TELUS partners with EPOST to offer Web-based mail services to TELUS business customers
TELUS Enterprise Solutions, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of TELUS Corporation, will offer EPOST
online mail delivery services to TELUS business customers.
EPOST, the world's first electronic post office, is a web-based
service that provides a secure location where customers can receive
and process their mail, including e-bills.
TELUS Enterprise Solutions has signed an EPOST E-Business Solution
Partner agreement, enabling it to offer clients EPOST's online mail
service as a new delivery channel. Through its Document Services
Centre, TELUS Enterprise Solutions creates more than 400 million
documents per year and mails over 50 million mail pieces for its
clients. TELUS Enterprise Solutions will provide implementation
services and manage databases and infrastructure needed to support
the EPOST service on behalf of TELUS Enterprise Solutions' business
customers.
"This partnership with EPOST is a key step in implementing TELUS
Enterprise Solutions' strategy of providing our customers with
innovative and effective communications capabilities and e-business
solutions," said Garry Rasmussen, president & CEO of TELUS
Enterprise Solutions.
In November last year, TELUS Corporation announced an investment of
$30 million in EPOST in exchange for a five per cent stake. The
TELUS investment is the first phase of a five-year business
relationship where TELUS and the EPOST partners will develop new
Internet services together.
"The number of businesses sending mail through EPOST continues to
grow and we look forward to working with TELUS Enterprise Solutions
to explore opportunities for expanding our businesses and offering
new value to our customers," said Peter Melanson, president and CEO,
EPOST.
About EPOST
EPOST was launched in November 1999 as a joint venture by Canada
Post and Cebra, Inc., Bank of Montreal's e-commerce subsidiary. It
is a web-based service that is dedicated to revolutionizing the way
Canadians communicate. In addition to having over 100,000 Canadians
register for their free EPOST box, 90 companies have committed to
participate with the service. EPOST was named one of the top
Canadian e-businesses in an independent survey by Bain & Company and
The Globe and Mail. EPOST ranked ninth in "The e25," an exclusive
report on the 25 hottest dot-coms in Canada. For more information on
EPOST, visit www.epost.ca.
About TELUS
TELUS Corporation (TSE: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is one of Canada's leading
telecommunications companies providing a full range of
communications products and services that connect Canadians to the
world. The company generated $5.9 billion in revenues in 1999 and is
the leading service provider in Western Canada. TELUS also provides
voice, data, Internet, advertising and wireless services to Central
and Eastern Canada. With the purchase of QuebecTel and national
digital wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc., TELUS is
rapidly strengthening its position as a leading national service
provider.
TELUS Enterprise Solutions is a leading and comprehensive e-business
services provider. Services include customized e-business solutions,
network management and security solutions, managed hosting and web
site development for business-to-business and business-to-consumer
services, Application Service Provider (ASP), Customer Relationship
Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) services, IT
outsourcing services and document services. TELUS Enterprise
Solutions merges the operations and expertise of several successful
TELUS organizations including ISM Information Systems Management
(B.C.) Corporation (ISM-BC), SRI Strategic Resources Inc., TELUS
Advanced Communications, TELUS Geomatics, TELUS Innovative Billing
Solutions, and Versalys.
/For further information: Karen Dosanjh, TELUS Enterprise Solutions,
(604) 451-2503, Karen_Dosanjh(at)ismbc.com; Cynthia Stark, EPOST,
(416) 313-4117, cstark(at)to.epost.ca/ 11:55 ET
Copyright 2000 Canada Newswire. Source : World Reporter (Trade
Mark).
CANADA NEWSWIRE, 05th February 2001
