TNW Quick Hit: There is good news this morning for owners of various Windows Phone 7 handsets: new updates are live. If you are a Telstra customer with a Windows Phone 7 device, today is your NoDo day. You can collect your party hat and update in Zune. Also coming to Telstra customers today is the security update that was released after NoDo, which protects WP7 users from a few number of rogue SSL certificates....
Known affectionately as “The Facebook Phone” in tech circles, The Next Web covered the INQ Cloud Touch when it was just awhisper on the weband onceit debuted in the US. This week, Telus Mobility and its youth-marketed mobile brand Koodo finally brought the device to Canada. “Telus is excited to bring the INQ Cloud Touch to social networking enthusiasts in Canada,” said David Fuller, Chief Marketing Officer for Telus. “It’s a unique and great addition to Telus’ smartphone family....
Telus, a major wireless provider in Canada hasjust announcedthat its 4G network will be rolled-out in March, aiming to bring customers download speeds of up to 42 Mbps on selected devices. The companies new fourth generation network is a Dual Cell upgrade to the HSPA + (DC-HSPA+) technology and Telus says its 4G network is capable of “extremely fast” speeds, referring to the manufacturer’s rated peak download speeds of up to 42 Mbps down and 11Mbps while uploading....
Telus, a major Canadian telco hasannouncedit will be rolling out a faster mobile, LTE (long term evolution) 4G network by early 2012. Telus boasts its next generation network will support speeds of 150 Mbps while downloading and 70 Mbps during uploading, supporting manufacturer’s rated peak speeds. Canadians living in urban markets will be able to take advantage of Telus’ 4G+ LTE network beginning late this year. In February of this year, Telusrevealedits Dual Cell upgrade to its HSPA+ network, which aimed to bring download speeds of 42 Mbps....
Competition has been heating up in Canada’s wireless market since the launch of new discount brands likeWind Mobile, the first new entrant to offer unlimited data in the Great White North. Telus, a major Canadian telco is now bringing Canadians unlimited talk and text through its discount brandClearnet, a company that the wireless provider purchased back in 2000 for $6.6 billion. Back in 2008 the government auctioned off a limited amount of air space, allowing newcomers to take advantage of the Canadian wireless sector....
