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TELUS launches the “Easy Tablet Repayment Program”

TELUS has a couple tablets for sale, the recently released BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE. If you’re currently one of their 7.4 million customers and thinking about scoring one of these you could be interested in their new “Easy Tablet Repayment Program.” This launches today and is only for [...]

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TELUS LG Optimus LTE users reporting upgrade to ICS is now available

TELUS promised that they’ll push the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich to the LG Optimus LTE today (model number P935) and they delivered. This brings Android OS 4.0.4 to your LTE-enabled device. If you’re one of the 2 million around the world that have this device then press Menu >> Settings >> About phone >> [...]

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Rogers, Bell and TELUS Samsung Galaxy Note drops to $99 on a 3-year

A new device usually gets priced dropped a few weeks after launch. This is one of the certainties, excluding the iPhone of course. The Samsung Galaxy Note hit Rogers, Bell and TELUS on February 14th at a whopping $199.99 on a 3-year, but has been falling ever since. It looks like all 3 carriers are [...]

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TELUS releases the BlackBerry Curve 9320, prices it at $249.99 outright

“Communicating has never been this quick and easy.” Those are the words that TELUS has used to describe the newly released BlackBerry Curve 9320. This “iconic” Berry has shown up at other retailers, such as Mobilicty, Koodo, Virgin and SaskTel for $150 outright, but TELUS has put a perplexing price tag on this QWERTY smartphone. [...]

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TELUS pushes Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Tab 8.9 ICS upgrade to September

TELUS has once again updated their device OS upgrade schedule, now showing the latest date of August 9th. A few updates on the list, but most have stayed the same. The LG Optimus LTE is expected to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich on August 20th, Bell pushed this through yesterday. The HTC Surround 7 [...]

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TELUS expands LTE network in Vancouver

When TELUS initially launched their LTE network last February they rolled out the fast speeds to cover the core of Vancouver, plus other cities across Canada. A month later a press release declared their intentions to invest $3 billion into B.C. to expand their LTE coverage, plus also hire 1,300 people. Looks like everything is [...]

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4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook now available in Canada!

The day has finally arrived. Today, August 9th, sees RIM’s 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook arrive on Canadian soil via Rogers, Bell and TELUS. Other countries will be launching this “in the coming months,” but us Canadians are the first to taste LTE speeds on the PlayBook. The design is the same, 7-inches (resolution of 1024 [...]

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TELUS releases the Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot

The Sierra Wireless AirCard 763S LTE hotspot has sure made a trek around our Canadian carriers. First Rogers released it, then Bell recently launched the device, and now it’s TELUS’ turn. This little gem can make a WiFi hotspot for 10 devices and also connect your to TELUS’ LTE network – which should give you [...]

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TELUS Q2 2012 results: Subscriber base now at 7,447,000, 59% of postpaid subscribers have a smartphone

TELUS reported their Q2 2012 results and they managed to increase their wireless revenue by a respectable $95 million (13%) to $1.43 billion. TELUS attributed the increase to their subscriber numbers and ARPU (Average Revenue Per User). TELUS’ “industry leading” blended ARPU was $60.29 – which rose $1.41 (2.4%) caused by the adoption of smartphone, [...]

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TELUS will release the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook for $549.99 outright

Earlier today RIM announced that select Canadian carriers will be releasing the 4G LTE-enabled BlackBerry PlayBook tablet on August 9th. To start it’ll be Rogers, Bell and TELUS getting the nod. Late last week we posted news that Bell will be making this available for the outright price of $549.95, but no word yet on [...]