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Apple ads dodge the network coverage issues

Misleading advertising is in Apple's DNAWhy would their carrier be otherwise?RE: Apple ads dodge the network coverage issuesI saw the "What time's the movie" add last night. In the real world, it would not play out the way it is shown. The fine print at the end of...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, RSS, HTC Hero, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., advertisement, TELUS Corp., 3G, network

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

TELUS Improves Compliance and Strengthens Security With the RSA enVision Platform

TELUS is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.7 billion of annual revenue and 11.6 million customer connections including 6.1 million wireless subscribers, 4.2 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers. The challenge was to comply with Payment Card Industry PCI security standards regulation by...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Network, Compliance, TELUS Corp., Security

Case studies 2009-08-01

TELUS Optimizes Bandwidth and Service With Help From SAS

As a provider of a full range of land-line and wireless data, voice and media services to consumers and business, TELUS has become a well-known brand name throughout Canada. The challenge was that it needed to better forecast the demand for products and services. TELUS deployed SAS forecasting solution, consisting...

Tags: Bandwidth, SAS Institute, TELUS Corp.

Case studies 2009-01-01

Worldwide iPhone 3G rate plans compared

Worldwide iPhone 3G rate plans comparedyou can also add the data to an existing voice plan nt.ntRogers Canada has backpeddledWell, kind of. [url=http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/09/tech-iphone.html] Rogers offers limited time reduction in rates. [/url]Until Aug. 31, Rogers will grant you the privilege of signing a 3 year contract for $30/month which gives you...

Tags: Cellular phones, 3G, Apple iPhone, Rogers, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch, TELUS Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?

If the world is converging on The Big Switch to utility computing, then where are the telcos? As utility providers of the access and transmission infrastructure of the Internet, you'd think they'd be at the forefront of the SaaS revolution. But they're not. The history of software-as-a-service â€" especially if...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Telecommunications Company, Customer, TELUS Corp., Jamcracker, XO Communications Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Telus tells us: BlackBerry 8830 available starting tomorrow

Canadian carrier Telus announces that beginning tomorrow, Blackberry 8830 World Phone will be available on Telus Mobility. The lowest purchase price for now is a three-year contract deal for $299 Canadian.If you go to the Telus site now you will notice Blackberry 8830 already posted but without a...

Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry 8830

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Nortel Network Case Study: Telus

A leading national telecommunications company in Canada serving approximately 10.2 million customer connections, including 4.5 million wireless subscribers, 4.7 million wireline network access lines and 1 million Internet subscribers. Telus needed to launch a wireless broadband service in western Canada in a very aggressive manner. Unlike other wireless services deployment...

Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., TELUS Corp., Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications

Case studies 2007-01-01

Firewalls: Your First Line of Defense

The precise origin of the term firewall is long lost, but the consensus is the term originated in the mid 1800s to describe a special fire resistant wall used to section off warehouses and slow the spread of fires. Firewalls exist to this day in airplanes, cars, ships, and network...

Tags: TELUS Corp., Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking

White papers 2006-07-07

FastForward 1.0.137 (Windows)

FastForward provides the freedom from having to manually enable and disable call forwarding on your BlackBerry. Use FastForward to define when and where calls should be forwarded according to your schedule. Version 1.0.137 features some bug fixes and disables support for iDEN and Telus Mike Networks.

Tags: iDEN, TELUS Corp., FastForward, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-06-21

Telus tells us: watch out for our residential VoIP

Telus tells us: watch out for our residential VoIPso what?Since, in my experience, Telus has a corporate culture of dishonesty to customers that goes all the may to the CEO's office, why should we believe this?Telus is pathetic in it's customer service. It thrives on a defacto monopoly that it...

Tags: DSL, Telephony, Broadband Internet, VoIP, TELUS Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-02

Telus tells us: watch out for our residential VoIP

Darren Entwistle, CEO of Vancouver, B.C.-based telephony giant Telus Corp., says the company plans to get into residential VoIP services in Alberta, British Columbia and eastern Quebec by the end of this year.Telus already offers commercial-grade IP services, including its hosted and managed IP-One brand.Entwistle (just had a momentary mind-association...

Tags: TELUS Corp.

Blog posts 2005-06-02

Canada telcos to regulators: you're clueless

Yesterday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC said it would regulate VoIP services only when it is provided and used as local telephone service.That decision is widely viewed as quite favorable (Canadians would say, "favourable") to pure-play VoIP providers who do not currently engage in local phone services, nor...

Tags: Bell, Bell Canada, TELUS Corp., CRTC

Blog posts 2005-05-13

TELUS Mobility Implements HP OpenView TeMIP to Consolidate Network Surveillance

TELUS Mobility is the wireless telecommunications arm of TELUS Corporation, the second-largest telecom company in Canada and the leader in the Western Canadian market. They needed to integrate network operations at the national fault management level, consolidate network surveillance centres, standardize processes for fault resolution and reduce operating costs. They...

Tags: TeMIP, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Mobility, TELUS Corp., HP OpenView, TELUS Mobility, Networking

Case studies

IT Infrastructure and Hosting Leader Cuts Costs With Server Consolidation

TELUS, Canada's market leader for mission-critical IT infrastructure and application hosting, is constantly aiming to reduce technology costs for its customers. To meet that goal more effectively, TELUS will offer hosted environments using virtual machines running on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The company expects server...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Leader, TELUS Corp., Microsoft Corp., Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware

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Canadian telcom regulators have it right

A report on the website of the nationally distributed Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail has a "senior source" at the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) confirming that VoIP pricing and services will be regulated the same way that body oversees traditional phone services.It's expected that much to the objections...

Tags: VoIP

Blog posts 2005-05-06

Liberty Alliance debuts new standard

Liberty Alliance debuts new standardAs many will surely point out.It's not a "standard", it's just another concept of how it should be.Is this what Ballmer said "has zero chance of mattering" in October 2001 ??Is this the same Liberty Alliance which Ballmer said "has zero chance of mattering" in October...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft .NET, Liberty Alliance, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2003-11-12