Telus announced their 2012 Q2 earnings on Friday and revenues were up thanks in part to their wireless division, which generated 112,000 postpaid customers (a 22% increase from a year ago) and also saw a 27% rise in wireless data revenue. For the quarter, Telus generated $2.7 billion in revenue. Telus leads the wireless industry's...
Telus a while back noted on their website the imminent launch of their My Account iPhone app, and a few days ago it entered the App Store. The much anticipated app allows customers to monitor their data, text or voice usage (such as modifying your favourite numbers) along with checking account balances and more. Here's...
Telus announced this morning it will invest $8.4 million over three years in Atlantic Canada to expand their 4G LTE network. To date, the company has spent over $45 million in Atlantic provinces since 2000, and the new investment will result in the creation of 65 jobs. Nova Scotia will receive $5 million in investments...
Don't you love the Canadian wireless 'tango'? 6GB data plans seem to be quite popular the last week as earlier today Koodo released a $60/month plan, and now Telus has released a similar plan for its users. As noted on the Telus homepage, the $65/month 'Promo Voice and Data 65' plan includes the following: 200...
More 6GB voice and data plan deals are coming your way, and this time it's from the sub-brand of Telus, Koodo (which just recently offered iPhone unlocking). They plan on introducing the 'Canada-Wide Super 6GB' plan for $60/month starting next week until August 6th, reports MobileSyrup. The plan will include: 250 Canada Wide minutes 5PM...
With iOS 6 to introduce FaceTime over 3G as a standard feature for the first time, many wireless users in Canada are under the assumption the feature will be allowed, just like tethering via the Personal Hotspot feature. However, with stories of AT&T possibly charging customers for the use of cellular data for FaceTime, what...
Telus introduced an unlocking policy for iPhones on June 1st (here's how the process works), and now they have offered the service to its customers on their Koodo brand for $50, reports MobileSyrup. Essentially the requirements are the same for Koodo customers (as they were for Telus): The iPhone must operate on the Koodo network. Client must have...
Looks like a native 'Your Account' iPhone app is coming for Telus customers, according to screenshots posted over at MobileSyrup. Back in June of 2010, we noted Telus had launched a similar account management service but it was web-based. According to the screenshots below, the Telus app will be quite similar to the 'My Account'...
A while back we noted Rogers had reintroduced the coveted LTE/3G 6GB/$30 data plan for customers via calling in to customer service and asking reps to enter a specific SOC code. Now, it appears Telus has done the same, according to this thread over at RedFlagDeals. All you have to do is call in to customer...
Montrealers, keep your eye out for the Telus Wi-Xi squad this summer as that will mean free Wi-Fi. Telus has announced today they will offer free access to their 4G LTE network via BIXI bikes equipped with the Telus Wi-Xi 4G LTE modem, powered by a rechargeable battery via pedal power. BIXI is a public...
Earlier in June, Telus launched two concept business stores in Saskatoon. Yesterday, the company announced the launch of a similar store in Toronto: "Today's smartphones and tablets are loaded with technology and features that can help manage and grow businesses in ways we couldn't have imagined a few years ago, and we are evolving our...
It appears Telus prepaid users are set to experience some changes to their data plans. Customers have been receiving text messages from Telus notifying them of the following changes forthcoming to the Data plus messaging 20 plan, as noted by MobileSyrup: - Data will reduce from 100MB from 250MB. The price will remain at $20...
