Shaw fastest fixed broadband provider during the quarter
SEATTLE — In its latest quarterly report, released today, Seattle-based mobile and broadband network testing company Ookla says Telus Communications was the fastest mobile operator in Canada in the third quarter of 2021, while Shaw Communications was the fastest fixed broadband provider in the country during Q3.
Using its Speedtest Intelligence data for Q3, Ookla awarded Telus a speed score of 81.93 for its mobile network performance. The next fastest mobile operator was Bell with a speed score of 77.15, according to Ookla’s report. The remaining top mobile providers included in the…
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ALBERTA – Telus announced yesterday several communities across Alberta can now access its 5G network.
This includes Fort McMurray, Okotoks, Hinton, Bonnyville, High Prairie, Jasper, Vegreville, Vulcan and Wetaskiwin.
The expansion of Telus’s 5G network to these communities is part of the company’s $14.5 billion investment in Alberta through 2024, according to a press release.
Telus will expand its 5G network to 136 communities in Alberta by the end of the year, which will end up benefitting a total of 153 communities in the province.
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced today François Gratton (above) will take on the roles of non-executive chair of the board of directors of Telus Health and Telus Agriculture at the end of this year.
Gratton’s current position is as executive vice-president of Telus and group president of Telus Health and Telus Agriculture.
He has 20 years of experience in senior leadership roles at company, during which time he “has leveraged his tremendous passion for technology, coupled with his talent for bringing innovative solutions to both businesses and consumers, to drive growth within important areas of our company,” a press release says.
“I would…
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Bloomberg says company chairman wanted up to nine senior executives gone
TORONTO – Rogers CFO Tony Staffieri left the company due to “a high-level power struggle” during which the company’s chairman attempted to unseat the company’s CEO, the Globe and Mail reported last Friday.
Staffieri’s abrupt departure from Rogers was announced by the company on Sept. 29. No explanation was given at the time.
The Globe and Mail has since reported unidentified sources said Staffieri had developed a close relationship with Rogers chairman Edward Rogers, had ambitions to be CEO and “frequently butted heads” with Joe Natale, the company’s current…
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NIAGARA, Ont. — Telus and Regional Essential Access to Connected Health Niagara (REACH Niagara) announced today they have partnered to bring primary care to underserved people in the Niagara Region via a mobile health clinic (pictured above).
“The REACH Niagara Mobile Health Clinic, powered by Telus Health, is a specially-equipped clinic on wheels that provides trauma-informed, primary medical treatments, mental health services, addiction support and Covid-19 screening directly to those who need it most,” reads a Telus press release.
“At Telus, we believe that everyone should have access to healthcare when and where they need it, regardless of their socio-economic status,”…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today the launch of its new Mobility for Good for Indigenous Women at Risk program, which provides free smartphones and data plans to Indigenous women who are at risk or are surviving violence, says a press release.
The program was developed in partnership and consultation with the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association (ANFCA), BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC), Prince George Native Friendship Centre (PGNFC) and Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia (NCCABC).
Mobility for Good for Indigenous Women at Risk “gives women a critical lifeline to timely emergency services, reliable access to virtual…
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RICHMOND, B.C. — Telus announced last week it has expanded its 5G network to residents and businesses in Richmond, B.C.
According to a press release, this expansion is part of the company’s $13-billion investment in infrastructure and operations in B.C. through 2024.
Telus also announced last week it has expanded 5G coverage to six other B.C. communities.
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Cartt.ca spoke to some smaller players about their plans
By Ahmad Hathout
After late October, Innovation Canada is expected to begin licensing portions of the 3.5 GHz spectrum it auctioned off earlier this year, so Cartt.ca asked some smaller providers what they plan to do with it.
The auction, completed in July, involved 23 applicants gunning for 1,504 licenses. The government sold the licenses for a total of $8.9 billion.
As tensions mount among larger providers over whether Quebecor’s Videotron should be allowed to build out west – Bell and Telus alleged the company cannot because it does not have adequate base facilities…
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TORONTO – WildBrain Television announced today its fall lineup for Family Channel and Family Jr., which include several exclusive Canadian broadcast premieres.
“This October, WildBrain Television is handing out treats for the whole family to enjoy,” a press release says.
New programming includes Game of Talents (pictured above), which will premiere exclusively on Family Channel on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Wayne Brady (Let’s Make A Deal, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), the show “infuses the spectacle of a large-scale variety show with a clue-centered, high-intensity investigative game, pitting two teams of contestants against each other as they attempt to…
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Says new pricing meets government’s 25% price reduction target
MONTREAL — Bell Canada today announced it is lowering the monthly pricing for mobile data plans from its flanker brand Virgin Plus, as of Oct. 5.
Bell says these lower prices will achieve the federal government’s target of having the cost of wireless plans reduced by 25% from the beginning of 2020 to early 2022, a target set by the government in March 2020.
As of Oct. 5, 2021, Virgin Plus’s monthly prices for its wireless plans will be $37.50 for 2 GB of data, $41.25 for 4 GB, and $45 for…
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