Merger With TELUS
The deregulation of the phone industry in the 1990s combined with the competition of copper lines with cell phones, totally changed the business environment. In a 1999 "merger of equals" BC Tel merged with Telus (the telephone operating company in Alberta). Initially registered as BCT.Telus the hunt for a new name began. Soon after it was announced that the newly formed company would keep the Telus name and the headquarters would be in Vancouver. With the merger, the newly formed Telus became the second largest telephone company in Canada after Bell.
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