BOSTON and TORONTO – Telus and app management company Apperian have teamed up to launch a new mobile application management (MAM) service that lets Canadian businesses protect and manage their corporate apps and data being used on employees’ own mobile devices.
Apperian’s cloud-based EASE platform lets IT managers securely deploy and manage their company’s apps on mobile devices. Instead of installing additional software, the MAM service can be used to set up a corporate app store catalog which employees can search and install the corporate apps they need.
“Mobile Application Management is changing the enterprise…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced Thursday that, pending some government and debtholder approvals, it will acquire Mobilicity for $380 million.
If the deal receives the required approvals, it would ensure continued service to Mobilicity’s 250,000 customers without the risk of disruption, says the press release the companies issued.
Without this deal, Mobilicity would likely end up seeking bankruptcy protection in short order. Of course, it remains to be seen what government thinks of this and whether or not it will grant the request to shift Mobilicity’s spectrum to Telus immediately. DAVE, Mobilicity’s parent company, purchased the spectrum for $240 million in 2008…
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NETWORK EXPANSION NEWS
Launches this week:
MTS launches 4G LTE service in Grand Beach and Victoria Beach, Man.
WINNIPEG – MTS announced Friday it has completed its 4G LTE wireless network expansion to Grand Beach and Victoria Beach, two of six rural Manitoba communities that are scheduled to receive MTS’s 4G LTE network service in 2013.
Earlier this month, LINK LINK LINK MTS announced plans to expand its 4G LTE wireless network to six more communities in 2013, including Selkirk, Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Ste. Anne, Grand Beach and Victoria Beach.
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TORONTO – While analysts view today’s announcement that Telus has agreed to purchase floundering wireless newcomer Mobilicity for $380 million as a win for both companies, the bigger, as-yet unanswered question is whether or not Industry Canada and the Competition Bureau will allow the incumbent telco to buy a new entrant, a move that flies in the face of Industry Canada’s plan to have four wireless players in each region of the country.
“The situation is getting messier for the government,” says Scotia Capital analyst Jeff Fan. “The bottom line is this makes it less likely…
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DENVER, COLO. – Telus Optik TV customers in Alberta and British Columbia can now tune into the World Fishing Network (WFN) in HD.
“We’re excited to expand our partnership with TELUS and deliver some of the best fishing and outdoor lifestyle programming to Optik TV subscribers in crystal clear HD,” said Sean Luxton, SVP of digital and content distribution for WFN in a release.
WFN HD (Ch. 721) is offered as part of the Adventure Extra Package or a la carte, and continues to be available to Optik TV subscribers as part of the same…
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MONTREAL – It's the darling of the Canadian telecom field these days among Bay Streeters, and Telus again had a strong quarter, posting a 13% increase in quarterly profit in its Q1 results released Thursday as it added tens of thousands of new wireless and IPTV customers.
It’s wireless ARPU has grown to over $60 a month and the price of its newly split shares is on the rise. Churn is down, customer satisfaction is up, wireline revenues are increasing, and dividend payouts are growing for investors. According to EVP and chief…
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NETWORK EXPANSION NEWS
Launches this week:
Telus expands 4G LTE service in B.C. and Ontario, invests $265 million in Quebec
VANCOUVER – Over this past week, Telus announced the expansion of its 4G LTE wireless network service to communities in British Columbia and Ontario, as well as a $265 million investment in Quebec to augments its Optik TV and fibre-to-the-home network.
Telus said it is spending $300,000 to expand its 4G LTE wireless network service to Big White, Nelson, and Hudson’s Hope, B.C., with $100,000 allocated to each community. This investment is part…
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VANCOUVER – Telus announced a second consecutive quarter of net profit growth of $362 million, an increase of 13.5% over the same quarter in 2012.
First quarter revenue increased by 4.8% to $2.76 billion, compared to the same period a year earlier, driven by increased revenue in the company’s wireless, high-speed internet and Optik TV businesses. Consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) also increased by 5.4% to $1.03 billion, resulting in a corresponding jump in earnings per share of 14% to $0.56, which reflects the company's mid-April two-for-one stock split.
Telus reported…
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TORONTO – SaskTel and Telus’ Koodo Mobile ranked highest in customer satisfaction for the second year in a row, according to a new study released today by J.D. Power & Associates.
Among full-service carriers, SaskTel’s score was highest at 712, which was 13 points higher than its 2012 score. The survey noted that SaskTel performed particularly well in terms of offerings and promotions, customer service, and the sales process.
Koodo Mobile from Telus scored highest among stand-alone carriers with 765 points, also up higher by 13 points from 2012. The wireless provider stood out for…
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MONTREAL – Interveners told the CRTC Tuesday that just because Bell Canada has decided it will spin off a few TV assets with this latest attempt to purchase Astral Media, that doesn’t make the deal any better for Canadians, or for them.
“This second application raises the very same concerns in the English-language television market,” Rogers SVP regulatory Ken Engelhart told commissioners on Tuesday morning. “The acquisition of Astral’s premium pay television services will threaten diversity and endanger the ability of distributors to deliver programming to Canadians at affordable rates and on reasonable terms on multiple platforms.
So for Rogers, the…
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