The announcements were made with news from an Ipsos Reid/ TELUS survey that reveals the majority of Canadians are still using paper to track their lifetime medical history. In an era of unprecedented technology advances, 55 per cent of Canadians are tracking their medical history on paper, one third electronically and one in four tracks it by memory.

"Many Canadians understand and support the need for technology in the Canadian healthcare system," said Joe Natale, president, TELUS Business Solutions. "The transformation of healthcare in Canada is a huge undertaking that will take many hands. Business and government must make significant investments. As a sign of our commitment, we are announcing our plans to invest $100M in developing TELUS Health Solutions over the next three years. We are very serious about making a difference in Canadian healthcare with applications and technology infrastructure that collects, processes, stores, and delivers health information."

The survey also reveals that the majority of Canadians agree that better health outcomes can be achieved when healthcare professionals have access to information through technology. More than 90 per cent of those surveyed agreed that efficiencies in the system could be created through additional exchange of information amongst care givers and medical professionals; 93 per cent of Canadians surveyed said medical errors can be prevented by improving collaboration between medical professionals using technology.

Francois Côté, president, TELUS Health, said, "There is no question eHealth is creating a new era in Canadian healthcare. Today, patient information is scattered across a myriad of different electronic and paper-based systems resulting in decisions being made without a complete picture of a patient's history. We need to enable richer and more effective collaboration between the stakeholders of the health system in Canada. Everyone focused on delivering care: providers, insurers, government, employers and individual Canadians themselves, will benefit from advances in technology."

Today, TELUS also launched a new brand - TELUS Health Solutions, backed by Emergis - representing a unique set of technology, expertise and resources to help transform how information is used in the healthcare industry.

TELUS Health Solutions has years of expertise in successfully implementing healthcare applications and information communication technology processes through industry leading solutions and consulting services to customers in Canada and around the world. It is backed by more than 1,500 TELUS Health Solutions team members including healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit telushealth.com.

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        to 6, 2008. For more information about the methodology, please visit
        www.ipsos.ca.
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About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.5 billion of annual revenue and 11.5 million customer connections including 6 million wireless subscribers, 4.3 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers. 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 $113 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 2.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Nine TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead our local philanthropic initiatives. For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

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SOURCE: TELUS Corporation

For media inquiries, please contact: Allison Vale, TELUS Media Relations, (416)
629-6425, Allison.Vale@telus.com

-- On Wednesday November 19, 4:00 pm: Brian Lakey of TELUS and Rahul Sachdev from Intelliden will jointly present a Next Generation OSS case study of TELUS' network automation, entitled: "Look Ma -- No Hands!". Next Gen service providers will need to manage their IP networks in a holistic manner if they are to successfully deliver converged services reliably and cost-effectively as well as maximize customer quality of experience. The joint presentation will explore how TELUS is leveraging the next generation automation solution from Intelliden for network configuration and compliance, and reconciliation of critical network resource information using TMF standards.

Intelliden at TM Forum Orlando: Booth 215

Management World Orlando attendees are invited to drop by Intelliden's Booth 215 to speak with Intelliden representatives and view a live demonstration of Intelliden's powerful network automation solutions including the newly released Discovery and Reconciliation application for multi-vendor converged IP networks.

For complete event information, including registration and a detailed conference schedule, please visit http://www.tmforum.org/ManagementWorldOrlando/5578/home.html

About Intelliden

Intelliden (www.intelliden.com) is a leading provider of Intelligent Networking solutions that enable organizations to control, manage and scale their networks. With Intelliden solutions, network-driven organizations can deliver next generation services; ensure compliance and completely automate network change and configuration management. Intelliden's innovative and patented solution is the first example of truly "intelligent automation" of networking devices. It is the only solution that gives companies the real-time state of the network -- the key to ensuring accuracy across increasingly dynamic networks. Intelliden has been proven in global telecom companies, financial services organizations, federal government agencies and other businesses deeply dependent on their network.

SOURCE: Intelliden Inc.

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    Grand Opening Celebrations - November 8 and 9 at ALL three locations in
    GTA (Vaughn Mills, Fairview, and Square One)

    -   FREE Nintendo Wii with the TELUS HTC Diamond mobile phone on a
        new 3-year voice and data plan - limited quantities
    -   Renew with Rogers and receive up to $75 Best Buy Gift card
    -   FREE Xbox 360 with the TELUS Samsung Instinct or Rogers Sony 580 on a
        new 3-year plan - limited quantities
    -   Hot offers and door crasher specials on mobile phones, accessories,
        digital picture frames, GPS and more

    The new stores' concept will harness the iconic power of the Best Buy
brand that Canadians have grown to trust and will:

    -   Give the customer Canada's best selection of phones and carry all
        Canadian networks
    -   Be staffed by informed, impartial, non-commissioned mobile phone
        specialists
    -   Offer straightforward information on pricing
    -   Be there for our customers for the life of their phone

    Best Buy Mobile standalone stores will average approximately 1,800 square
feet, while the store-within-a-store concept will be located near the current
wireless section and feature approximately 800 square feet of display space.
Both standalone and store-within-a-store concepts will include:

    -   ALL current Canadian wireless network carriers
    -   Canada's best selection of phones and handsets
    -   A complete range of mobile phone accessories
    -   Knowledgeable, non-commissioned mobile phone specialists
    -   No rebates. Actual prices are clearly marked
    -   WOW (Walk Out Working) service for your phone, so that customers can
        leave our stores with their new mobile device actually working and
        data transferred

    Best Buy Mobile stores:

    Square One                      Vaughn Mills         Fairview Mall
    Lower Level, Main Entrance      Entrance No. 3       Entrance No. 1, Bay
    905.361.1016                    905.761.8476         416.640.1443

    About Best Buy Stores - Canada
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Best Buy stores in Canada are a division of Burnaby, BC-based Best Buy Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY). Best Buy is Canada's fastest-growing retailer and e-tailer (www.BestBuy.ca) of consumer electronics, computers and entertainment products and also operates the Geek Squad (www.GeekSquad.ca), a technology service provider specializing in computer support and home theatre installation. There are over 50 stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

Best Buy offers consumers a unique shopping experience with the latest technology and entertainment products, at the right price, with a no-pressure (non-commissioned) sales environment. The Company is committed to kids and their local communities and has a comprehensive community relations program described at www.BestBuy.ca/community.

For more information about Best Buy, including store locations, visit www.BestBuy.ca.

SOURCE: Best Buy Canada

or to arrange an interview, please contact: Scott Morris, Best Buy Canada, (778)
452-3412, scmorris@bestbuycanada.ca

Call Genie said that, according to market analysts, publishers have a desire to mobilize and localize their brand. This is in direct alignment with evolving consumer behavior, which is the result of a generation of consumers that is increasingly interacting with services while mobile. Publishers with a national or regional web footprint have been successful in attracting national brand advertisers, but are being challenged to provide inventory that is relevant for local advertisers and mobile consumers.

Call Genie stated that its solutions enable these publishers to deliver both a mobile local consumer experience and create incremental inventory that is highly relevant to new local advertisers and the publisher's existing national advertisers. Publishers can deploy integrated or point solutions from Call Genie to offer new voice and mobile data services. These new mobile service offerings provide a local consumer interaction, enhance a publisher's service and, as a result, create incremental ad inventory, according to the company.

"Call Genie is proud to have been a pioneer in the mobile local search and advertising market. Our experience in the Yellow Pages and Directory Assistance markets around the world has allowed us to build considerable expertise. Our culture, know-how and modular technology facilitates innovation and increases speed-to-market," said Call Genie CEO, Mike Durance. "Mobility is critical to the new markets we are now penetrating and enabling these businesses to mobilize and localize their brand is in complete alignment with evolving user behavior."

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