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TELUS Mobility Selects i3 Mobile to Provide Content to Wireless Customers i3 Mobile Powers First Content Offering For Western Canada's Leading Wireless Company STAMFORD, Conn., April 27, 2000 /PRNewswire/ -- i3 Mobile (Nasdaq: IIIM - news), a provider of personalized wireless Internet content and commerce services, today announced that it has been selected by TELUS Mobility to offer i3 Mobile's services to its wireless customers in Alberta and British Columbia. TELUS Mobility's new Information Services offering, powered by i3 Mobile, provides customizable and comprehensive choices of Internet content in TELUS' Western Canadian service area. From the TELUS Mobility Web site, telusmobility.com , users can choose from a vast array of content that meets diverse needs, delivered when they want it to their digital PCS handset or alphanumeric pager. Customers have access to stock quotes, sports scores for their favorite teams, local and national news, weather forecasts, lottery results, horoscopes, and personal reminders of important events. ``Teaming with TELUS Mobility on its first suite of wireless Internet services, we're delivering the Web-based news and information that their wireless subscribers want, with a focus on content such as news, sports, lottery and more,'' said Stephen G. Maloney, President and CEO of i3 Mobile. ``This agreement extends i3 Mobile's reach in the Canadian marketplace.'' About i3 Mobile i3 Mobile (http://www.i3mobile.com) provides personalized wireless Internet content and m-commerce services to users of wireless communications devices, such as mobile phones, pagers and PDA's. The company's technology provides wireless users with filtered content via text messaging and microbrowsers. i3 Mobile's personalized content includes stock quotes, news, weather, traffic, personal e-mail and more. About TELUS TELUS is Canada's second largest telecommunications company and provides a full range of advanced communication services and products connecting Canadians with the world. TELUS has annual revenues approaching $6 billion, assets of $8 billion and approximately 21,600 employees. TELUS Mobility is Western Canada's most successful wireless company with more than 1.3 million customers in British Columbia and Alberta and a diverse range of expertise and a full suite of wireless services. TELUS shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbols BTS (Common Voting) and BTS.A (Common Non- Voting). For more information about TELUS, visit telus.com .