List of All Telecom News
| Telus Posts 2% Drop in Third-Quarter Profits
04/11/2009
LG’s first Google Android-based smartphone, the LG Eve, has been introduced by Rogers Wireless in the Canadian market.The new device features a 3-inch touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel digital camera, and built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. It is specifically designed for social networking enthusiasts, and allows users to access Facebook, Twitter, and Bebo from a single... |
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| Telus Posts 9% Decline in Second Quarter Profits
04/08/2009
Online video rental service, Netflix, has reached a deal with ABC to make a number of popular TV series available as streaming internet videos.Netflix users can now watch full seasons of “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and other programs on a computer, TiVo, DVR, or Xbox 360 gaming console. The programming is available at no extra charge... |
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| Telus Ranked ‘Greenest’ Canadian Carrier, but Trails U.S. Counterparts
16/09/2009
Rogers Wireless has started distributing promotional material for the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 device, according to a recent report on BlackBerryCool.com.A new Rogers flier boasts that the Curve 8520 will feature an “optical trackpad for easy navigation, external media keys, [and] support TalkSpot for unlimited Canada-wide calling.”Rogers describes TalkSpot as “a great new... |
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| Telus Remains Interested in BCE Buyout
06/07/2007
Western Canada’s leading telephone carrier, Telus Corp., is still interested in buying Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., and will likely attempt to trump a competing bid by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, according to Scotiabank analyst, John Henderson.“We understand Telus remains very interested in this once-in-a-lifetime merger opportunity,” Henderson wrote in a recent report.... |
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| Telus Reports 28% Increase in Third-Quarter Profit
05/11/2007
Western Canada’s leading telecom provider, Telus Corp., posted a 28% jump in third-quarter profits on Friday, thanks to continued growth in its wireless and broadband divisions.The Vancouver-based company generated a net profit of $410 million, or $1.24/sher, in the summer quarter, compared to $319.6 million in the same three-month period a year earlier. The most recent results were... |
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| Telus Reports 5% Increase in Fourth-Quarter Revenue
14/02/2009
Canadian telecommunications giant, Telus Corp., has reported a 5% increase in fourth-quarter revenue, due to ongoing growth in its wireless and data businesses.The company’s profits came in at $285 million (or $0.90/share), down from $400.1 million in the last three months of 2007. Operating income increased, however, if you take into account a one-time $143 million tax gain in the 2007... |
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| Telus Rumoured to be Launching Motorola Milestone on January 26
10/01/2010
Rogers Wireless customers who purchased an HTC Dream smartphone will soon have the opportunity to exchange the device for an HTC Magic, allowing them to experience the benefits of Google’s Android 2.1 operating system.HTC Magic owners will receive a free Android 2.1 software upgrade by the middle of this year, but the same is not possible for Dream users due to hardware constraints. In... |
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| Telus Settles Automated Calling Dispute with $200,000 Donation
28/10/2010
Expanding high-speed internet services to all of Canada’s remote and rural regions would cost approximately $7-billion over 10 years and is currently impractical, according to a number of telecom providers testifying at a CRTC hearing this week.Such a move to completely “bridge the digital divide” in Canada cannot be achieved by market forces alone, and if mandated by... |
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| Telus to Double Mobile Data Speeds with ‘Dual Cell’ Technology
02/08/2010
America’s leading broadcasting network, CBS, is moving to make its TV shows available over the internet.CBS announced earlier today that it had signed a new ten-year deal with Comcast, which could allow the cable giant to retransmit select shows over the web via its TV Everywhere service. The broadcaster also announced that it is in talks with streaming video service, Hulu, to make its... |
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| Telus to Invest $100-Million in Health Care Technology Business
18/11/2008
America’s leading cable operator, Comcast, has announced plans to extend its fastest ‘wideband’ internet service to Oregon and southwest Washington state.The wideband service is underpinned by a technology called DOCSIS 3.0, and allows for downstream connection speeds of up to 50-Mbps. It was first launched earlier this year in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and expanded to Boston,... |
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