VANCOUVER – Telus employees around the world are pledging to donate one #MillionHours in volunteer time this year as part of the company’s annual Days of Giving campaign.
This year’s events include shoreline clean-ups on Vancouver's coastline, planting trees and community gardens in Calgary suburbs, serving patrons at food banks in the Greater Toronto Area, helping communities impacted by the recent flooding in Ottawa and Quebec, and beautifying community gathering spaces on the east coast.
"One of the hallmarks of Telus' award-winning culture is our team's extraordinary commitment to giving back with our hearts and our hands”, said president and CEO…
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VANCOUVER – Targeted promotions attracted more wireless customers for Telus, resulting in a 16.7% lift in first quarter profits, the company said Thursday.
For the period ended March 31, 2017, consolidated operating revenue increased 2.9% to $3.2 billion over the same period a year ago, reflecting higher revenue from data services and subscriber growth in both wireless and wireline operations, while earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 11% to $1.3 billion.
When excluding restructuring and other costs, adjusted EBITDA was up 6.4% to $1.3 billion, reflecting higher revenue growth, as well as ongoing execution of operational…
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TORONTO – Telus will invest an additional $1.5 billion in new communications infrastructure and technology across Ontario through 2020, including $250 million this year alone, the company said Tuesday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to further enhance the speed, capacity and coverage of its wireless networks in the province, connect more businesses directly to its gigabit-enabled fibre network, and to enhance its healthcare solutions for Ontario healthcare providers and citizens.
Just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday, Telus said that by year end it will have invested more than $150 billion in operations and infrastructure across the country…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is asking its shareholders to turn down an unsolicited mini-tender offer made by TRC Capital Corporation.
The company said that TRC Capital is seeking to purchase up to 3 million Telus common shares, or approximately 0.51% of the company's outstanding common shares, at a price below market price for Telus shares.
“The offer represents a discount of 4.52% on the TSX closing price and 4.58% on the NYSE closing price for Telus common shares on May 2, 2017, the last trading day before the mini-tender offer was commenced”, reads the statement by Telus.
The statement added that TRC Capital…
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REGINA – Bell, Rogers and Telus have reportedly registered to lobby SaskTel, something which came to light just days after a privatization bill was passed that allows the provincial government to sell up to 49% of the Crown corporation.
That law, known as Bill 40, received Royal Assent late last week. According to a Regina Leader-Post report, representatives of the Big Three are listed on Saskatchewan’s lobbyist registry.
The report quotes SaskTel as saying that the activity regarding the company is “in reference to day to day wholesale negotiations for each other’s services and this relationship has been occurring for…
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MONTREAL – The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and Telus today announced the successful implementation of a new telecommunications network to improve wireless reception in the hospital.
Thanks to a $1 million investment by Telus, healthcare professionals, patients and visitors now have access to free Wi-Fi service in several key locations, such as major entrances, waiting rooms and food-service areas, reads the press release.
"We are delighted to provide this new service to patients, visitors and the entire staff, thanks to fast, reliable and free access to Wi-Fi in clearly identified areas," says Bob Lapointe, director of information resources for the…
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$20/month Pik TV aimed at cord-nevers
VANCOUVER – Telus has soft-launched a new, live, subscription television service to seven communities in British Columbia and Alberta.
Called Pik TV, it provides live TV and on demand content, as well an interface to popular streaming services like Netflix and YouTube, without a contract, starting at $20/month. The new service offers a slimmed-down feature set from Optik TV, giving customers more choice to design an entertainment experience around how they want to watch. It runs on smartphones, tablets and an Android TV powered box the company is distributing.
The news was…
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MONTREAL – Telus has signed a 20-year partnership with the Old Port of Montréal Corporation (OPMC) to equip the historic site with the latest next-generation wireless technology, including a new free WiFi zone.
Telus will also deploy a C-RAN (Centralized Radio Access Network) technology that will maximize the performance of its LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced) wireless network throughout the Old Port site. This new technology will enable the company to intelligently allocate radio capacity where it is most needed in the network, providing increased coverage even in crowded urban areas and during special events, reads the news release.
As a…
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TORONTO – Beanfield Metroconnect has moved in to the Concord CityPlace condominiums in downtown Toronto, taking over residents’ Internet and home phone services from Telus.
CityPlace is a 44-acre site consisting of 24 condo buildings with approximately 9,200 units. The Toronto-based independent telco said Wednesday that the process of replacing the existing infrastructure with its new fibre is underway, with full roll-out to all condo buildings scheduled to be completed by the end of the summer. The Beanfield fibre-optic network will be delivered to each individual suite.
“We are thrilled to be able to offer our services to the residents of…
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QUEBEC CITY – Telus Health and Université Laval are joining forces to provide comprehensive simulation teaching facilities to the university's pharmacy faculty.
Through an investment of more than $300,000 from Telus Health, Laval pharmacy students will gain hands-on experience throughout their academic program, as well as an opportunity to operate Ubik, Telus Health's next-generation pharmacy management platform.
The Ubik platform is a patient-centric, cloud-based, and adaptable pharmacy management solution that enables physicians and pharmacists to communicate electronically for things like electronic renewals of their patients' prescriptions. The technology is currently being deployed across pharmacies in Quebec and will be customized for…
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