VANCOUVER — Telus announced today it is refreshing its brand promise, building on “the future is friendly” brand it has used for the last two decades.
The company’s new branding — “Let’s make the future friendly” — is an invitation (still using its well-known critters) to all Canadians to help create a friendlier future with Telus, the company says in its press release.
“For 20 years, we have been guided by our brand promise, the future is friendly, as we leverage the power of technology to create positive experiences and meaningful social outcomes for our customers, team members and communities around…
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CALGARY – Shaw Business announced Thursday the launch of a new 1.5 Gbps speed tier “designed to give businesses of all sizes the speeds and bandwidth to leverage the data-heavy applications and cloud services they need to manage and grow their operations.”
New and existing customers can now access download speeds up to 1.5 Gbps through one of two plans — SmartWiFi Gig 1.5, which pairs these speeds with Shaw Business’ enterprise-grade Wi-Fi solution, or as a standalone plan with Business Internet Gig 1.5.
“Over the past year, businesses have increased their demand for access to fast and reliable internet connections….
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SWIFT outlines its top five lessons
By Greg O’Brien
OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, which continues its study on the accessibility and affordability of telecom services, must now be inured to overheated rhetoric, but Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau took it a bit further on Tuesday.
After, rightly, singing his own company’s praises when it comes to connecting Quebecers, spending billions on home internet and delivering serious wireless competition in the province and then taking his usual swings at Bell Canada’s “obstruction”, he took aim at third party internet service providers, saying they deliver “zero” in…
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VANCOUVER and MELBOURNE — Earlier this week, Telstra Health, Australia’s largest ehealth company, announced it has entered into a working agreement with Telus Health to enable collaboration and development of digital healthcare solutions.
This partnership will see the rollout of the Telus Health Exchange International (THX-i) platform in the Australian market as part of Telstra Health’s solution offering. The open standards-based THX-i platform is designed to support collaboration and facilitate better communication within the healthcare developer ecosystem, says Telstra Health’s press release.
The THX-i platform will provide software developers from Telstra Health and third-party organizations a gateway to integrate into Telstra…
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VANCOUVER — Telus announced today it contributed $85 million in support of charities, community organizations and programs in Canada and around the world in 2020, which represents 5% of its pre-tax profits.
“For more than two decades, our Telus team has demonstrated an unsurpassed commitment to creating a friendly future for people around the world, and driving positive social change in the global communities where we operate,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, in a press release. “When our support was needed the most, we responded with passion and purpose to protect and support our communities and our…
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Working group includes members from Bell, Rogers, Telus, Shaw, Cogeco, Eastlink and CWTA
TORONTO — Investment in the telecommunications sector is key to Canada’s future prosperity and governments must focus on regulatory clarity, timeliness and stability to help drive greater investments in critically needed infrastructure, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
The think tank today issued the first communiqué from its telecommunications policy working group which includes among its 19 members the chief regulatory experts from Bell, Rogers and Telus, as well as executives from Cogeco, Eastlink and Shaw Communications, and CWTA president and CEO Robert Ghiz. The…
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Expands partnership with Google Cloud to drive clients’ digital transformation
VANCOUVER — Having just completed a successful initial public offering earlier this month, Telus International announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2020, which saw its annual revenue grow 55% to reach US$1.6 billion in 2020 (the company reports in U.S. dollars).
Revenues in its fourth quarter of 2020 were up 62% to $442 million, compared to $273 million in Q4 2019, primarily driven by growth from existing and new clients (Telus International made special mention of 109% revenue growth in its tech…
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CCO Tony Geheran on growth opportunities and funding broadband better
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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