Telus

Telus Communications

Telus Garden exterior in Vancouver
Type	Public
Traded as	: T (voting) : TU (voting) S&P/TSX 60 component
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1990 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Headquarters	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people	Darren Entwistle, President and CEO Doug French, CFO
Products	HSPA+, LTE
Revenue	CAD$ 12.5 billion (2016)
Operating income	2.3 billion (2015)
Net income	1.38 billion (2015)
Number of employees	47,700 (2015)
Divisions	Telus Internet Telus Mobility Telus TV
Subsidiaries	Public Mobile Koodo Mobile
Website	www.telus.com

Telus Communications (stylized as TELUS) is a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, healthcare, video, and IPTV television. The company is based in the Vancouver, British Columbia area; it was originally based in Edmonton, Alberta, before its merger with BCTel in 1999. Telus's wireless division, Telus Mobility, offers HSPA+, and LTE-based mobile phone networks. Telus is the incumbent local exchange carrier in British Columbia and Alberta, and a major competitive local exchange carrier in Ontario and Quebec. Telus' primary competitors are Shaw Communications in the Western provinces and Bell Canada and Vidéotron General Partnership in Quebec.

Telus is a member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association.

The company was formed in 1990 by the government of Alberta as TELUS Communications, a holding company, in order to facilitate the privatization of a crown corporation, the Alberta Government Telephones Commission (AGT). In 1995, it acquired Edmonton Telephones Corporation (Ed Tel) from the City of Edmonton making Telus the sole provider of telephone service in Alberta. In 1996, Telus was introduced to the public as the consumer brand, replacing both AGT and EdTel.