Rebranding to Telus Digital Experience later in the third quarter, Telus International announced Wednesday the launch of Fuel EX, what it calls “an enterprise-safe generative AI (GenAI) employee assistant to support productivity, creativity and research.”
Fuel EX is the first public launch of an application built on Fuel iX, Telus International’s enterprise-grade AI engine, and is currently in operation at scale within Telus, where 35,000 employees are actively using the software and seeing improved productivity, according to a Telus International press release.
The Fuel EX employee AI assistant gives companies a single point of entry…
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Telus announced Tuesday the launch of its PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet plan in Alberta and British Columbia, offering the fastest symmetrical download and upload speeds for home internet in Western Canada, it says.
A 100-per-cent pure fibre-to-the-home service, PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet includes next-generation Wi-Fi 6E hardware, allowing customers “to seamlessly enjoy gaming, web surfing, video calling, working and learning from home, and streaming in 4K,” a Telus press release says.
PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet starts from $145 per month on a two-year plan.
“With the launch of our PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet plan, TELUS is setting a new…
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Telus announced Monday a collaboration with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Badal — a cloud and data analytics services company acquired by Telus in 2023 — to deploy advancements to the Sayhut app, a secure, privacy-compliant point-of-care smartphone app that helps to reduce diagnostic time for patients who may be experiencing a heart attack due to a blocked artery.
The app improves the speed and accuracy of communication between first responders, emergency doctors and interventional cardiologists at regional cardiac centres by enabling instant transfer of patient data via the app, allowing medical personnel to securely…
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Telus and WestJet announced Wednesday the first step in a multi-year strategic partnership that will provide free Wi-Fi connectivity delivered by satellite network operator Starlink onboard WestJet aircraft, starting in December 2024.
Access to the new inflight system will be provided exclusively to WestJet Rewards members free of charge thanks to Telus, a press release says.
The announcement marks the beginning of a fully integrated partnership between Telus and WestJet, with additional, exclusive benefits and perks for WestJet Rewards members and Telus customers to be announced in the coming months, the release says.
“The future of inflight connectivity and…
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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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