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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CALGARY – If you’re unable to attend tomorrow’s Alberta Flood Aid benefit concert, you can watch the event on Telus’ YouTube channel.
Telus announced that it will webcast the Alberta Flood Aid benefit concert live and free of charge for viewers across Canada. The four-hour event, happening in Calgary at McMahon Stadium, kicks off at 6 p.m. MT (8 p.m. ET) Thursday. Telus says it is the largest benefit concert of its size to be live-streamed on the Internet.
Hosted by Canadian comedian Brent Butt, the benefit concert includes artists Jann Arden, Randy Bachman, Tom…
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TORONTO – Thirty industry experts are on the roster of seminar speakers at this year’s Canadian Wireless Tradeshow being held September 25-26 at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Speakers at Canada’s biggest B2B tech, telecom, and wireless networking event include Rob Auld and Sachin Mahajan, national sales director and M2M director, respectively, from Telus. BlackBerry developer Manny Elawar will provide an introduction to development on the BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Richard Trinder, Google’s head of industry for the tech sector, will talk about today’s wireless shopper.
The complete list of speakers can be viewed here.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Telus announced today it is launching a new fund to help finance the creation of digital and TV productions focused on promoting health and well-being.
The Telus Fund, which will be an independently governed not-for-profit, plans to support 10 to 20 projects a year with up to $250,000 per project. Its mandate is to encourage the development and production of Canadian content showcasing social and technological innovation in the field of health and wellness.
“The Telus Fund reflects another step in our continuing commitment to realize social and technological innovation in this critically important sector….
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NETWORK EXPANSION NEWS
Recent launches:
Telus invests $600,000 for coverage along Vancouver Island highway
COWICHAN VALLEY, B.C. – Telus announced today it has invested $600,000 to bring new wireless coverage to more than eight kilometers of the Island Highway between Shawnigan Mill Bay Road and Lakeside Road located on the southern part of Vancouver Island.
The project is part of the 10-year Connecting British Columbia agreement signed with the Province of B.C. in 2011. Under the terms of the agreement Telus will connect more than 1,700 kilometres of unconnected highways with wireless service.
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OTTAWA – Saying the Minister of Industry has no right to change the policies governing the 2008 Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction now, Telus has filed an application in Federal Court asking for a judicial review of the June 28th spectrum transfer policy framework released by then-Industry Minister Christian Paradis.
(We predicted such a legal backlash in April when Industry Canada told the Canadian wireless companies then that it wanted to add new restrictions on the sale of wireless spectrum that had been cleared to be sold after a…
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