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By Greg O’Brien
IN THE CANADIAN TELECOM world, the two big eastern Canada-based companies get a lot of the attention from those of us in the press.
And they should. They’re dominant in wireless and broadband and pay-TV in the most populous two provinces in Canada. They also own sports teams and television and radio stations and digital outlets. Their names are on the arenas in which some of our most beloved pro teams play. They’re in the media and they are the media. We can’t help ourselves.
Which means Telus, big as…
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LONDON, U.K. — Telus has once again been ranked as the top national wireless provider in Canada, according to the latest report from UK-based mobile analytics company Opensignal.
Out of seven categories, Telus won four awards for mobile network experience, taking first place in video experience, voice app experience, download speed and upload speed in Opensignal’s February 2021 report.
Telus was also the joint winner for the three other categories — sharing top honours with Rogers for 4G availability, splitting the award for 4G coverage experience with its network-sharer Bell, and with all three providers sharing the award for games experience….
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STOCKHOLM — Ericsson announced today it is launching three new lightweight radios in its massive MIMO portfolio and six new RAN Compute products, all designed to help accelerate 5G mid-band rollouts, the company says.
Weighing only 20 kilograms, the new mid-band massive MIMO 5G radios from Ericsson’s antenna-integrated radio (AIR) portfolio are up to 45% lighter than the previous generation, and 20% more energy efficient, the company says in its press release.
The six new products being added to Ericsson’s RAN Compute portfolio include both indoor and outdoor options for 4G expansions and mid-band 5G deployments, with up to…
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CHARLOTTETOWN — The government of Prince Edward Island announced last week it has selected Telus Health as the electronic medical record (EMR) solution provider for the province.
PEI is looking to implement a province-wide EMR system which will allow for safe and secure sharing of patient information between physician offices, hospitals, labs and pharmacies, providing a comprehensive digital view of a patient’s health history.
“Having access to a province-wide electronic medical record solution will be of immense value to us as physicians and the patients we care for,” said Dr. Kristy Newson, physician lead for PEI’s EMR project, in a press…
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By Denis Carmel
OTTAWA – Bill C-10 passed second reading unanimously last Tuesday and was officially referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage for study, which of course, has already begun.
The prior two meetings on the bill to amend the Broadcasting Act were, for all intents and purposes, labelled a pre-study of the legislation, in order to get a heard start hearing witnesses before the bill was approved in second reading.
So, officially, the meeting last Friday was the first meeting to officially look at the legislation.
However, the committee chair informed members and witnesses at the start of the meeting…
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OTTAWA – This week, the federal government announced $6.7 million in funding will go to Telus to bring its Pure Fibre high-speed Internet to rural residents of British Columbia as part of the $1.75 billion Universal Broadband Fund’s rapid response stream.
This project will connect 1,977 underserved households in Pemberton, Steelhead, Ryder Lake, northwest of Princeton and the north Sunshine Coast and as part of the rapid stream, must be complete before the end of 2021.
For the full release, please click here.
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VANCOUVER – This week Telus announced the launch of Telus Global Connect, a service which will let its enterprise customers customize and manage IoT device connectivity on cellular networks around the globe.
Telus Global Connect is part of a partnership between Telus and Eseye, a provider of IoT connectivity management solutions, and includes a Telus Ventures investment in Eseye of $26.3 million. The new partnership complements Telus’s tools, capabilities, and momentum “to not only respond to, but also anticipate and leverage the combined requirements for emerging services and global reach demanded by customers,” reads the press release.
“More than a standalone…
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By Lynn Greiner
THE FIRST SEVERAL WEEKS of every year are usually devoted to studying and predicting market trends, despite the fact technology is moving so fast it’s hard to predict next week, let alone the entire year. But that doesn’t stop us from trying.
We asked Rob Barton, chief architect at Cisco Canada (pictured), for his take on telecom in 2021. Here’s what he told us.
5G
“It’s good to see that everyone is excited about 5G and they want to move into it and see the benefits,” he said. “Obviously, the ability to do 10-gig throughput with low latency, like one…
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VANCOUVER – While the pandemic had its effect, Telus still posted pretty robust fourth quarter results on Thursday.
The company announced 253,000 net customer additions for the three month period ended December 31st, which included wireline net additions of 78,000, “representing our best fourth quarter wireline loading on record,” says the release. Those wireline additions included 44,000 connected to its new Pure Fibre network.
Total wireless net additions came in at 175,000, including 87,000 mobile phone net additions, an increase of 17,000 on the prior year, and 88,000 mobile connected devices, up 28,000 on the prior year, reads the release
Consolidated operating…
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VANCOUVER and SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Telus and Google Cloud announced Tuesday they have signed a 10-year agreement to collaborate on new solutions and services that will support digital transformation within key industries, including communications technology, healthcare, agriculture, security and the connected home.
One of the areas of focus for co-innovation will be on “redefining the way healthcare and agriculture solutions are delivered, increasing collaboration and efficiency between healthcare providers, providing consumers with fresher and healthier food by improving traceability, and enabling business customers to streamline their IT and network operations,” reads the companies’ press release.
The companies will also collaborate on…
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