Well look what just came through the news wire. TELUS has officially announced its plans with the iPhone. This morning TELUS issued a press release stating they will begin selling the iPhone this November with pricing details to be release in the coming weeks.

TELUS to sell the iPhone

Vancouver, B.C. – TELUS and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada this November.
Additional information about pricing and availability will be shared in the coming weeks.

Customers can sign up for more information and updates at telusmobility.com/iphone.

Forward looking statements
This news release contains forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations, TELUS assumptions and projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward looking statements. Such statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations. Company assumptions and risk factors are listed from time to time in TELUS’ reports, public disclosure documents including Management’s discussion and analysis, Annual Information Form, and in other filings with securities regulatory authorities in Canada and the United States.

About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $9.7 billion of annual revenue and 11.8 million customer connections including 6.3 million wireless subscribers, 4.1 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and more than 100,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, 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 $137 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 2.6 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.

You can find the TELUS press release here.

Check out the TELUS discussion on the forums here.

Update!
Bell has alos joined the iPhone party. They released their press release this morning as well.

MONTREAL, QC, Oct. 6 2009 — Bell and Apple have reached an
agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to Canada this November.
To learn more about Bell’s new 3G network, please visit bell.ca/network
or bell.ca/reseau.

Bell is Canada’s largest communications company, providing consumers and
business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell
Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite
television, Bell Home phone local and long distance, and IP-broadband and
information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is proud to be
a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications Partner to
the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on
Bell’s products and services, please visit bell.ca. For BCE corporate
information, please visit bce.ca.

For further information: For media inquires: Julie Smithers, Bell Media
Relations, (416) 528-9409, julie.smithers@bell.ca

You can find the Bell Press Release here.

Check out the Bell discussion on the forums here.

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