MONTREAL – Telus intends to invest $2 billion across Quebec through 2020, of which $340 million will be invested in new communications infrastructure this year alone, the company said Monday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to extend its fibre optic network infrastructure, strengthen its wireless service, and further develop the Telus Health offer to increase connectivity and collaboration in the healthcare continuum.
"By the end of 2020 Telus will have invested more than $27 billion in Quebec since 2000," said François Gratton, EVP and president, business solutions east and Telus Quebec, in the news release. "This sustained commitment attests…
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DAWSON CREEK and FORT ST. JOHN, BC – Telus is establishing a direct fibre connection to Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and the community of Charlie Lake in British Columbia.
Planning is currently underway, and construction work will begin in the spring, with homes and businesses connected before the end of this year. Telus said that connecting to its fibre optic network will boost data capacity, providing local homes access to Internet speeds of up to 150 Mbps, and even faster speeds for businesses, healthcare providers and schools.
The company added that it will spend $10 million to connect more than…
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GATINEAU – A Bell Canada application seeking the forbearance of wireless access service (WAS) has support from network partner Telus, saying there are plenty of alternatives. Rogers Communications, on the other hand, opposes it, noting that it’s not as simple as saying there are alternatives, and that therefore WAS can be forborne.
The CRTC has dealt with WAS on two separate occasions, the most recent being its wholesale services decision 2015-326. A 2012 decision also delved into WAS. Both times, the Commission has chosen not to forbear from regulating it and allowed wireless service providers to continue to…
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VANCOUVER – Telus Garden’s office tower in Vancouver is officially one of the greenest buildings in North America after receiving LEED Platinum certification, the highest rating a building development can receive.
Following an extensive review, the Canada Green Building Council awarded Telus Garden Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification this week during the Smart Prosperity launch. Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle is one of 25 founding members of the Smart Prosperity coalition, committed to advancing innovation and accelerating Canada’s transition to a stronger, cleaner economy.
“Today, we celebrate Telus Garden, the transformative centerpiece of a revitalized city…
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OTTAWA – Telus’ EVP, corporate affairs, chief legal officer and corporate secretary Monique Mercier has been named Woman of the Year by Women in Communications and Technology (WCT).
Mercier, pictured, leads a team of 300 professionals, of which 49% are women. She coaches, mentors, and champions the Telus women’s executive network, and has advocated to have its board of directors be compromised of 25% women by May 2017, and 30% by 2019.
Accenture was named company of the year, and WCT also named 10 other recipients of its prestigious annual awards, which recognize efforts to advance women’s representation and achievement in…
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TORONTO – Telus has teamed up with Microsoft and Avanade to offer Skype for Business, an enterprise-grade unified communications and collaboration solution that enables new ways for employees to connect with colleagues and customers, and helps Canadian businesses better support a mobile workforce.
Designed for organizations of all sizes, Skype for Business, powered by Telus, is delivered as a fully managed private cloud solution from its Canadian data centres. Billed as the evolution of Microsoft Lync, the service brings together the familiar Skype interface with an expanded Lync feature set that offers seamless integration with commonly used Microsoft Office applications…
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MONTREAL – Telus’ Optik TV customers now have free access to 10,000 music videos thanks to the launch of the Stingray Music Videos TV app.
Available to Telus Optik TV subscribers in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec, the app also provides free access at the touch of a button to 225 compilations curated by Stingray’s music experts, including themed playlists, as well as music videos from today’s hottest artists like The Weeknd, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
The Stingray Music Videos TV app can be accessed in Western Canada from channel 559, and in Quebec by selecting the remote’s apps button and…
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VANCOUVER – Competition and the struggling Alberta economy helped to weigh down fourth quarter profits at Telus, the company said Thursday.
For the period ended December 31, 2015, consolidated operating revenue grew 2.8% to $3.2 billion from $3.1 billion a year earlier, buoyed by higher data revenue in both wireless and wireline operations. Net income dropped 16.3% to $261 million from $312 million year-over-year due to “significant restructuring” and other costs. Adjusted net income dipped 1.2% to $324 million
Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell 2.2% to $978 million, though EBITDA excluding restructuring and other like costs increased…
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GATINEAU – A new fund or reallocated money dedicated to supporting local news, would do little to provide a long-term solution to the financial situation facing local TV, Shaw Communications and Telus told the CRTC on Tuesday.
Telus noted in its opening remarks that any funding for local conventional stations to subsidize their news productions shouldn’t come at the expense of community TV and the diversity it provides to the system. As well, “subsidizing the commercial business models of traditional television stations will not incent the innovation required of these stations to provide sustainable programming opportunities in the long run,”…
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More digitization of health care key to improving service and reducing cost
MONTREAL – It’s unclear if Darren Entwistle meant to quote the iconic line from The Six Million Dollar Man, but its message was similar in tone, pushing for a plausible future in which technology plays more of a role in changing the human body – as well as its treatment, when sick or injured.
Entwistle pushed the efforts of Telus Health in finding technological solutions to make the delivery of health care more efficient, calling health care efficiency and effectiveness “the number one social challenge of our lifetimes,” in…
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