corporate profile

TELUS is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.1 billion in annual revenue and 11.1 million customer connections including 5.6 million wireless subscribers, 4.4 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers. As a result of our national growth strategy, in 2007, revenue grew by 4.5 per cent and total connections increased by 432,000. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.

we give where we live

Committed to being Canada's premier corporate citizen, at TELUS we give where we live. Since 2000, TELUS our team members and alumni have contributed $113 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 2.1 million hours of service to local communities. Eight TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead our local philanthropic initiatives.

our values

• We initiate change and initiate opportunity
• We have passion for growth
• We believe in spirited teamwork
• We have courage to innovate

our strategic initiatives

To unleash the power of the internet to deliver the best solutions to Canadians at home, in the workplace and on the move.

our strategic imperatives

• Focusing relentlessly on growth markets of data, IP ad wireless
• Building national capabilities across data IP, voice and wireless
• Partnering, acquiring and divesting to accelerate the implementation of our strategy and focus our resources
• Providing integrated solutions that differentiate TELUS from our competitors
• Investing in internal capabilities to build high-performance culture and an efficient operation
• Going to market as one team, under a common brand, executing a single strategy

2008 corporate priorities

Each year, we identify corporate priorities that ensure we remain responsive to the changing competitive landscape. These priorities advance our national growth strategy and focus our efforts during the year.

For 2008, our corporate priorities are to:

• Drive profit from strategic services with a focus on data
• Build scale in vertical markets and leverage the Emergis acquisition
• Exact productivity gains from efficiency improvement initiatives
• Elevate the client experience and build enhanced loyalty
• Execute technology initiatives, including broadband and IT platforms.

For a report against our 2007 corporate priorities, please refer to Section 3.1 of the Management's discussion and analysis in the TELUS 2007 annual report – financial review.