By Ahmad Hathout
PRINCE RUPERT TELECOM CityWest disputed a claim by Telus subsidiary Mascon that Quadra Island in British Columbia is mostly covered by the latter with federal goal speeds, according to a February 2021 information note obtained via a freedom of information request.
B.C.’s Ministry of Citizens’ Services, which manages telecom issues, also fielded a concern emerging from a Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) forum held that February that some rural communities would be excluded from the federal government’s $2.75-billion Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) program “resulting from discrepancies” in Innovation Canada broadband service maps, which allegedly show higher speeds…
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“… we won’t stop there,” minister says
OTTAWA – Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada announced today mid-range wireless plans have been reduced by 25% three months before the federal government’s target date.
The government initially announced it was committing to tracking and lowering the cost of mid-range wireless plans from Virgin (Bell), Koodo (Telus) and Fido (Rogers) over the course of two years in March 2020. (The latest tracking report, which has pricing from October to December 2021 for each of the provinces, can be found here.)
Benchmark prices were “based on prices advertised on company websites in early…
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TORONTO – Rogers Communications received top scores in umlaut’s fixed broadband certification report, released today, including the highest total score at 929 out of a possible 1,000 (see chart above).
Telus and Bell meanwhile received total scores of 910 and 903 respectively. (Scores have been rounded.)
The scores are broken down by speed downlink, speed uplink and latency (see chart below).
Rogers received a score of 482 out of a maximum of 500 for speed downlink, while Telus scored 467 and Bell scored 464. For speed uplink, Rogers scored 220 out of a possible 250, Telus scored 207 and Bell scored 198.
For…
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TORONTO — Mediapro Canada announced today its dedicated soccer channel OneSoccer is gearing up to cover the Canadian men’s national team’s upcoming matches in the Concacaf Final Round of FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers.
OneSoccer will air live coverage of the Canadian men’s away qualifier in Honduras on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. This will be followed by a critical home qualifier against the USA team at Hamilton’s Tim Hortons Field on Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT.
The final match in this fourth FIFA World Cup qualifying window will see the Canadian team travel back…
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By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – China Mobile is asking the Federal Court to compel the Governor in Council and Innovation Canada to release records it says were used to banish the telecom reseller from the country on national security grounds.
The motion to disclose the records, filed on Jan. 14, came after China Mobile said the office of the Privy Council denied the release of the records on public interest grounds late last month because it was under confidence. The court heard the motion last week.
China Mobile seeks the production of materials from the Governor in Council and the innovation minister,…
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OTTAWA — Telus Communications and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) announced today a five-year partnership that will see Telus invest $6 million to enable 5G technology across the university’s multiple campuses and help transform uOttawa into a 5G-connected innovation hub.
This collaboration “will not only fuel multidisciplinary research to advance global health and life-saving diagnostics and treatments and cyber security, but will also transform uOttawa campuses and enrich the student experience through new curriculums and teaching methods as students participate in cutting-edge research leveraging the power of 5G,” reads a press release.
“5G will be a game changer in how we…
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WATERLOO – Network intelligence solutions provider Sandvine announced today it signed a new multi-year contract with Telus.
Telus, which has been a Sandvine customer since 2013, will use the company’s “Application and Network Intelligence solutions on Google Cloud to further assist the company in monitoring and managing expected growth in mobile data and video traffic across its network,” a Sandvine press release explains.
Telus will leverage the company’s “4G and 5G analytics solutions to support its efforts in driving adoption, ensuring security, providing customer insights, and enhancing application experience while managing the associated surges and shifts in network traffic.”
Sandvine’s ActiveLogic Hyperscale…
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VANCOUVER – Telus Business announced today it is now offering Telus Health Virtual Care at no extra cost to its customers who have a small business smartphone plan as a way of supporting the well-being of the small business community.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found that 45 per cent of business owners experienced psychological health issues due to the pandemic and 43 per cent were working significantly more hours than before,” a Telus press release says. “Two years later, business owners still continue to face these obstacles.”
Access to Telus Health’s app-based virtual healthcare…
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By Denis Carmel
In a recent Canadian Transportation Agency Notice of Coasting Trade License Application, we learned that IT International Telecom Canada, an international company specializing in submarine cable installation and maintenance, applied for a coasting trade waiver in the coastal waters of Canada to install a new subsea fibre communication cable named “Sunoque III” between Sept-Îles and Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
The cable will be approximately 130 kms long, and the work has to be performed between April 15, 2022 and April 30, 2022, by the ship IT Intrepid (pictured above) for Telus, Hydro-Québec, and Bell Canada.
Since 2013, IT Telecom has obtained…
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Shaw still fastest fixed broadband provider in latest quarter
SEATTLE — Telus Communications was once again the fastest mobile operator among top providers in Canada in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Seattle-based mobile and broadband network testing company Ookla’s most recent quarterly report on the Canadian market.
Released today, Ookla’s Q4 2021 Speedtest Global Index market analysis for Canada also shows Shaw Communications retained its top ranking as the country’s fastest fixed broadband provider.
Using its Speedtest Intelligence data for Q4 2021, Ookla gave Telus a speed score of 98.29 for its mobile network performance (see chart above), which…
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