GATINEAU – It will surprise no one that the cost of sports television are front and centre for so many of the submissions to the CRTC’s TV Policy Review
Telus, for example, called the amount of cash being sent to various leagues and teams for the rights to live games “irrational” and has requested the CRTC address the soaring price of sports services and eliminate penetration-based rate cards in sports packaging.
Lined up on the side of Telus, are Shaw Communications, Cogeco and Canadian Cable Systems Alliance members, distributors who own no sports channels. While vertically integrated companies like Rogers and…
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KAMLOOPS, BC – As part of a strategic partnership with the province of British Columbia, Telus has invested $620,000 to build a new wireless site bringing service to approximately six kilometers of Highway 97 and the community of Monte Creek.
The project is part of the 10-year Connecting British Columbia Agreement that Telus signed with the Province of B.C. in 2011. Under the terms of the agreement, Telus will hook up more than 1,700 kilometres of unconnected highways with wireless service.
“We recognize the growing demand for wireless services while on the road, particularly in remote areas where quick access to 911…
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OTTAWA – Telus has received a broadcasting licence to operate a national terrestrial pay-per-view (PPV) programming undertaking, just weeks after news broke that PPV service Viewer’s Choice would be shutting down in September.
The CRTC approved Telus’ application on Monday, noting that it was satisfied that the application complied with the revised regulatory framework for PPV services.
According to the application, the service will offer live and tape-delayed professional and amateur sports events, as well as live and tape-delayed special events including programs of comedy sketches, improvisations, unscripted works, stand-up comedy, music and dance, variety, and general entertainment…
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VANCOUVER – The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is officially endorsing Telus WISE (Wise Internet and Smartphone Education), a unique educational program focused on helping Canadian families stay safe online.
The Telus WISE Internet and smartphone safety program has two tailored components – one aimed at adults interested in helping them and their families remain safer online, while the second, Telus WISE footprint, appeals directly to youth. To date, the Telus WISE program has reached more than 300,000 Canadians.
Members of the CACP Board of Directors are encouraging policing services within their jurisdictions to utilise the Telus WISE…
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OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) have filed a joint application challenging the wireless device deposit programs offered by Rogers and Telus.
According to the press release, the Rogers “NEXT” and Telus “T-Up” programs require subscribers to pre-pay a monthly fee in addition to their usual service charges for at least 12 months. These payments, which range from $17 to nearly $30 a month, claims the application, go toward the partial cost of a new cellphone. If the customer stays subscribed and returns their old phone and signs a new two year contract,…
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TORONTO – Service providers should be working together, collaboratively, to build a truly integrated ecosystem for delivering next-generation, personalized customer services, said Telus CTO Ibrahim Gedeon during his Monday afternoon keynote at the Canadian Telecom Summit.
Admitting that no single service provider will ever own its clients’ end-to-end business, he added: “Not every service is 100% Telus, or CIBC, or Air Canada, or Rogers or Bell.”
He pointed out Telus was able to work with Bell and Rogers in the past on the OneAPI initiative that created a single API for the mobile industry in Canada. “How many people know that…
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PORT COQUITLAM, BC – Telus has thrown its support behind a new text messaging pilot program that will provide support to young people who have been bullied or are bullying others.
The I Am Someone Ending Bullying Society, together with bc211 and Telus, are launching the service in September as a pilot in the Tri-City area of Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody. With a focus on the 12,250 students in public and private secondary schools in SD43, the pilot will run between September and December 2014 with hours of texting service Wednesday to Sunday from 3:30 PM – 11:00 PM…
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TORONTO – Telus unveiled Toronto’s first corporate community garden this week atop its four year old, $250 million office tower in downtown Toronto.
The company said that the rooftop garden at Telus House Toronto will generate fresh, local, organic produce for employees and local charitable organizations, in addition to giving staff a chance to learn about sustainability through educational workshops and hands-on learning. The project is currently being led by an urban farmer hired from Communities Growing Together, and the volunteer-based Telus Green Team works with the building owner Menkes on the upkeep of the garden.
“Our team members saw a…
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VANCOUVER – More than 15,000 Telus employees, retirees, friends and family members across Canada will participate in some 700 activities in 36 communities across Canada on May 31, during the ninth annual Telus Day of Giving.
Participants will volunteer more than 45,000 hours with local community organizations from Victoria, BC to St. John's, NL. By embracing it’s ‘Give Where We Live’ philosophy, Telus employees and retirees have contributed more than $350 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 5.4 million hours of service to local communities since 2000.
Activities planned for this year include clean, paint and garden at Canuck…
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WINNIPEG – Telus will invest $130 million in new infrastructure and wireless technology across Manitoba through 2016, the company announced Wednesday.
Telus said that the funds will be used to expand its 4G LTE technology across the province; deploy its new 700 MHz spectrum; install “dozens” of new wireless sites to enhance coverage and data capacity in rural and urban areas; and expand the reach of its healthcare solutions, which currently provide electronic medical records to more than 12,500 Canadian physicians across the country and support more than 45 million patient interactions each year.
“Our wireless network has expanded rapidly across…
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