Telus

Telus (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a Canadian company that provides phone, internet, television, and cellular phone service. They are a very large company, one of the largest telecommunication companies in Canada. Telus logo is stylized as TELUS. Telus' head office is in Burnaby, British Columbia.

The Telus Communications Company

Company type	Public TSX: T NYSE: TU
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1999 with the merger of Telus (Alberta) and BC Tel
Headquarters	Burnaby, British Columbia
Key people	Darren Entwistle, President and CEO
Revenue	C$9.074 billion
Operating income	C$1.974 billion
Net income	C$1.257 billion
Number of employees	39,000 (2007)
Website	www.telus.com

History

Telus was made from a merger of BCTel, the main phone company in British Columbia and Alberta Government Telephones, better known as AGT. AGT was owned by the government of Alberta. AGT wanted to separate from the government and formed a company called Telus in 1990.^[1][2] After that, they combined with BCTel to form the current Telus company in 1999.^[3] That remaining Telus company purchased Clearnet Communications, a cell phone company. Clearnet gave them the current style of their advertising, including the slogan «The future is friendly». Telus uses colorful animals to advertise their services. In 2019, Telus announced acquisition of ADT Inc.^[4][5]

Services

Telus has cell phone, internet, phone and telephone services. They have a CDMA network for most of their cell phones, but on November 5th, 2009, they started up a new HSPA network, similar to Rogers cell phone network. They have started this with Bell. It allows a very large selection of cell phones.^[6]

They have television and internet service based on ADSL service.^[7] Telus is the major landline telephone service provider for British Columbia and Alberta.^[8]