TELUS Selects Atreus Systems to Deliver Voice Over IP and Messaging Services

Business Wire, Oct 7, 2004

OTTAWA -- Atreus xAuthority(TM) Service Fulfillment Enables IP Centrex and Messaging Services for TELUS IP-One(TM)

Atreus Systems(TM), the service fulfillment experts, today announced that TELUS (NYSE:TU) (TSX:T) (TSX:T.A) , the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, has selected Atreus xAuthority(TM) to enable IP Centrex and Messaging as part of the TELUS IP-One(TM) telephony service. TELUS IP-One(TM) is the first carrier-grade hosted and managed Internet Protocol (IP) telephony service in Canada which is now commercially available to business customers in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.

TELUS IP-One utilizes TELUS' Next Generation Network (NGN) rather than the telephone network to route calls and data, providing business customers with a full suite of IP-based advanced application services and the ability to integrate voice-mail, e-mail, data and images via a highly intuitive online Web portal. TELUS IP-One is a robust, secure and IP-based Next Generation Network (NGN), capable of offering integrated solutions comprising of voice, data and video application.

"We chose Atreus because they offered the best solution with the flexibility and power we needed to rapidly and cost-effectively activate the advanced services in our IP-One portfolio," said Ibrahim Gedeon, Chief Technology Officer, TELUS. "By deploying the complete Atreus solution, from their development environment to their service provisioning products, we are able to rapidly model the processes and systems required to support all of our industry leading service offerings and manage the full suite of components that deliver them. We believe that Atreus delivers today's need for services like VoIP, while satisfying the growing demand for converged voice, video and data services."

"We are excited to be selected by an industry leader such as TELUS. Their choice of Atreus is a testament to our shared vision to profitably deliver advanced voice and desktop services," said Andrea Baptiste, President and CEO, Atreus Systems. "Atreus' solution will enable TELUS to reduce operational costs and quickly realize the revenue potential from deploying VoIP and other advanced IP services."

Extensive Library of Market-Ready Services

The services selected by TELUS are part of Atreus' extensive market-ready library that provisions everything from voice and messaging to access and desktop applications services. With Atreus, providers rapidly and profitably deliver a comprehensive set of new services like home networking, video over DSL and VoIP.

Atreus gives providers a flexible, low-risk and inexpensive approach to market validation, allowing a broad range of services to be bundled, tested and deployed as customer demand dictates. Atreus' carrier-grade service fulfillment solution and market-ready service library empowers providers with a future-proof solution that fulfills customer needs today while supporting their growing requirements for converged voice-video-data services.

About TELUS

TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, with more than $7 billion of annual revenue, 4.8 million network access lines and 3.6 million wireless subscribers. The company provides subscribers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, voice and wireless services across Canada, utilizing next generation Internet-based technologies. TELUS was a premier founding supporter of the successful bid to bring the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to Canada. For more information about TELUS, please visit www.telus.com.

About Atreus Systems

Atreus Systems(TM) is a leading provider of software solutions for rapid creation and delivery of new communications services. The company's flagship product, Atreus xAuthority(TM), is a service fulfillment OSS solution that enables global communications providers to extend their existing systems to profitably deliver new services like Voice Over IP, Virtual Private Networks, Managed Security and Managed Applications. Atreus Systems is the vendor of choice for the creation and activation of new services. Global leaders like SAIC, Telcordia and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) sell Atreus' software to their customers. Atreus Systems is a privately held Delaware company financed by leading telecom venture capital firms Aliant, Inc, BDC Venture Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Meritage Private Equity, Mobius Venture Capital, SAIC Venture Capital Corporation, Skypoint Capital Corporation, and TELUS Ventures. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.atreus-systems.com or call (800) 764-5514 (North America).

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