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[January 26, 2012]

TELUS invests $1 million to bring 4G wireless service to Blue River

(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 26 January 2012 Release date- 25012012 - Blue River, B.C. - As a result of a strategic partnership with the Province, TELUS has invested $1 million in a new wireless site in Blue River to bring 4G wireless voice and high-speed Internet services to community residents, businesses and motorists along sections of Highway 5 for the first time ever.

'At TELUS, we know how important wireless services are, and continue to make significant investments in our networks to bring them to our customers. The benefits of wireless service are many and range from economic growth through to improved safety and security for the community,' said Bert Braybrook, director of Customer Solutions Delivery. 'Our $1 million investment in Blue River gives motorists on Highway 5, and area residents and businesses, the convenience of making wireless calls from wherever they are, expands access to 911 and allows for great broadband service where it may not be possible to build wired Internet access.' The project is a result of the 10-year Connecting British Columbia agreement signed with the Province of B.C. in 2011. Under the terms of the contract TELUS will connect more than 1,700 kilometres of highway with wireless service over five years and run fibre optic cable directly to nearly 450 B.C. schools.

'This is great news for families, businesses and people traveling in the Blue River area,' said Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government Minister Margaret MacDiarmid. 'By working together, we're making progress on expanding wireless coverage and providing much-needed new cellular coverage along our highways.' 'It's easy to take internet access for granted and forget that some communities still don't have the type of high-speed access we rely on enjoy,' said Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake. 'I'm pleased that families and businesses along Highway 5 will have access to high-speed internet to help them stay connected.' This year alone, TELUS is investing $670 million across British Columbia to further expand and enhance its advanced 4G wireless and wireline networks. This investment builds upon the $24 billion TELUS has invested in its operations and technology in the province over the last 10 years.

About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $10.3 billion of annual revenue and 12.6 million customer connections including 7.2 million wireless subscribers, 3.6 million wireline network access lines, 1.3 million Internet subscribers and more than 450,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Eleven TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS' local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

For media inquiries, please contact: Shawn Hall TELUS Media Relations (604) 619-7913 shawn.hall@telus.com Melody Wey Ministry of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government (250) 508-5030 [Editorial queries for this story should be sent to newswire@enpublishing.co.uk] ((Comments on this story may be sent to info@enpublishing.co.uk)) (c) 2012 Electronic News Publishing -

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