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Sunny Freeman

ONE LESS OPTION FOR WIRELESS

HuffingtonPost.com | Sunny Freeman | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Business

Telus says it has a $380-million deal to buy Mobilicity after it was approached by the indebted small telecom player looking for relief from its finan...

Why Netflix Canada Could Soon Be A Very Different Thing

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Business

Online streaming service Netflix has big cable companies trying to capitalize on its success, with some looking to either include it in their cable bu...

Texting Fee Hike Just The Beginning: Consumer Group

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Business

A recent announcement by wireless carrier Telus that it’s raising fees for texting to the U.S. will be just the beginning of price hikes if Canada...

Why Your Cell Phone Service May Go From Bad To Worse

Lindsey Pinto | Posted 04.15.2013 | Canada Business
Lindsey Pinto

The Big Three cell phone providers now have even more room to raise prices and maintain disrespectful customer service, as the check on the market provided by new entrants diminishes. This is why Canadians pay some of the highest prices for mobile phone service in the industrialized world.

STOMPING COMPETITION

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.10.2013 | Canada Business

Three of Canada's new wireless carriers say they will better serve their customers outside the industry's lobby group, which they accuse of favouring ...

How Paying for Internet at Home Helps You Save Money

Paul Barter | Posted 03.21.2013 | Canada Business
Paul Barter

Simply by reading this, there could be a cheque with your name on it in the amount of $8,870 or more -- this year, next year and every year thereafter. Where do these huge savings come from? From simple, common sense things like price matching online, buying online, digital coupons, or finding cheap or free ways to solve problems. The average Internet connected family frees up thousands of dollars without giving up anything at all.

WATCH: Rick Mercer Rips Telus For ‘Stupidest Thing Ever Said’

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 02.21.2013 | Canada Business

Canada’s large telecom companies don’t like the sound of placing caps on customers’ cellphone bills, but Telus chief marketing director David Fu...

Telus Gets Into The Online Spying Business

IT World Canada | Posted 04.04.2013 | Canada Business

Telus Corp. is beefing up its ability to offer security solutions for customers by buying a digital forensics company. The carrier said Friday it h...

Tis the Season to Give. Here's Why! #WhatWouldYouGive

Amber Rehman | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada Impact
Amber Rehman

In late November TELUS asked their Facebook friends a simple question; if you could give anything to anyone, what would you give? To give is one thing, but to involve the average person and allow them to be part of the sharing is a beautiful thing.

Why Canadians Are Doing Less Talking On The Phone

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.19.2013 | Canada Business

MONTREAL - Here's my cell number. Call me, maybe?Or maybe not. Cellphone users are doing less calling as they buy more smartphones and use the device ...

Telus Loses Against Mobilicity

CP | Posted 12.19.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO — Mobilicity says a court injunction requested by Telus to stop ads by the smaller wireless competitor has been denied by the British Columb...

Great Leaders are Born from St. Francis Xavier University - Fact or Fiction?

Sarena Dharshi | Posted 02.15.2013 | Canada Alberta
Sarena Dharshi

When questioned upon the divide between the progressive conservative values from his time in office to the conservative values of today, I heard the "has become more right-of-centre" one too many times, paired with his opinion that the party has maintained similar ideologies, thought processes and policies.

Telus: Now With Less Internet!

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.05.2012 | Canada Business

Some Telus customers are upset after the phone and internet service company started sending out notifications that it is reducing upload and download ...

Wireless Company Ditches Activation Fee

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Business

VANCOUVER - Telus (TSX:T) is getting rid of some costly fees for its wireless customers.The Vancouver-based carrier says it's no longer charging a $35...

Telus Wins Battle In Shareholder War

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Telus has scored a victory in a bitter and ongoing dispute with a New York-based hedge fund over its plan to collapse its dual share struc...

Will RIM's Road Show Sell Carriers On The New BlackBerry 10?

CP | David Friend, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Business

Some of Canada's biggest wireless carriers finally got a glimpse of the new BlackBerry smartphones this week, as part of Research In Motion's worldwid...

Watching the Watchdog: My 2012 Olympic Coverage Report Card

Tim Knight | Posted 10.17.2012 | Canada
Tim Knight

Even before the Games began, it seemed Bell and Rogers decided to stick with selling cellphones and they aren't interested in the next Olympics (which have gone to CBC). Now, the viewing numbers are excellent of course. But they're no more than a rather dubious measurement of eyes in front of TV sets, computers and various gadgets. They're not indications of satisfaction. Or dissatisfaction. For the record though, here are some things in CTV's evening prime time coverage that certainly could have been done better...

Internet Throttling In Canada: Not Dead Yet

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 01.21.2013 | Canada Business

Traffic throttling may be on its way out in Canada, but Internet users who are into file-sharing may have to put up with the controversial practice fo...

Revenge Of The Overcharged: $19-Billion Lawsuit Against Telecoms Gets OK

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 06.28.2012 | Canada Business

The Supreme Court of Canada has given the go-ahead to a $19-billion class-action lawsuit against Canada's major telecom companies over system access f...

The Cellphone Carriers Canadians Like The Most -- And Least

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 05.10.2012 | Canada Business

Canadians are more satisfied with smaller “stand-alone” wireless companies like Koodo and Virgin Mobile than they are with full-service telecoms l...

Here's The One Thing Canadians Are Doing Less Of On Their Cellphones

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.04.2012 | Canada Business

MONTREAL - Cellphone users are doing less talking and more texting, emailing and Internet surfing on their devices, habits that are being driven by th...

Daniel Tencer

Will Canadians Miss Out On Faster Cellphone Speeds?

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 03.15.2012 | Canada Business

Ottawa’s new rules for wireless carriers could mean Canadians will miss out on faster cellphone connections, a telecom consultant says, and some ind...

Tories Open Doors To Greater Cellphone Competition

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Business

RUSSELL, Ont. - Ottawa moved Wednesday to level the wireless playing field by placing limits on the coming wireless spectrum auction and lifting forei...

Daniel Tencer

The Real Reason You Can't Compare Cellphone Costs Online

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Tencer | Posted 02.27.2012 | Canada Business

The federal government’s decision to scrap a cellphone cost calculator for consumers came after lobbying from large telecom firms, and happened desp...

Online Snooping Bill Creates 'Inspectors' With Unfettered Access To Internet Records: Report

CP | Posted 02.17.2012 | Canada Business

UPDATE: A section of the Conservative government's proposed online surveillance law would create a team of "inspectors" who would be allowed virtually...