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Telus buys stake in Quebec-based business IT consulting firm


MONTREAL – Telus said Wednesday that it has acquired a 20% stake in Alithya, a Quebec-based information technology and consulting service provider with offices in Canada and France.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.  The two companies said that their long-term strategic partnership allows each to offer suites of information and communication technology (ICT) services, with a focus on managed infrastructure solutions, to their business customers.As a result of this partnership, 94 employees from Telus' professional services team will join Alithya in the coming weeks to create a single, consolidated team of nearly 600 consultants.  Telus said it will...