Neeson, VP broadcasting policy and regulatory affairs.
The company has not announced replacements for the trio. Stephen Schmidt, vice-president telecom policy and chief regulatory legal counsel will now have a bit more on his plate.
Senecal had been at Telus for a little over over two years and Young just a year. Mainville-Neeson did send out an email to friends saying: “After 14…
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