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Mobilicity charges Telus of bullying in filing lawsuit to halt its ads

VANCOUVER - Telus is using intimidation and bullying to “stop Mobilicity’s conversation that you don’t need a contract to get wireless” charges Stewart Lyons, Mobilicity President and COO. He was responding to a lawsuit that Telus has filed against the new carrier for “false and misleading” TV ads. The ads claim that “unlimited plans” offered by the incumbent carriers don’t cover all costs such as text messages, while positioning Mobilicity’s own voice and data services as truly unlimited. Lyons told Cartt.ca the lawsuit was “bizarre” given that his company has “been repeating the same message for more than three years...