Telus Mobility
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Formerly called
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AGT Mobility |
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| Industry | Mobile network operator |
| Founded | Edmonton, Alberta (1984) |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Products | Feature phones, mobile broadband modems, smartphones (Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Windows Phone), tablet computers |
| Services | HSPA (including HSPA+), LTE, mobile broadband, SMS, telephony |
| Parent | Telus Communications Inc. |
| Website | www |
Telus Mobility is a division of Telus Communications which sells wireless services in Canada on its numerous networks. It has three different networks based on four different technologies: CDMA, HSPA+, and LTE on its mainstream networks. As of quarter 1 2016, Telus is Canada's second-largest cellphone provider with a subscriber base of over 8.387 million.
Since 2008, Telus has operated a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) named Koodo Mobile, which is targeted at high school, college and university students.
In 1982, AGT Mobility was formed by Alberta Government Telephones (the predecessor to Telus) to provide a 1G analogue mobile network for Alberta's natural resources industries. It was the first mobile phone network in Canada. Analogue services became available to the general public in 1986.
In 1992, AGT launched North America's first digital mobile network. Following the merger of Telus with BC Tel in 1999, Telus Mobility expanded its coverage to British Columbia. The company's website went online on October 14, 1999. The following year, Telus acquired Clearnet Communications and QuébecTel to expand its coverage to the central provinces. All these acquisitions, along with a tower-sharing agreement with then-primarily Eastern Canada based Bell Mobility, allowed Telus Mobility offer its CDMA network in all Canadian provinces. Bell and Telus continued their partnership for future network construction.
In 2007, Telus Mobility launched mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Amp'd Mobile Canada, but replaced it in 2008 with Koodo Mobile
In February 2008, Telus Mobility discontinued its AMPS analog network, and launched its HSPA+ network in November 2009. Telus offered landlines to customers affected by the AMPS network's shutdown in rural areas, as digital signals are less reliable than analog ones in such areas. Following both events, Telus began a slow phasing out of CDMA devices, especially those that support both AMPS and CDMA technologies.
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