MONTREAL – Telus announced yesterday it will collaborate with Civalgo to bring a fully integrated Internet of Things (IoT) approach to connected job sites.
Civalgo is “an operational management platform built to accelerate digital transformation activities and processes in the construction industry,” a press release says.
“We are very excited to work with Civalgo on expanding our Connected Worker solution offering,” said Julio Villalta, Telus director of products and services, Internet of Things, in the press release.
“This association brings next-generation technology to construction teams aiming to increase connectivity and efficiency in their operations at the execution level and beyond,” Boris Germanov,…
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Office life unlikely to return to what it was in 2019
By Amanda Oye
AS COMPANIES AROUND the country make plans to bring employees back into offices, and grapple with how to do so safely, Cartt.ca asked a variety of Canadian telecommunications and broadcasting companies about their own plans.
Few companies Cartt.ca reached out to have, at this point, decided to require staff to be fully vaccinated. Fourteen companies responded to our request for information on back to office plans, only three of which indicated they were requiring some or all employees to be vaccinated.
OUTtv is one of those companies. While…
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TORONTO – TikTok has big plans to reach beyond mobile around the world, including in Canada.
The company hired Dan Page (above) in April as its head of global business development, new screens. Since then, Page has been working “to ensure that TikTok is distributed beyond mobile, with the goal to be on every other screen around the world, while also overseeing all Distribution in Canada,” he said in an email to Cartt.ca.
Page, who noted it is interesting the company often gets compared to social networks when it is not one, described TikTok as “an immersive, entertaining platform that enables…
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TORONTO — The Canadian Telecom Summit — which will be held as a hybrid event from Nov. 15 to 17 — will feature Robert Ghiz, president and CEO of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, as one of its keynote speakers, event organizers announced today.
Ghiz (above) will address attendees on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. ET.
His keynote will be followed by the Canadian Telecom Summit’s “regulatory blockbuster” panel (from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET), with confirmed participants including: Geoff White, executive director of Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC); Ted Woodhead, senior vice-president of regulatory…
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By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) last week gave Telus permission to appeal the CRTC’s April 2021 wireless review decision, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2021-130.
Telus went to court, not to argue against the CRTC’s decision requiring it to introduce a wholesale service that will enable eligible regional wireless carriers (Editor’s note: like Vidéotron) to use national wireless carrier networks to provide competing services while they build out their own networks.
No, when the CRTC issued its decision in April 2021, it took the opportunity to rule on other issues raised during the proceeding as well, including…
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MEDICINE HAT and BROOKS, Alta. — Telus Communications announced today it has expanded its 5G network to the communities of Medicine Hat and Brooks, Alberta.
This 5G expansion is part of its $14.5 billion investment in infrastructure and operations in Alberta through 2024, according to a company press release.
“The significant investments we are making in our world-leading network to rapidly expand our 5G footprint is enabling us to connect the citizens of Medicine Hat and Brooks to the people, resources and critical information they need as we continue to navigate the global pandemic,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of…
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By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – In a letter sent to François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (IC), on August 13, Videotron CEO, Pierre-Karl Péladeau responded to claims made by Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) CEO Mirko Bibic in an interview on BNN Bloomberg (owned by BCE) that Videotron should not have been eligible to bid on set-aside wireless spectrum in the 3500 MHz auction, the results of which were announced on July 29.
IC set aside portions of spectrum in the last few auctions that the larger wireless players (Bell, Telus and Rogers) could not bid on, to try…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today its new Telus Home Assistant skill for Amazon Alexa, which allows customers to control and monitor their Telus SmartHome Security and entertainment systems hands-free by using voice commands.
The Telus Home Assistant skill “is the first to integrate multiple products including SmartHome Security and Optik TV, and is now available to all Telus SmartHome Security customers at no additional cost,” says a Telus press release.
With the new skill, customers can use voice commands to set SmartHome Security functions including arming their panel, locking and unlocking doors, setting the thermostat, and turning lights on and off.
“As…
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OTTAWA — Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne and Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte today announced the second phase of the Connecting Families program, which they say will help hundreds of thousands of low-income seniors and families access affordable high-speed home Internet in 2022.
The so-called Connecting Families 2.0 program marks the first time low-income seniors will be included in the program. It also introduces faster speeds and increases the data usage amount available in Internet plans being offered by participating Internet service providers, which include Access Communications, Bell Canada, Cogeco, CSUR, Hay Communications, Mornington, Novus, Rogers, SaskTel,…
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Telus to connect over 2,000 households
OTTAWA – The Canadian federal government and the Province of British Columbia announced last Friday over $17.3 million in funding to bring high-speed Internet to over 2,000 households in rural BC.
The funding will cover four projects, and will provide service to households “in Cariboo regional district and in Indigenous communities of the Thompson-Nicola district in rural British Columbia,” according to a press release.
A spokesperson from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) confirmed via email to Cartt.ca the federal government is contributing just over $8.7 million, which is a little over half of…
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