Editing Telus Communications (section)

== History ==
[[File:TelusMarkville.JPG|thumb|left|Telus in [[Markville Shopping Centre]]]]

Telus Corporation was formed in 1990 by the government of [[Alberta]] as a [[holding company]] to facilitate the [[privatization]] of [[Alberta Government Telephones]] (AGT), a [[crown corporation]] that provided telephone service to most of Alberta outside of [[Edmonton]].<ref name=hist /><ref name=wilson>Wilson, Kevin G., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=QDiH0zLUamIC&dq=alberta+government+telephones&pg=PA35 Deregulating Telecommunications: U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications, 1840–1997]'', Rowman & Littlefield (2000) {{ISBN|0-8476-9825-4}} page 35</ref><ref name=agt>Alberta Online Encyclopedia, [http://www.abheritage.ca/telephone/era/agt.html "Alberta Government Telephones"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504011310/http://www.abheritage.ca/telephone/era/agt.html|date=May 4, 2009}} ''Alberta's Telephone Heritage''</ref> In 1995, it acquired Edmonton Telephones Corporation (EdTel), the main telephone provider for Edmonton itself, from the city of Edmonton<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/INTERNET/1998/8085/RP0007/T11/Crt1415u.doc CRTC Letter dated June 30, 1998]. Retrieved February 12, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410011041/http://www.crtc.gc.ca/INTERNET/1998/8085/RP0007/T11/Crt1415u.doc|date=April 10, 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref name=hist>[http://about.telus.com/investors/profile_history.html#telus About Telus: Company history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401232717/http://about.telus.com/investors/profile_history.html#telus|date=April 1, 2009}}, Telus corporate website. Retrieved February 11, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Feakins|first=Kathryn H.|url=http://www.lm.mmc.com/pdfs/a_feakins02.pdf|title=The Telus Story: Brand Management Strategies for a Customer-Focused Identity|access-date=February 12, 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410011041/http://www.lm.mmc.com/pdfs/a_feakins02.pdf|archive-date=April 10, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:TelusHillcrestMall-Cropped.jpg|thumb|Telus at [[Hillcrest Mall]]]]
[[File:Telus Garden exterior 2016.jpg|alt=|thumb|Telus Garden in Vancouver]]

In 1998, Telus and [[BC Tel]] announced a proposed merger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.telus.com/investors/profile_history.html|title=Telus Company History|access-date=November 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401232717/http://about.telus.com/investors/profile_history.html|archive-date=April 1, 2009}}</ref> The proposed merged company, BCT.Telus Communications Inc., was incorporated separately in British Columbia, with headquarters at BC Tel's office in [[Burnaby]]. After shareholder approval BCT.Telus acquired BC Tel and Telus; the merger was completed in 1999. In 2000 the combined BCT.Telus changed named back to Telus Corporation, and the BC Tel brand was retired.<ref name=hist /><ref name=mac>Hunter, Jennifer, "[http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011790 BC Telecom/Telus Merger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810002502/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0011790|date=2007-08-10}}", ''Maclean's Magazine'', November 2, 1998</ref> The merger created Canada's second largest telecom company, with 22% of market share compared to [[Bell Canada]]'s 42%.<ref name=mac /><ref>[https://archive.today/20120708023734/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Nov_19/ai_80152842 Canada's Second Largest Telecommunications Firm Selects Click2learn for Learning Initiative Targeting 28,000 Employees], Business Wire, November 19, 2001</ref><ref>[http://about.telus.com/media/Factsheet-ROB.html Fact sheet – Telus and the company's R.O.B. placing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113132520/http://about.telus.com/media/Factsheet-ROB.html |date=January 13, 2011 }}, Telus corporate site. Retrieved February 11, 2008.</ref> American company [[GTE]] had held a slight majority of ownership in BC Tel prior to the merger with Telus, and retained a 26.7% share of the post-merger company.

Large swaths of rural [[Quebec]], mainly the [[Gaspé Peninsula]] and the north shore, were served from 1927 by an entity known as Corporation de Téléphone et de Pouvoir de Québec, and in 1955, this became known as Québec Téléphone. In 1966, the Anglo-Canadian Telephone Company, a subsidiary of General Telephone and Electronics of Stamford, Connecticut (later GTE), became a majority shareholder in Québec Téléphone. In 1997, Groupe QuébecTel was established to own Québec Téléphone. GTE sold its interests in Québec Téléphone to Telus in August 2000, which renamed it Telus Québec on April 2, 2001.

GTE was itself acquired by [[Bell Atlantic]] in 2000, and the company changed its name to [[Verizon|Verizon Communications]]. Verizon inherited GTE's share of Telus, but in late 2004 sold its remaining 20.5% stake. This was so that Verizon could focus more on its own services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20041203/122936.shtml |title=Verizon Sells Stake in Canada's Telus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909075638/http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20041203/122936.shtml |date=September 9, 2012 |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>

In October 2019, Telus Corp announced it would buy home security provider [[ADT Inc.]]'s Canadian operations for {{CAD}}700 million (US$527.27 million).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-01/telco-operator-telus-buys-adt-s-canadian-unit-for-527-million|title=Telco Operator Telus Buys ADT's Canadian Unit for $527 Million|last=Balji|first=Divya|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-adt-canada-m-a-telus-idUSKBN1WG42X|title=Telus to acquire ADT Canada assets for {{CAD|700 million}}|date=2019-10-01|publisher=Reuters|access-date=2019-10-01|language=en}}</ref>

In January 2022, Telus Communications acquired [[London, Ontario|London]]-based ISP Start.ca. In June 2022, Telus Communications acquired Altima Telecom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Galea |first=Irene |date=2023-02-28 |title=Canada's big telecoms on buying spree of independent providers, raising competition concerns |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-telecom-companies-buying-independent-providers/ |work=Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |access-date=2023-08-22}}</ref>