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Frost & Sullivan Award Commends TELUS for Its Continued Dominance of the Canadian Videoconferencing Service Market (PR News Wire )

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:19:00 GMT

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan selected TELUS as the recipient of the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in the Canadian videoconferencing services market. TELUS has consistently delivered outstanding results in terms of market share, revenues, installed base, and breadth of solution offerings in this rapidly evolving market. ...

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Telus cable cut leaves 400 customers without service (News1130 - All News Radio)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:35:32 GMT

An overnight attempted cable theft has left about 400 Telus customers in Burnaby without service. Telus crews arrived to a site along Lougheed Highway and Gilmore Avenue to find someone had cut down ...

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Telus - keeping Vancouver clean, one ad at a time. (Metroblogging Vancouver)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:52 GMT

It’s a great loophole - if you spray your ad on a wall or sidewalk in paint, you’re defacing property. You’re graffiti! If you spray your ad on a wall or sidewalk in solvent, you’re… cleaning it? The technique has been gaining in popularity over the last half-dozen years, but it’s finally made a big showing in Vancouver… promoting something from Telus. I don’t know what, as the URL doesn’t take...

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Sprint to launch Touch Diamond in September at $299.99 (Phones Review)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:56:47 GMT

We all know Telus grabbed the honours of being the first to launch the HTC Touch Diamond in North America, however Sprint will not be that far behind. Word has it the Sprint will be taking delivery of the THC Touch Diamond sometime in September, and will be shipping them out at a rate of knots [...]

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Video: Telus’ HTC Touch Diamond gets a hands-on treatment (IntoMobile)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:29 GMT

MobileSyrup’s Rob managed to get his lucky hands on Telus’ HTC Touch Diamond. Needless to say, he loves the Windows Mobile smartphone, even though he would prefer the European version of the device with shapes like a diamond on the back. However, I don’t see that as a big minus, if that’s a minus at [...]

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Telus release HTC Touch Diamond: Video review. (Phones Review)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:32:42 GMT

Telus have release the HTC Touch Diamond in North America and they seem to be enjoying it . The guys over at Mobile Syrup managed to get their inquisitive hands on a Telus version of the Windows Mobile 6.1 packing HTC Touch Diamond. And to our viewers delight they naturally constructed a video review of the [...]

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Telus' HTC Touch Diamond gets video review (Engadget)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:44:06 GMT

Filed under: Cellphones While Sprint and Verizon consider final monikers for the HTC Touch Diamond, some North Americans are already enjoying the thing up in the Great North. The ecstatic folks over at Mobile Syrup were able to snap up Telus' version of the WinMo 6.1-packin' handset, and of course, they put together a video review for us Americans to drool over. The 7:15 clip includes a few...

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Canadian Pricing and Developer Challenges (BlackBerry Cool Podcast: Episode 37) (BlackBerryCool)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:55:48 GMT

We take some time this week to bitch about Rogers, Bell and Telus, but also touch on some upcoming devices, like the BlackBerry 8350. Take a listen!

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Sprint Diamond To Come In Red (UberPhones)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:17:48 GMT

It looks like the Sprint Diamond, which should have the same flat back as the Telus Diamond , will have a classy looking red added to it, which will be a rather nice change from the boring black. In terms of specifications, it should be the same as the Telus Diamond: 101mm x 51mm x 14mm EVDO Rev A WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 640 x 480 Touchscreen Qualcomm MSM 7510A Processor running at 528MHz...

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Canadian minister on incoming SMS charges: “Tough luck” (BlackBerryCool)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:43:41 GMT

Telus and Bell will be going ahead with their $0.15 cash grab for SMS messages, since we don't get charged enough already, apparently.

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Canada's industry boss: don't like incoming text charges? Switch carriers (Engadget Mobile)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:44:03 GMT

Filed under: Messaging , Bell Mobility , Telus Mobility We're not sure what sort of mind-altering tricks Bell and Telus pulled on him, but Canada's minister of industry, Jim Prentice, is taking an entirely less confrontational tone after meeting with the carriers following their decisions to start charging 15 cents for incoming text messages. He'd originally sounded pretty fired up over...

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Telus LG KEYBO Cell Phone (Gear Live)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:52:17 GMT

Canada’s Telus has released the LG KEYBO that comes with a QWERTY for rapid text messages, a 2.0 megapixel cam for images and video, the company’s mobile music with a 1 GB storage card (expandable to 8GB,) and stereo speakers. Obviously trying to appeal to younger consumers, the KEYBO gives email access and will set you back $299.99 with no contract, $249.99 with a 1 year, $99.99 for two, and...

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Telus takes care of college students with special rate plans (Phones Review)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:31:07 GMT

Telus in Canada knows students need to keep in contact, and although college kids aren’t into chatting much this day and age, the one thing they do love is to surf the net waves and send text messages. Thus Telus has come up with a twin set of student plans which are at least good until [...]

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Will We See More Data-Focused Cell Phone Plans? (pocketnow.com)

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:53:40 GMT

Engadget Mobile is reporting that Telus is offering students of the Great White North a cellular plan that is more data-centric for those who use their phones primarily for texting and web browsing rather than talking. The $35 plan (or $50 for smartphone users) will give the target demographics 200 minutes of voice along with unlimited browsing, unlimited talk and messaging to your Fave 10,...

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Prentice all bark and no bite on text message issue, critics say (ITBusiness.ca - Top Stories)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:01:12 GMT

Bell and Telus have assured Industry Minister Jim Prentice that their cell phone customers will get a refund on all spam messages they receive. Prentice is apparently placated. But critics aren't.

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Telus offers up Student Plan for heavy texters / surfers, light talkers (Engadget Mobile)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:24:25 GMT

Filed under: Messaging , LG , Telus Mobility , Misc Telus clearly knows what's up. College kids aren't much on talking this day and age, but they sure love to text and surf. A pair of Student Plans (good 'til September 30th) have just emerged, one for phones ($35 per month) and the other for smartphones ($50 per month). Both rate plans offer up just 200 minutes of talk time but include...

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Telus beats Bell Canada and Rogers Communications in Q2′08 contract subscribers add (Canada) (Wireless Federation)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:58:34 GMT

Telus Communications, Canada, has posted net profit of CAD267 million (USD250 million) for Q2′08, up from CAD253 million in the same quarter of 2007, on revenues that increased by 7.7% year-on-year to CAD2.40 billion. EBITDA reached CAD918 million, up 3.7% from 2Q07. Wireless turnover has climbed 9% in the same period to CAD1.15 billion, driving EBITDA [...]

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Telus To Start Selling the CDMA HTC Touch Diamond in Canada this week (SlashPhone)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:57:10 GMT

Telus has announced the launched of the HTC Touch Diamond last week. The company plan to start selling it from August 14 this week. The CDMA version is simiar to HTC Victor with a more rounded edge. Same as other Touch Diamond family, it will also gets the pre-installed Opera mobile browser, 2.8-inch VGA display screen, [...]

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Vancouver seniors noticing lack of pay phones (News1130 - All News Radio)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:02:58 GMT

Seniors in Vancouver have been complaining that public pay phones are becoming hard to come by. Telus confirms that where once they would have put a bank of three or four pay phones, they are now putting ...

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Canada Will Not Interfere with Telecoms (NeoWin)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:38:03 GMT

According to Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice, Canada will not interfere with the new pricing policies of major telecommunications firms, despite public unhappiness over impending moves by BCE and Telus to charge for incoming text messages. Prentice told the two companies that " in the current deregulated telecommunications market, our government has no intention of interfering with the...

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