TORONTO — Google Cloud announced today its new Toronto cloud region is now open.
“Toronto joins 27 existing Google Cloud regions connected via our high-performance network, helping customers better serve their users and customers throughout the globe,” reads a blog post from Jim Lambe, managing director of Google Cloud Canada.
It is the second such region in Canada, following the launch of Google Cloud’s Montreal region in 2018.
Like Montreal, the new Toronto region launches with three zones “allowing organizations of all sizes and industries to distribute apps and storage to protect against service disruptions,” Lambe writes.
In addition, the new…
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MONTREAL – Telus Health announced today its health companion for Apple Watch is now available to English and French speaking Canadians.
Telus Health Companion on Apple Watch is an emergency monitoring service provided through the company’s LivingWell Companion national response service.
It “leverages fall detection and location sharing capabilities of Apple Watch, which detects that the user has taken a hard fall,” a press release says.
Telus Health’s national Central Monitoring Station receives that information and trained operators “immediately contact the customer to confirm the emergency, then alert designated emergency contacts and dispatch emergency support if needed,” the release says.
“Falls are a…
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Assessment revealed through judicial review request in Federal Court by China Mobile
By Ahmad Hathout
OTTAWA – A Chinese state-owned company that resells services on the Telus network was told by the federal government last month it must divest its operations in Canada over national security concerns, according to court documents.
The federal government’s decision on August 6 to force China Mobile to divest from the country was revealed when the mobile virtual network operator filed a request to review the decision in Federal Court on Tuesday.
In the application, China Mobile said Innovation Canada was wrong to refer the company to the…
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CALGARY – Radicle Group Inc. announced today an investment by Telus’s strategic investment arm, Telus Ventures, which will allow the carbon credit company to expand further globally.
Radicle, which now operates in Canada, the U.S. and Brazil, is “Canada’s largest developer of compliance-grade carbon credits,” according to a press release. The company has worked with over 3,000 clients and “removed six million tonnes of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.” It has also generated over $100 million “in value through carbon credits,” the press release says.
Telus Venture’s investment “will enable Radicle to enter new markets to help organizations across the globe…
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Also investing $28.5 million in Burnaby
MONTREAL, GATINEAU and BURNABY – Telus announced today residents in the Outaouais, Lanaudière and Laurentides regions of Quebec now have access to the company’s 5G network, and that it is investing $28.5 million in Burnaby this year.
In the Outaouais region, communities including Gatineau, Cantley and Chelsea now have access to Telus’s 5G network, according to a press release. This is part of the company’s $9 billion investment in Quebec through 2024.
In the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions, 30 communities now have access to Telus’s 5G network as part of Telus’s $3 million investment…
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VANCOUVER — Galvanize, a global provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software solutions, announced today Telus has chosen its AI-powered HighBond platform to help enhance GRC capabilities across its business.
HighBond is an end-to-end, cloud-based enterprise governance software solution that “aggregates controls into an integrated platform that will provide Telus with a single repository for audit needs across the company,” says a press release.
“By leveraging automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence, Telus can enhance visibility into their risk landscape and make better-informed decisions on risk and control mitigation strategies,” explains Dan Zitting, managing director and CEO at Galvanize, in the…
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MONTREAL and LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Telus announced today it has expanded its 5G network in the Greater Montreal Area and Lethbridge, Alberta.
The Quebec expansion is part of Telus’s $90 million investment in infrastructure this year in Greater Montreal, including the regions of Lanaudière, Laurentides and Montérégie, according to a press release. Telus has committed to investing $9 billion in network infrastructure and operations in the province of Quebec through 2024.
The Lethbridge expansion is part of Telus’s $14.5 billion investment in infrastructure and operations in Alberta through 2024, says a separate press release.
Telus is using multiple vendors to…
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VANCOUVER and OSHAWA, Ont. — Telus and GM Canada announced today they have signed a multi-year agreement to connect GM’s next-generation vehicles to Telus’s 5G network.
This is the first time GM has chosen a domestic communications company to provide connected-vehicle services to Canadian customers, according to a press release.
The first GM cars and trucks with built-in connectivity to Telus’s 4G-LTE and 5G network are expected to be introduced with the 2025 model year.
“Additionally, through GM’s fifth generation rollout, current 4G LTE-equipped model year 2019 and newer vehicles will be able to migrate to the new Telus network. As a…
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VANCOUVER — Telus Storyhive announced today the launch of its inaugural Black Creators Edition program in partnership with the Black Screen Office (BSO) to help empower the next generation of Black content creators in British Columbia and Alberta.
Storyhive is a Telus-funded program “that helps amplify local stories and voices through funding, customized training, mentorship and distribution for Western Canadian creators,” explains a press release.
Through the Black Creators Edition program, grants of $20,000 will be provided to 20 Black content creators from across B.C. and Alberta.
Online applications will be open from Sept. 1 at 12 p.m. PT until Oct. 6,…
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MONTREAL — Telus and Hilo, a subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, today announced a pilot project in Québec City that will see Telus’s home automation and security technologies bundled with Hilo’s smart home solutions “to help Quebecers seamlessly manage their electricity and security, while reducing their bills and environmental footprint,” says a press release.
Over the coming weeks, the bundled offer will be rolled out to residents in more cities across the province, the release says.
“Quebecers who take advantage of combined services from Telus and Hilo will receive discounts of up to $315 on their bill — the value of three months…
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