Defining moments in a dynamic history...

On April 2, 2001, QuébecTel became TELUS Québec. Here are some key dates from our past.

• 1927
  The Hon. Jules A. Brillant bought the Corporation de Téléphone Nationale and incorporated it into the Corporation de Téléphone et Valeurs d'Utilités Publiques de Québec. Soon after, this group became a consortium bearing the name Corporation de Téléphone et de Pouvoir de Québec.
• 1936
  The Corporation de Téléphone et de Pouvoir de Québec merged its networks to produce two subsidiaries: the Compagnie de Téléphone Portneuf et Champlain and the Compagnie de Téléphone Nationale.
• 1937
  The head office of the Corporation de Téléphone et de Pouvoir de Québec was established in Rimouski.
• 1947
  The Corporation de Téléphone et de Pouvoir de Québec dropped its holding company role and became an operating company: the Corporation de Téléphone de Québec.
• 1955
  The Quebec Legislative Assembly passed a special bill confirming the company's new name: Québec-Téléphone.
• 1966
  The Anglo-Canadian Telephone Company, a subsidiary of the GTE Corporation, became the majority shareholder of Québec-Téléphone.
• 1997
  A new consortium, the Groupe QuébecTel Inc., was established. This holding company maintained investments in its subsidiaries and owned and operated the second-largest telecommunications network in Quebec.

And more recently...

• Mars 2000
  TELUS, Canada's second-largest telecommunications firm, announced its intention of acquiring 70% of the shares of the Groupe QuébecTel. The president and CEO of QuébecTel, Hugues St-Pierre was appointed to TELUS's Executive Leadership Team.
• Mai 2000
  A majority of QuébecTel's shareholders voted into favour of the transaction confirming QuébecTel's merger with TELUS.
• Août 2000
  TELUS acquired Clearnet Communications Inc. and thereby became Canada's biggest wireless service provider.
• Mars 2001
  TELUS launched a vast program stock option plan among its 26,000 employees.
• 2 avril 2001
  QuébecTel became TELUS Québec