Huawei and TELUS Sign Agreement for New Joint Innovation Center

Extended partnership to deliver competitive and comprehensive solutions to Canadian telecommunications industry

MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Huawei and TELUS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create and maintain a Joint Innovation Center in Canada. This new endeavor demonstrates the companies’ deep commitment to providing best-in-class solutions for TELUS customers, and driving the Canadian telecommunications industry forward.

“Not only are we providing unrivalled opportunities to deliver the latest wireless and broadband technologies to Canadians, we are also supporting the local industry with the development of a world-class innovation center. We are honored to strengthen our commitment to Canada in announcing this joint initiative with TELUS.”

“This unique partnership arrangement provides TELUS with the ability to quickly turn our best ideas into valuable products and services for our clients,” said Ibrahim Gedeon, TELUS’ Chief Technology Officer. “It also demonstrates the value of our choice of Huawei in terms of the right strategic partner for now and into the future.”

The collaborative platform will take Huawei and TELUS’ existing relationship to a new level, increasing business benefits for both companies. Huawei and TELUS will work together on enhancing broadband solutions, wireless and wireline offerings. According to terms of the memorandum, the length of the agreement is three years and each company will own 50 percent of the Joint Innovation Center.

“By joining forces with TELUS, we are able to introduce a broad range of benefits to Canada,” said Charles Ding, President of Huawei North America. “Not only are we providing unrivalled opportunities to deliver the latest wireless and broadband technologies to Canadians, we are also supporting the local industry with the development of a world-class innovation center. We are honored to strengthen our commitment to Canada in announcing this joint initiative with TELUS.”

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading telecoms solutions provider serving 45 of the world’s top 50 telecom operators. Huawei’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communications needs of one third of the world’s population. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers. For more information, visit Huawei online: www.huawei.com. Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/huaweipress and YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HuaweiPress.

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 12.1 million customer connections including 6.9 million wireless subscribers, 3.8 million wireline network access lines and 1.2 million Internet subscribers and 266,000 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 $185 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 3.5 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Nine TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS' local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.