List of All Telecom News
| Telesat to Launch Nimiq Broadcasting Satellite in Mid-2012
30/12/2009
Ottawa-based satellite operator, Telesat, announced today that it has purchased a new broadcasting satellite from Space Systems/Loral, a leading manufacturer of space communications technology.The Nimiq 6 satellite will be leased to Bell Canada and used to deliver high-definition television signals to Bell TV customers across the country. It is expected to operate for approximately 15 years and... |
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| TeliaSonera Rolls-Out Residential VoIP in Sweden
19/06/2007
Swedish telecom incumbent, TeliaSonera, has launched its own residential VoIP offering as part of a triple-play voice, broadband, and digital TV bundle.The VoIP bundle will initially be available to about 2.4 million Swedish households, starting at SEK349 (US$49.60) per month for unlimited local calling, digital television, and 2-Mbps ADSL.We know that some consumers want IP telephony, which is... |
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| Telstra Calls Off Fiber Optic Broadband Plans
08/08/2006
Australia`s incumbent telephone operator, Telstra, has cancelled its ambitious plans to build a fiber-optic broadband network spanning the small continent.Telstra executive, Phil Burgess, defends the decision, saying that excessive regulations imposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) would have made the $4 billion deployment financially impossible.Burgess said that... |
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| Telstra Pushes Retail Broadband to Make Up for Fixed-Line Telephone Shortfall
24/02/2008
Australia’s leading telecom provider, Telstra Corporation, is making progress in developing additional revenue streams, particularly high-speed internet, to supplement its declining fixed-line telephone business.“We have also passed an important inflection point, with the additional revenue generated from retail broadband now exceeding the revenue decline from the PSTN (fixed-line... |
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| Telus Begins Selling BlackBerry Curve 9300
12/08/2010
Mobilicity, a wireless startup that has been active in Canada since May, has added province-wide long distance to its $35/month flat-rate talk-and-text service.In a bid to lure frequent international callers to its service, Mobilicity is also offering a number of competitively priced long distance add-ons, including unlimited calling to a number of Asian and European destinations for an... |
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| Telus Begins Selling Motorola’s Backflip Smartphone
25/04/2010
Canadian wireless giant, Bell Mobility, has joined retail partner, WirelessWave, in offering Palm’s Pre smarphone for free.The Pre, which Palm had hoped would save its struggling smartphone business, was initially available for $199.95 on a three-year Bell contract. Initial sales were respectable, but quickly declined amid tough competition from smartphone industry giants such as Apple and... |
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| Telus CEO Expects Continued Boom in Canadian Wireless Market
04/05/2007
Darren Entwistle, the CEO of Telus Corp., predicted at a recent conference that the current boom in Canada’s wireless market would run for another six years. Entwistle refused to comment, however, on whether Telus would make a bid for rival telecom giant, Bell Canada Enterprises.Speaking at Telus’ annual general meeting in Montreal, Mr. Entwistle said that it would be inappropriate,... |
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| Telus Discounts Motorola Milestone by $50
09/03/2010
Canada’s newest cell phone carrier, WIND Mobile, may have jumped the gun when it launched services in Toronto and Calgary last December, according to a new report by the SeaBoard Group.Customers have reported problems with the company’s wireless network and billing system, which suggests that WIND may not have tested its systems adequately.“We believe that it shows evidence of a... |
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| Telus Doubles Residential TV Customer Base in One Year
05/08/2010
Telus Optik TV subscribers can now use an Xbox 360 device as a digital set-top box, thanks to a collaboration between Telus and Xbox manufacturer, Microsoft.“The Xbox 360 enables graphics for games, and we said to Microsoft that since you can do all that, why can’t you use it as a set top box too. Why not put some of that muscle into the TV side,” said Telus’ Chief... |
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| Telus Drops Out of Bidding for BCE Inc.
27/06/2007
Western Canada’s largest telecom provider, Telus Corp., has pulled out of the bidding for its eastern counterpart, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., which is currently seeking buyout offers from public companies and private equity firms alike.Telus chose to bow out of the bidding due to what it describes as delays and inadequacies in the sale process.“You can’t buy a company for... |
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