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Telus partners with Samsung on software platform to drive AI-powered networks

Samsung Canada's head of networks says the partnership will allow Telus to run a more robust, high-performing network, reduce energy consumption and automate certain tasks.

Telus Corp. T-T is partnering with Samsung to deploy what it calls Canada’s first commercial radio access network intelligent controller, a software platform that will help eventually deliver networks fully powered by artificial intelligence.

Samsung said its technology will enable automation, enhanced energy efficiency and optimized performance across Telus’s wireless network.

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Canadians can now make claims for payouts in Loblaw bread price-fixing settlement

Bread at a Loblaws store in Toronto. Canadian residents can now submit claims for a bread price-fixing settlement involving Loblaw and its parent company.

Canadian shoppers now have a chance to get their share of a $500-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit related to the alleged industry-wide price fixing of bread.

Strosberg Wingfield Sasso LLP and Orr Taylor LLP said Thursday the claims process is now open in the approved settlement involving Loblaw Cos. Ltd. L-T and its parent company George Weston Ltd. WN-T

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Closing of Ontario Crown Royal plant likely result of parent company’s struggles, expert says

Premier Doug Ford empties a bottle of Crown Royal whisky at a press conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Tuesday.

The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut costs amid ongoing financial challenges.

Spirits maker Diageo DEO-N found itself in Doug Ford’s crosshairs on Tuesday when the Ontario Premier capped an unrelated press conference by producing a Crown Royal bottle and proceeding to slowly dump it out on the ground.

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How to get the most out of student cellphone plans before back-to-school

Experts say now is the ideal time to capitalize on a promotion that sets you up for the school year.

A life-changing milestone awaits hundreds of thousands of first-year students preparing to head off to university and college in the coming weeks.

It’s a moment teary-eyed parents will also remember as they drop off their kids at campus dorms, making sure to offer some last-minute advice: Study hard, eat healthy and don’t forget to call mom and dad.

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