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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VANCOUVER – Telus unveiled a new structure for its Optik TV programming Tuesday that sees the addition of “premium entertainment” such as Crave, HBO, Netflix, and multicultural and sports packs bundled directly into TV packages.
The three packages in the new structure each include the Optik TV Essentials channel pack as well as either 4 Theme Packs and 1 Premium for $65 per month, 7 Theme Packs and 1 Premium for $80 per month, and 11 Theme Packs and 2 Premium for $110 per month, all on a two year term. The packages are available now for new and renewing customers…
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MONTREAL – Telus will invest $53 million in its wireless and wireline networks in Greater Montreal this year as part of a five-year billion dollar commitment in the province of Quebec, the company said Tuesday.
These investments are part of a 20-year partnership agreement between Telus and the Old Port of Montréal Corporation (OPMC) to equip the landmark site with new technologies, including C-RAN wireless technology and a free high-speed Wi-Fi zone.
Telus said that it has already invested $4 million in the Old Port to create an open-air technology lab which will be used by the new PY1…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has proclaimed itself Canada’s #MostGivingCompany after contributing $150 million and one million volunteer hours to charitable organizations in the past year.
This month also marks the start of Telus’ 14th annual Days of Giving that will see 40,000 employees and retirees volunteer at thousands of activities to help create more sustainable communities across Canada and around the world. In 2018, 36,000 Telus volunteers participated in Days of Giving events through nearly 2,000 initiatives, including sorting food at food banks, filling backpacks with school supplies for children in need, and serving healthy meals to feed the hungry.
“Companies that embrace social…
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VANCOUVER – Higher wireless and wireline data services revenue helped to power first quarter profits and revenues at Telus, the company said Thursday.
Consolidated operating revenue of $3.5 billion was up 3.8% from the same period a year ago.
Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 8.7% to $1.4 billion due to higher revenue growth and wireless equipment margins, growth in wireline data service margins, the implementation of accounting standard IFRS 16 on certain expenses, as well as EBITDA contribution from its customer care and business services (CCBS) and Telus Health businesses. This growth was partly offset by…
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