Telus announced Tuesday it has achieved a major milestone in its charitable giving, with the Vancouver-based telecom’s Community Board program reaching $100 million in donations to local charities across Canada.
Funded by the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, Telus’s 13 Canadian community boards are composed of local business and community leaders who make informed decisions about where charitable grants are best allocated in their communities based on need and maximum impact, explains a Telus press release.
Each year, more than $6 million in grants are contributed to grassroots community-based health and education…
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Telus announced Tuesday its PureFibre services will soon be available in the Township of Langley, Kwantlen First Nation’s McMillan Island 6 and Katzie First Nation’s Katzie 2 communities in British Columbia.
“As a proud resident of the Township of Langley, I couldn’t be more excited to help bring TELUS’ PureFibre services to the region,” Daryl Storey, vice president of investment return excellence at Vancouver-based Telus, said in a press release. “This new infrastructure will support critical, transformational change in the region, and open the door to new possibilities to participate and thrive in today’s digital economy.”
The project…
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Telus announced Tuesday it has chosen Magnite’s SpringServe ad server and Magnite Streaming supply-side platform (SSP) to power its free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) and online video advertising inventory.
The partnership aims to bring innovative advertising opportunities to the Canadian market at a time when consumers are increasingly watching TV content through ad-supported streaming, a Telus press release says. According to research conducted by Magnite, 74 per cent of Canadian consumers are now watching streaming TV, compared to 51 per cent who watch paid traditional TV, the release says.
“Since rolling out FAST channels to…
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Telus Health last week announced a collaboration with Nova Scotia Health (NSH) to enable residents of the province to access their primary care information through the YourHealthNS app.
“This health data interoperability initiative marks the first large-scale effort in Canada to standardize and connect primary care data and empowers people in Nova Scotia to better manage their health and improve health outcomes,” says a Telus Health press release.
Telus Health currently supports most of Nova Scotia’s clinicians with electronic medical records (EMRs) to enhance their practice and patient care, the release says. “Through this…
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By Ahmad Hathout
A consortium of large cable companies is blasting a proposal by Telus to significantly increase its pole attachment rate in British Columbia and Alberta, saying it will unjustly cost third parties millions of dollars in extra payments annually.
In April, Telus filed a proposal to increase its rate per pole by just over 50 per cent, from $19.33 annually, or $1.61 monthly, to $29.83, or $2.49 per month. It said it needs to do this because of significant cost increases since the last approved tariff in 2010, which include a faster-than-average replacing of existing poles and increased costs…
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Telus announced Tuesday several private investments totalling $21.1 million to deploy and update its networks in Quebec’s Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé Peninsula and North Shore regions.
These investments are being paired with financial contributions of $17.55 million from the government of Quebec and $14.4 million from the CRTC’s Broadband Fund, which will allow for the addition of a total of 35 new 5G wireless sites across the three regions, according to Telus.
In the Lower St. Lawrence region, money from the Quebec government announced in April will enable 12 new sites to be built to…
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Telus’s strategic investment arm, Telus Global Ventures, announced last week investments in AI and emerging IoT vehicle technology company Raven Connected and online pet health services provider FirstVet.
Ottawa-based Raven Connected said it has closed a $10-million Series A financing round led by Telus Global Ventures, which “will accelerate Raven’s initiatives to enable AI for video telematics and smart city applications with even more advanced AI and Machine Vision functionality,” according to a press release.
“Raven will also introduce a comprehensive vehicle-to-everything (V2x) feature set that will position Raven as the aftermarket video telematics vehicle solution of choice,”…
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Telus outlined Thursday what it is doing to tackle the harmful effects of climate change.
The telecom said it is deploying generators and solar-powered cell towers to help high-risk communities stay connected and clearing brush to prevent fires from burning vital infrastructure; building out its fibre network because the cable is more energy efficient and resistant to environmental factors; enhancing wildfire safety and response by providing real-time alerts, customizable emergency protocols and satellite-enabled communications for workers in remote areas; and investing in network redundancies, including with portable cell towers that generate their own power and connect via…
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Telus announced Monday it will invest nearly $33 million in Montreal in 2024 as it deploys and updates its 5G networks and connects businesses to thousands of kilometres of fibre.
As part of its multi-year sponsorship agreement with Major League Soccer’s CF Montréal, Telus will invest $1.2 million to improve wireless connectivity at Stade Saputo, the team’s home stadium, giving fans “dedicated access to the 5G network for fast and reliable communications during games,” a Telus press release said.
“As a CF Montréal partner, it was critical to put cutting-edge wireless network infrastructure in place at Stade Saputo…
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By Ahmad Hathout
The CRTC on Wednesday ordered Telus to include in its support structure tariff a provision allowing third parties to be compensated directly from the telco in the event the structure is forced to move by a government entity.
The interim ruling comes after Telus was ordered to file a tariff proposal that would outline how it would provide for such compensation to the third parties, an issue that was triggered by a Rogers and Shaw application before the former acquired the latter. The issue was that while Telus was being compensated for the move ordered by British…
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