MONTREAL – Telus has won a long-term contract to provide the information technology infrastructure for the Western Canada-based operations of the Yellow Pages Group.
YPG is Canada’s largest directory publisher and the contract is valued at approximately $90 million, said Telus. The exact length of the deal was not disclosed.
“We are pleased to entrust Telus with the day-to-day support of our information technology infrastructure,” said Yvan Proteau, YPG’s chief information officer, in the press release. “This allows us to focus on strategic issues, drive the business forward and support our growth strategy.”
Under the agreement, Telus will provide a wide range of services including IT infrastructure operations, IP applications development, wireless services, document services and managed network services ranging from help desk to desktop to computing operations. Telus will also provide facilities and managed services for YPG’s online directory system in Telus Internet Data Centres.
