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TELUS brings in 114,000 new subs in Q3, raises total subscriber base to 7.2 million

By on November 4, 2011 at 9:31am in Mobile News, Telus Mobility News


TELUS Q3 2011 wireless results are as follows: Net subscribers increased by 114,000 (down 25.5% from Q3 2010 last year), taking them to a total subscriber base of 7,211 million. Q3 saw postpaid net subs increase by 133,000, but was hit by a decline in Prepaid 19,000 subs. Total revenue increased by $115 million or 9% to hit $1.4 billion – in the report it stated this was due to a higher ARPU (Average Revenue Per User), which was $60.52. As expected, people are adopting more smartphones, now represents 48% of the total postpaid subscriber base. With that said, data revenue increased by 53% or $153 million over last year to $444 million in the quarter.

The report also noted that they are still planning to unleash their LTE network “early 2012″ with internet sticks, smartphone and tablets. “TELUS believes the LTE service launch by early 2012 is an appropriate timeframe that allows the Company to focus on enhancing the customer service experience and provides manufacturers time to make progress in their development of LTE-capable data devices, including smartphones and tablets”.

Source: CNW

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Discussion

18 comments for “TELUS brings in 114,000 new subs in Q3, raises total subscriber base to 7.2 million”

  1. Wow, could this be a sign that Bell might soon be relegated to the #3 spot? Telus is only 160k subs behind Bell. Way to go Telus!

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    Posted by WirelessBoy | November 4, 2011, 9:56 am
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    • Bell and Telus always have roughly same # of subscribers.

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      Posted by kenypowa | November 4, 2011, 9:59 am

  2. 7,211 million… wohhhh thats 7.211 Billion…that’s more than the Planet’s population!

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    Posted by mat888 | November 4, 2011, 10:27 am
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  3. these are good numbers , ROGERS looks like the clear winner for Q3 continue to add customers , believe they added 160K

    Q 4 will be interesting to watch

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    Posted by niceguy | November 4, 2011, 10:29 am
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    • In terms of total subscribers sure Rogers has the Edge… but the industry looks for the high revenue and more lucrative postpaid subscriber count. In which case TELUS would be the clear winner. Most of Roger’s prepaid additions probably come from Chatr and Fido. TELUS outperformed Bell and Rogers both for postpaid subscribers but fell way short of prepaid.

      Considering also another industry metric is ARPU, Rogers lost $2.59 whereas Bell and TELUS both increased their ARPU’s respectively.

      All in all, a good showing from Bell and TELUS.

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      Posted by ThunkIT | November 4, 2011, 11:37 am

    • It is pretty clear you are unaware of how to read results.

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      Posted by Mike | November 4, 2011, 5:25 pm

  4. Are Bell and Telus sharing their LTE network as they did with their HSPA network? Will the Bell, Telus, and Rogers LTE networks use the same tech and frequencies (i.e. do they use the same devices)?

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    Posted by Tom | November 4, 2011, 11:12 am
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  5. but you still don’t get your txt messages until about 4 hours after somebody sends it.

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    Posted by Sa | November 4, 2011, 11:40 am
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  6. 25 Million Canadians with ROBELUS.. tata Wind!

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    Posted by ZM | November 4, 2011, 12:20 pm
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  7. Telus for the win!

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    Posted by Rick | November 4, 2011, 3:00 pm
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  8. WOW thats more subs in 1 quarter then WIND has is 2 years! Jabroni must be soo upset!

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    Posted by Rocco StifReddi | November 4, 2011, 4:18 pm
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  9. Goes to show you what you know! WIND has 500,000 subs! So eat it! they will hit 1,000,000 by the end of the year! so in your face!

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    Posted by T1MB1T | November 4, 2011, 6:48 pm
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    • At a recent Town Hall for Wind, they announced 350,000 so please do explain how they got 150,000 in about 2-3 weeks?

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      Posted by WirelessBoy | November 5, 2011, 9:41 am

    • “Hit 1 Million” End of Which Year 2013, at the rate they are going I can see that, not this year. Even if they decide to import customers its not possible!

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      Posted by ZM | November 5, 2011, 10:28 pm

  10. They just did! TONY said it was a milestone! Why do you have to troll!!!! You are a ROBBERS plant!!! So go back to your bosses and tell them to stop the signal blocking of wind!!!

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    Posted by T1MB1T | November 5, 2011, 2:16 pm
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    • What is your source? Not listed on their Website, no mention on HowardForums and according to RoccoStiffReddi they are at 240,000 so please do us a favour and provide your source.

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      Posted by WirelessBoy | November 5, 2011, 4:31 pm

  11. WB you are joking right? 350k? Orascom had it peddged at less that 240k At times I have to ask why at all jabroni opens his mouth, the owners keep proving him a fool!

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    Posted by Rocco StiffReddi | November 5, 2011, 2:27 pm
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  12. [...] and data devices. All the carriers reported that smartphone usage increased, now representing above 40% of their total postpaid subscriber base. Gone are the days of a simple flip phone – people are demanding [...]

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    Posted by Smartphones in Canada 2011 and 2012 | January 6, 2012, 12:53 pm
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