PORT HARDY, BC — Telus has invested $14 million to build out a fibre optic network in Northern Vancouver Island, allowing residents, businesses, healthcare facilities and schools to access dramatically faster, higher-capacity Internet and data connections.
The fibre network will also enable Telus to enhance wireless service in the area, by providing the capacity needed to upgrade existing sites to 4G LTE. Telus said in a press release that it expects to complete the wireless upgrades within the next year.
The new infrastructure runs 150 kilometres through part of the traditional territories of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations from the Sayward Junction…
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MONTREAL — Telus has chosen marketing analytics company Aimia as its loyalty platform partner for its new Telus Rewards Program, Aimia announced Monday in a press release.
“As part of our commitment to put customers first in everything we do, we wanted to offer a loyalty program that provided added value to our customers,” Simone Lumsden, vice-president of customer relationship marketing and engagement for Telus, said in the news release. “Aimia provided us with the expertise and marketing technology to fulfill this commitment.”
Telus customers participating in the program will be able to earn and redeem Telus Rewards points to…
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VANCOUVER – The partnership building Telus Garden in Vancouver has issued $225 million in green bonds, marking the first time in North America that green mortgage bonds have been used to support real estate financing.
The proceeds raised by the 500 Georgia Office Partnership, the joint venture of Telus and Westbank, will be primarily used to retire short-term construction financing for the office tower (pictured). The privately-placed 3.40% 10-year bonds will mature on July 22, 2025, and include senior notes secured by the environmentally and technology-advanced development.
“When the Telus Garden partnership was looking at options for retiring the short-term…
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TORONTO – Telus customers travelling south of the border this summer now have a new way to stay connected.
US Easy Roam, unveiled Thursday, allows customers on a Telus consumer monthly wireless postpaid rate plans to use their rate plan while in the US for $7 a day. Once the optional service is added to their device, US Easy Roam will grant access to voice minutes, text messages and data allotment included as part of the customer's existing rate plan.
Ideal for short to medium-length trips, customer exceeding their rate plan's minute, text and data limits while in the US will…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is offering a new app from the National Film Board that will allow Optik TV customers to stream new and classic NFB films to their televisions.
The content includes 1,100 NFB films, including Oscar-winning animated shorts, new and classic documentaries, great Canadian dramas, and films for kids. To access the NFB film app on Optik TV, customers must tune to channel 452 or 738 or press the "Apps/Interactive" button on their remote and select NFB.
“Conceived specifically for Telus Optik TV, this free streaming service is the latest in a growing family of NFB applications and digital platforms”,…
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EDMONTON – Telus is investing $1 billion in Edmonton to connect more than 90% of homes and businesses directly to its fibre optic network over the next six years, the company said Friday.
When the service is launched in Edmonton later this year, local residents and businesses will be able to take advantage of Internet speeds of up to 150 Mbps. There is no requirement to be a current Telus customer to be connected to the network, nor are there any conditions to purchase services once the network construction is complete, the company added.
“Our $1 billion investment in Edmonton will…
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TORONTO – Telus is pulling the plug on its Black’s photography chain citing “technological innovations” that have changed the way that Canadians take and share photos.
According to a Toronto Star report on Tuesday, the closures will take effect August 8 and affect about 485 employees. The company said that it will try to find positions for them within Telus and Koodo.
Company spokeswoman Luiza Staniec said that Canadians are sharing their pictures on social media sites like Instagram and choosing cloud storage solutions instead of printing out pictures, a primary business at Black’s.
There were 113 Black’s locations in Canada when…
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VANCOUVER – Seeking to keep up with its rival Shaw, Telus is making free public Wi-Fi available at more than 8,000 hotspots across B.C. and Alberta.
Available to both Telus and non-Telus customers, the Wi-Fi network integrates with Telus' 4G wireless network, with Telus smartphones automatically establishing a secure connection to the #TELUSdirect network when they are in range. Non-Telus customers can connect to #TELUS through a splash page for the same service.
Telus said that it has been actively expanding its public Wi-Fi network since early 2014 to strategically select locations with high foot traffic and/or dwell times. Telus Wi-Fi is also…
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TORONTO – The industry must harden its wireless and broadband networks in Canada because good enough isn’t good enough anymore, a top Telus executive told Canadian Telecom Summit delegates this week.
“It was only 30 years ago that we deployed our first cellular networks in this country and about 25 years ago the internet, as we know it… were deployed,” said Telus chief technology officer Eros Spadotto. “At the time, these networks were the bleeding edge of technology, but perhaps ironically, they were deployed on a ‘best efforts basis.” That is, connectivity was not guaranteed.
Calls were (and still are) dropped…
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VANCOUVER – More than 16,000 Telus employees, retirees and their friends and family are giving back with their hearts and hands and doing #actsofgood at more than 1,000 charitable and community activities during Telus Days of Giving from May 16 to June 14.
Most activities took place on Saturday, with volunteers coming together to serve breakfast to the homeless, build tactile books for blind children, and escort disabled adults to a community waterfront event. Social art rallies were held in Vancouver and Toronto.
"Coming together as an organization to create positive change in the communities where we live, work and raise…
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