Telus Mobility

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. reported its wireless division added 102,800 subscribers during the second quarter, bringing the carrier’s total customer base to 3.2 million subscribers. The carrier said customer growth …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Telus Corp. reported its wireless division added 102,800 subscribers during the second quarter, bringing the carrier’s total customer base to 3.2 million subscribers. The carrier said customer growth …

TORONTO-Spotnik Mobile will provide 802.11b Wi-Fi high-speed wireless Internet access at Timothy’s World Coffee locations across Canada. Spotnik will work with mobile operator Telus Mobility to roll out Wi-Fi hot …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility announced a three-year expansion of its CDMA-based digital network into what it termed “small and remote communities across the British Columbia heartland” as …

Laurent Vermot-Gauchy wants to introduce a new acronym into the location services market-ELS, or enterprise location-centric services. As head of location-services company Maporama, Vermot-Gauchy is looking to sell location information …

Verizon Wireless announced it will shut down its slow-speed wireless data CDPD network by December 2005, following a similar move by CDPD network operator AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The move …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. reported that its Telus Mobility division added 66,700 customers during the first quarter of 2003, which was a 26.3-percent decrease from the 90,500 …

NEW ORLEANS-MapInfo Corp. has teamed with MasterCard to create a mobile ATM Locator, which allows users to locate more than 35,000 MasterCard, Maestro or Cirrus ATMs using their mobile phones. …

TORONTO-Canadian vendors are seeking more cooperation among carriers to promote interoperability. That’s the message from a wireless conference hosted Tuesday by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto. Mike Lazaridis, Research in …

OTTAWA, Canada-The volume of text messaging in Canada has increased 98 percent since April-when the nation’s wireless carriers set up interoperable text messaging services-increasing the number of text messages sent …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada and STAMFORD, Conn.-Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless Powered by SmartServ giving Telus consumers the ability to access real-time Canadian and U.S. stock-market …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian wireless operator Telus Mobility and SmartServ Online Inc. launched Forbes.com Wireless as part of Telus’ Wireless Web Premium Services providing subscribers with access to real-time Canadian and …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Messaging companies Wireless Services Corp. and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced they set up a service to allow mobile customers to send text messages to other users in Canada, …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network in 2004. The company is working …

TORONTO-Canadian and U.S. wireless carriers are planning soon to offer text messaging services across all their networks. Since April, Canadian cell-phone subscribers have been able to send text messages to …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless provider Telus Mobility said it expanded its CDMA digital coverage across Atlantic Canada through reciprocal roaming and resale agreements with Aliant Telecom Wireless and Bell Mobility. The …

TORONTO-The number of Canadians using mobile phones is expected to more than double during the next four years, with the biggest growth spurt in the teenage and corporate applications markets, …

TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change in billing is expected to help …

TORONTO—Canadians are not getting too excited about the possibilities for short message service (SMS), according to a report released by the Yankee Group in Canada. Its research claims only 5 …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Telus Mobility has partnered with analytic and reporting application provider Buystream to offer AirMetrics, a customer relationship management product designed to enhance subscription services offered by wireless carriers. …

NEW YORK—Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will offer its customers wireless instant messaging (IM) services, including the ability to create buddy lists and communicate with desktop users, through a deal …

SEATTLE—Canada’s Bell Mobility announced it will offer a service through ViAir Inc. that will allow mobile professionals to wirelessly access their personal and corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information. The …

NEW YORK—Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will offer its customers wireless instant messaging services, including the ability to create buddy lists and communicate with desktop users, through a deal with …

BURNABY, British Columbia—Telus announced it is currently conducting a trial of a voice portal service that delivers location-based information on businesses, restaurants, events, movies and directions, as well as more …

TORONTO-In a joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers announced they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service use by creating an interoperable messaging service. Under …