CALGARY, Alberta, May 30 /CNW/ - TELUS Mobility and Nortel Networks
(NYSE/TSE: NT) plan to work together this year to test cdma2000 third
generation (3G) digital radio technology expected to offer Wireless Internet
services that are faster and more reliable for users and more cost effective
and profitable for service providers.
    Another significant step in Nortel Networks' plans to aggressively roll
out fully packetized, end-to-end network solutions for a new, high-performance
Wireless Internet, the trials are expected to take place in Calgary beginning
this summer and will feature 1XRTT, the first phase of cdma2000.
    Using a Unified Networks solution from Nortel Networks and advanced
consumer mobile devices, TELUS Mobility and Nortel Networks expect to test the
performance, interoperability and operational characteristics of high-speed
wireless data services.
    "The next generation of wireless voice and high speed data services holds
great promise for providing unprecedented levels of convenience, reliability
and productivity, especially when it comes to making the Internet mobile,"
said Arnie Stephens, vice-president, strategy, TELUS Mobility. "Trials such as
this with Nortel Networks will be an important step in helping us deliver on
that promise. And the expected improvements to voice capacity and quality will
assist TELUS Mobility in meeting the continuous demands in voice service
growth."
    "A key location for both companies, Calgary will be ideal for this
trial," said Dave Buffett, TELUS, major account vice president for Nortel
Networks. TELUS Mobility's wireless service coverage includes Calgary, and a
Nortel Networks' global systems house for wireless infrastructure solutions is
also located there.
    "We expect to further our strong relationship with TELUS Mobility, and to
extend our leadership in delivering advanced wireless voice and data solutions
with the reliability and speed-to-market our customers need to compete today
and tomorrow," Buffett said.
    cdma2000 1XRTT digital radio technology is expected to support data
transmission speeds up to 144 kilobits per second (kbps) or 10 times the speed
commonly available today. cdma2000 3XRTT should ultimately offer speeds up to
384 kbps for mobile and two megabits per second for stationary applications.
    "TELUS Mobility was the first company in Western Canada to launch a
Wireless Internet offering, called i-Web Data Services, and we will maintain
this market leadership position by actively investigating opportunities to
evolve our wireless network and capabilities towards third generation wireless
offerings," Stephens said.
    TELUS is Canada's second largest telecommunications company and provides
a full range of advanced communication services and products connecting
Canadians with the world. TELUS has annual revenues approaching Can $6
billion, assets of Can $8 billion and approximately 21,600 employees. TELUS
Mobility is Western Canada's most successful wireless company with more than
1.3 million customers and offers a diverse range of expertise and a full suite
of wireless services. TELUS Mobility provides wireless services to customers
in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. For more
information about TELUS Mobility visit www.telusmobility.com. TELUS shares
trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbols T for Common
Voting shares and T.A for Common Non-Voting shares. For more information about
TELUS, visit www.telus.com.
    Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, eBusiness, and
wireless solutions for the Internet. The Company had 1999 U.S. GAAP revenues
of US$21.3 billion and serves carrier, service provider and enterprise
customers globally. Today, Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance
Internet that is more reliable and faster than ever before. It is redefining
the economics and quality of networking and the Internet through Unified
Networks that promise a new era of collaboration, communications and commerce.
Visit us at www.nortelnetworks.com.

    Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and
is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events
predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or
events. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current
expectations include, among other things: the impact of price and product
competition; the dependence on new product development; the impact of rapid
technological and market change; the ability of Nortel Networks to make
acquisitions and/or integrate the operations and technologies of acquired
businesses in an effective manner; general industry and market conditions and
growth rates; international growth and global economic conditions,
particularly in emerging markets and including interest rate and currency
exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of consolidations in the
telecommunications industry, the uncertainties of the Internet; stock market
volatility; the ability of Nortel Networks to recruit and retain qualified
employees; and the impact of increased provision of customer financing by
Nortel Networks. For additional information with respect to certain of these
and other factors, see the reports filed by Nortel Networks with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission. Nortel Networks disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.



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For further information: Jamie Moody, Fleishman-Hillard, (214) 665-1338, 
moodyj@fleishman.com; Kathy Dolan, TELUS Mobility, (403) 530-1305,      
kathy.dolan@telus.com;
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