TELUS Forges 10-Year Partnership Google Cloud For Digital Transformation

TELUS Corporation (NYSE: TU) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google Cloud inked a decade-long collaboration deal for digital transformation within vital industries, including communications technology, healthcare, agriculture, security, and connected home.
The partnership will also fast-track TELUS’ IT and network transformation initiatives, enabling further operational speed and better customer experiences.
Both companies will also join for improved entertainment and smart home technology. Google will assist TELUS in 5G services and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) delivery, leveraging on Google Cloud’s managed application platform, Anthos.
TELUS will employ Google Cloud Contact Center AI for richer customer experience, customer interactions, and savings.
The partnership will reduce TELUS’ carbon footprint, create value along the business supply chain, and ensure industry solution optimization via data analytics and machine learning.
TELUS and Google will continue to partner with digital customer experience innovator TELUS International towards digital transformation goals.
TELUS priced its subsidiary’s upsized initial public offering (IPO) of 37 million shares for $25 each, to raise $925 million.
Price action: TU shares are up 5.19% at $22.50 in the premarket session on the last check Tuesday.