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Darren Entwistle member of the TELUS team August 3, 2007 Q2 2007 TELUS investor conference call
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TELUS pursued discussions on benefits of acquisition to June 26 Potential for TELUS to pursue offer on investment grade model Completed assessment of this opportunity considering Disadvantageous auction process Substantive price offered by private equity consortium Deteriorating debt market conditions Positive benefits of not bidding Timeline and uncertain outcome of competition approval Risk to TELUS shareholders TELUS does not intend to submit a competing offer Decision on BCE acquisition 4 Stand-alone TELUS can continue to create future value
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Wireline highlights – Q2 2007 5 Committed to consolidated care platform and its benefits Resilient wireline revenue as per operating strategy Data growth continues to be strong at 8% Moderate NAL loss at 3% Converted Alberta consumers to new customer care platform Critical billing function performed well Initial difficulties reduced capability for new orders Additional resources impacted EBITDA by $29 million Backlogs and call centre operations returning to normal
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Major $200 million contract with Department of National Defence Local forbearance in key markets beginning Fort McMurray residential service deregulated July 25 th Large urban markets waiting for deregulation decisions Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, and Rimouski Wireline highlights – Q2 2007 6 Continued resiliency in wireline New regulatory framework based on market forces
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Wireless highlights – Q2 2007 7 Wireless Number Portability impacts Churn increased 15 basis points Higher gross and net additions contributed to higher COA Investment in customer retention increased 32% Wireless revenue growth of 11% 18 th consecutive quarter of increased year over year ARPU Data revenue growth up 64% Operating profit (EBITDA) increased by 3% Continued resiliency in wireline Reiterating full year wireless segment guidance
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Wireless highlights – Q2 2007 8 AMP’D Mobile entered bankruptcy proceedings in U.S. TELUS discontinuing sales in Canada Continued rollout of high-speed EVDO and EVDO Rev A network Introduction of new CDMA/GSM Blackberry World Edition Advanced Wireless Services spectrum auction Rules expected in fall for auction early 2008 TELUS advocates an open and fair auction process Continued resiliency in wireline Canadian wireless industry remains competitive and successful
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Consolidated highlights – Q2 2007 9 Strongly positioned to advance growth strategy Committed to improving performance in coming quarters Second quarter impacted by special events Committed to original consolidated guidance for 2007 Balancing interests of debt and equity holders Refinanced $1.5 billion 7.5% notes at lower interest cost Repurchased $170 million of shares in quarter Repurchased 45.6 million shares for $2.1 billion since 2004 Quarterly per share dividend 37.5 cents, up 36%
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