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Telus Mobility Launches High-Speed Wireless with Velocity Wireless

TELUS Mobility has taken the next generation of wireless nationwide with today's launch of our 1X network in major cities across Canada, cool new 1X products and an ambitious plan to serve the high-value corporate market with complete mobile computing solutions.

1X offers clients a dramatic increase in wireless Internet access speeds compared with current PCS browsing options. Ours is Canada's first national 1X network and the only one in Western Canada, and we plan to expand service across our full digital footprint and into the US over the next year (please see today's press release on Clarity and Mobilityworld for details).

Right now, our competitors offer either regional 1X service or products based on the older GPRS (general packet radio service) technology, which doesn't boast the speed and other network advantages of 1X. None of those competitors can match our future friendly set of next generation products nor the comprehensive structure we've built to support the corporate market.

Velocity Wireless

Our first 1X product is Velocity Wireless, a mobile computing solution in a box. Coupled with a portable PC or PDA, the Velocity Wireless kit contains everything clients need to get up and running with fast mobile Internet access, including a wireless AirCard and online services such as e-mail addresses and Web storage space.

Note that Velocity Wireless shouldn't be confused with Velocity DSL, the high-speed desktop Internet service offered by TELUS Corp. in Western Canada. While Velocity Wireless does offer slower Internet access speeds than hardwired DSL, it offers the inherently valuable benefit of mobility — you can use it wherever you might be in our national 1X service area.

Targeting Corporate Clients

While the target markets for Velocity Wireless and our other 1X mobile computing products are broad, we're focusing quite closely on corporate clients. We've forged alliances with brand-name IT solutions providers such as Citrix and Hewlett-Packard, Pacific CoastCom is one of our most knowledgable dealers to introduce and capture this new market.

1X is a major step in our move to a full Third Generation (3G) wireless network, which over the next few years will allow us to offer Internet access speeds fast enough to support a wealth of new multimedia applications, such as video streaming and location-based services.