HALIFAX – Telus will award grants of up to $5,000 each to select teachers in 16 Nova Scotia schools for new technology for learning in their classrooms through the $75,000 Telus Technology for Teachers Fund.
The Telus Technology for Teachers Fund is part of the company’s national Phones for Good campaign. For every new smartphone purchased in Nova Scotia between February 7 and August 7, 2013, Telus gave $25 to this fund, to a maximum of $75,000.
After receiving more than 100 applications, the Telus Atlantic Canada Community Board involved members of the education sector…
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CALGARY – Telus is bringing the fun of karaoke right into its customers’ living rooms by adding Stingray Digital’s Karaoke Channel TV app to its Optik TV lineup.
All Optik TV customers may now access an on-demand library of more than 8,000 karaoke videos, with more songs added regularly. The easy-to-use interface allows browsing and searching using the TV remote control, and the app also offers an optional lead vocal track to help would-be stars hit those notes.
The Karaoke Channel TV App is free for three months for Optik TV subscribers effective immediately. Find the app by pressing the 'app' or…
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VANCOUVER – Telus has launched a new program aimed at helping Canadians develop safer online habits.
The Telus WISE (Wise Internet and Smartphone Education) program offers free seminars and online resources in two parts – one aimed at adults interested in keeping themselves and their families safe; and the second tailored to appeal directly to youth.
The program for parents and adults, known as Telus WISE, includes seminars about the common pitfalls of cyberspace and how to better protect personal information from predators and malware; a library of online educational resources for parents about what choices children might be making online,…
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TORONTO – Telus is readying the latest generation of Telus Link, its Push To Talk (PTT) service, that promises to connect teams faster, in more places and on more devices.
Using Telus’ 4G HSPA and LTE networks as well as Wi-Fi, Telus Link will provide instant 'walkie-talkie' voice communication with an individual or a team as well as standard wireless service, enabling members of a work team to connect in less than one second wherever they are. Customers can also roam in the U.S. and around the world with enhanced coverage via PTT over Wi-Fi.
The service will roll out in…
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MONTREAL – After summer-long public relations campaigns which saw wireless companies and the federal government at each other’s throats, with consumers caught in the middle, the CFOs of Bell and Telus believe the industry must do a far better job of telling Canadians how good they have it in Canada.
“We have to work on our communication of why we’re successful in Canada, why this is a competitive market, why pricing isn’t out of line with what’s happening in the rest of the world,” Telus EVP and CFO John Gossling told attendees at the CIBC Institutional Investor Conference in Montreal…
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VANCOUVER – Telus is warning Canadians about an international lottery scam being sent via letter mail to residents of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba, falsely claiming an association with Telus and Koodo.
Known as an "advance fee scheme," the scam involves letters that appear to be originating from England stating the recipient has won a $51,950 cash prize, and asking them to deposit a money order to cover taxes and processing fees with their bank in order to claim the prize. The letter includes a cheque to cover the recipient's costs, however, that cheque is forged and will bounce, while…
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OTTAWA – Telus has fired another legal salvo in its fight against the federal government’s wireless policy, this time challenging the Industry Minister’s authority to set the eligibility requirements for parties participating in the 700 MHz spectrum auction.
The carrier filed an application with the Federal Court on August 20 asking for an order to prohibit Industry Minister James Moore from setting any other eligibility criteria than what is set out in the Radiocommunications Act when issuing licenses for spectrum access.
This is Telus’s second attempt to legally challenge the federal government’s wireless policies. Continue Reading
VANCOUVER, and ROCKVILLE, MD – Telus Ventures, the strategic venture investment arm of Telus, announced Tuesday it is investing in a U.S. global patient engagement software company.
Based in Rockville, Maryland, Get Real Health specializes in personal health record (PHR) technology, powered by their award-winning software platform InstantPHR.
The funding (the amount of which was not disclosed) will be used to accelerate Get Real Health’s development and functionality of the software, build its customer support capability, and expand its marketing and sales efforts.
Telus Health and Get Real Health have also collaborated on other projects,…
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YELLOWKNIFE, NWT – Northern Canada is quickly becoming Canada’s hottest telco market, as Telus announced today it will offer its wireless products and services to customers in the Northwest Territories and Yukon.
As of September 6, Telus smartphone and other devices, as well as its SharePlus phone plans with unlimited talk, text and shared data, will be offered in these two territories at the same price as elsewhere in Canada.
Telus’s entry into Canada’s north follows just weeks after Iristel announced it had expanded its local phone service to all three territories.
“We…
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NETWORK EXPANSION NEWS
Launches this week:
Steinbach newest community added to MTS 4G LTE network
STEINBACH, MB – MTS announced Wednesday that it has completed its 4G LTE wireless network expansion to Steinbach, the fifth of six Manitoban communities that are scheduled to receive MTS’s 4G LTE network service in 2013.
MTS has ALSO launched 4G LTE wireless service in Victoria Beach, Grand Beach, Portage la Prairie, and Selkirk, and will bring the service to Ste. Anne later this year.
The expansion of the MTS 4G LTE wireless network is part…
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