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AMD today announced that TELUS, a leading Canadian telecommunications company, has chosen AMD Opteron processors to power its latest offering, the TELUS AgilIT Virtual Private Cloud. The TELUS AgilIT Virtual Private Cloud, announced today, offers AMDs' immense processing capabilities at outstanding power/performance per-dollar.

Today, Nokia Canada announces the availability of the first two smartphones in the Nokia Lumia family, the Nokia Lumia 710, available exclusively at Rogers Communications, and the Nokia Lumia 800, available only at TELUS.  The affordable Nokia Lumia 710 was designed to make the Nokia Lumia experience accessible to more people around the world and at launch was widely praised as the best Windows Phone experience at its price point.

Life doesn’t stop and neither should your ability to share with your friends, with the socially savvy MOTOKEY™ SOCIAL, brought to you by Motorola Mobility Canada Ltd. and now available at TELUS Prepaid.

TELUS is delivering on its commitment to serve more communities in Manitoba by turning on two new cell towers in Oakbank and Dugald and upgrading 42 existing wireless sites in and around Winnipeg to offer increased network capacity.

TELUS today announced it will invest more than $20 million in downtown Edmonton’s TELUS House over the next two years for planned upgrades in and around the building. TELUS has also extended its lease on 318,000 sq. ft. of office space in TELUS House in the heart of the city to 2026.

On – TELUS has achieved another milestone today in its commitment to make wireless client experience friendlier for Canadians by further simplifying device ownership agreements and sweeping away high cancellation fees.

TELUS and the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) have agreed to the terms of a tentative collective agreement, covering approximately 12,100 TELUS employees nationally.

anadians will enjoy even faster mobile internet access speeds in early 2012 with the planned launch of TELUS’ next generation, Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. LTE technology supports manufacturer’s rated peak download speeds of up to 150 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of up to 70 Mbps**.

TELUS today announced a $220 million investment this year in Quebec, a move which will stimulate the province’s economy, communities and businesses. TELUS’ leading wireline and wireless broadband networks will meet current and future customer needs for information, communications and entertainment. TELUS’ investment will stimulate the economy across the province of Quebec and its regions, while positioning the company on the national scene.

TELUS today announced that starting February 15, “unlocking” will be available for most SIM-based devices (IDEN and HSPA) for TELUS postpaid customers. This new service is the latest in a series of initiatives to enhance the customer experience at TELUS by providing more flexibility and freedom in the way customers use their wireless devices.

TELUS has turned on a new cell site adjacent to the Tobiano Golf Course located west of Kamloops, putting the community on B.C.’s biggest and fastest mobile network. TELUS’ $591,000 investment in the site will expand its 3G+ wireless coverage along the Trans Canada Highway, golf course, Kamloops Lake and in the surrounding area.

This acquisition delivers on TELUS’ imperative to further advance its wireless and data strategy by expanding the distribution of TELUS’ wireless products and services across Canada.

TELUS today announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. in which TELUS is granted the exclusive license to host and operate the HealthVault platform for the development of a consumer-focused e-health service in Canada. The service will be called TELUS Health Space, powered by Microsoft HealthVault.

Only from TELUS, the LG VENUS brings the next generation of the cell phone user interface to life for Canadians

TELUS Corporation announced that it has today purchased 480,300 common shares of Emergis Inc. through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange, representing 0.5 per cent of the outstanding Common Shares as at December 10, 2007.

TELUS also announced the expansion of its global roaming services to enable clients with the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition to use voice and data services internationally on GSM/GPRS networks.