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The company, which is based in Burnaby, made the announcement on Monday that it is to axe the $35 new subscribers charge in addition to the $25 fee for customers renewing their subscription.  It is part of a wider campaign to differentiate Telus from others such as Rogers Communications Inc and BCE\u2019S Bell Mobility, even if it results in a small loss of revenue in the short term.<\/p>\n

The strategy, which has already been succeeding in helping to attract customers as well as elevating their overall average revenue per user into the industry\u2019s biggest, was initiated after the launch of brand new wireless entrants like Mobilicity and Wind Mobile several years ago.  Telus has been increasing these efforts of late partly as a response to the acquisition of TV and media properties that has been undertaken by BCE and by Rogers to a lesser extent in recent times.<\/p>\n

Having no content assets of their own, Telus has decided to nurture brand loyalty via pricing plans which are \u2018clear and simple\u2019 as well as new and less expensive policies for upgrades and removing certain fees among other efforts to try and both guard and build their market share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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