SYMPATICO LOSES TELUS
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TELUS CORPORATION
Attention Business Editors:
TELUS severs connection with Sympatico to focus on regional
Internet Services
BURNABY, BC, Nov. 18 /CNW/ - TELUS announced today that it has sold its
16.6 per cent share of Medialinx, the national Internet company originally
formed to develop content under the Sympatico name for Stentor companies. Bell
Canada has purchased the TELUS interest.
''Our customers have told us they want information that is more relevant
to them and their community,'' says Mark Schnarr, TELUS's vice-president of
Internet Services. ''For example, while the Maple Leafs may well have fans in
B.C., people living in this province want more focus on B.C. teams, right down
to hometown junior hockey scores. This preference applies to local and
regional news and information as well.''
TELUS has developed its own portal site, MyBC.com, to offer more
relevant, regional content and advanced Web-based productivity tools such as
online, personal calendars. Among the features of MyBC.com are local news,
weather, sports, and even maps and directions to British Columbia locations.
Visitors can customize the Web site so each time they log on to MyBC.com they
are presented with the updated information they want. They can also be
notified by e-mail of upcoming sales, concerts and other community news. TELUS
plans to develop and launch regional portal sites across Canada over the next
year.
In September, MyBC.com was voted Best Local Web Site by readers of
Vancouver's Georgia Straight newspaper. The portal was launched in May and
received more than 10 million page views in October.
The customer service numbers for TELUS Internet customers remain the
same. E-mail addresses for TELUS customers in B.C. are changing from
@bc.sympatico.ca to the simpler @telus.net. However, customers can keep
their existing e-mail addresses until October 31, 2001, if they choose.
TELUS is Canada's second largest telecommunications company and provides
a full range of advanced communications services and products connecting
Canadians with the world. The company's shares are traded on the Toronto and
Montreal stock exchanges under the stock symbols BTS (Common) and BTS.a
(Non-Voting).
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For further information: Doug Strachan, Media relations manager, (604)
432-2663 (office), 1-800-892-8250 (pager), doug.strachan@telus.com,
www.telus.com
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