Bad news for TELUS
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The thread running through all of it: TELUS cut around 1,400 support roles across twelve months, attributing it to "growing customer demand for self-serve solutions." Over the same period, complaints against TELUS to the national telecom ombudsman rose 63%, and then 78%, making it the fastest-growing source of complaints among Canada's three largest carriers. Both of these things are documented. They are not usually printed next to each other.
In August 2026 the market took its own view: a $2.1 billion write-down of the digital and AI arm, the dividend halved, and the shares at a 52-week low — down roughly 43% from their 52-week high.
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February 2025
Roughly 700 employees offered voluntary severance
The first of two large waves of buyouts inside twelve months, under a voluntary separation programme introduced in 2025.
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30 April 2025
TELUS becomes the most complained-about telecom provider in Canada — for the first time ever
In the CCTS mid-year report covering 1 August 2024 to 31 January 2025, TELUS accounted for 19.7% of all accepted complaints, ahead of Rogers (18.7%) and Bell (16.7%). Complaints against TELUS were up almost 63% year over year. The commission attributed the rise to "incorrect charges, breach of contract, and regular price increases."
It was the first time TELUS had topped the list since the CCTS was established in 2007. Total complaints across the industry rose nearly 12%, to 11,909.
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CCTS annual report · 1 Aug 2024 – 31 Jul 2025
A record year for complaints, and TELUS grew fastest
The CCTS accepted a record 23,647 complaints. Rogers (including Shaw) accounted for the largest share at 27%, followed by TELUS at 21% and Bell at 17%. Of the big three, TELUS had the largest year-over-year increase, up 78%, on 4,904 complaints.
The commission also found 70 breaches of the Wireless Code, up from 46 — with TELUS responsible for the most, at 25.
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12 January 2026
Another 700 buyouts, blamed on customers wanting to serve themselves
Nearly 700 more workers offered buyouts, over 500 of them members of United Steelworkers Local 1944, across Business Solutions operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, with a 21 January deadline. A TELUS spokesperson attributed the programme to rapid industry change and "growing customer demand for self-serve solutions."
USW Local 1944 president Michael Phillips said the cuts would "hurt communities and the Canadian economy, and will only exacerbate Canadians' growing dissatisfaction." The union warned that if not enough people volunteered, forced layoffs would follow.
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12 June 2026
The CRTC abolishes their cancellation fees
Telecom Regulatory Policy 2026-43 came into force, prohibiting activation and modification fees on wireless and internet plans, and banning early cancellation fees entirely where no subsidized device is part of the contract: "When a subsidized device is not provided as part of the contract, a service provider must not charge an early cancellation fee."
This is bad news for them and very good news for you: it removes both a revenue line and the principal mechanism keeping unhappy internet customers in place. Here is how to use it.
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1 August 2026
The AI division is written down by $2.1 billion, and the dividend is cut in half
In its Q2 2026 results TELUS recorded a $2.1 billion impairment against TELUS Digital — the digital and AI services arm — and cut its quarterly dividend by 55%, from $0.4184 to $0.1875 a share. The annualised payout falls from $1.6736 to $0.75, preserving roughly $2.7 billion of cash through 2028 to put against debt.
Guidance went with it. Expected 2026 free cash flow was cut about 27%, from $2.45 billion to roughly $1.8 billion. Service revenue growth was revised from +2% to +4% down to 0% to −2%, and adjusted EBITDA from +2% to +4% down to −2% to −4%.
Shares fell 11.9% on the day to $13.28, touching $12.93 — a 52-week low. Morgan Stanley cut the stock to Underweight with a C$13 target.
As at 12 August 2026, TELUS (TSX:T) trades around CA$13.25 — roughly 43% below its 52-week high of $23.18. Share prices move; this one is a dated snapshot, not a live quote, and nothing on this page is investment advice.
The Deep Dive ↗ Q2 2026 earnings call ↗ Yahoo Finance ↗Worth sitting with: the write-down landed on the AI arm. The strategy used to justify cutting roughly 1,400 support roles — that "growing customer demand for self-serve solutions" — belongs to the same division that just had $2.1 billion of its carrying value erased. The self-serve solution is over here.
Sourced as at August 2026. Figures are as reported by the outlets and regulators linked above; where two reporting periods overlap we have labelled which is which, because the mid-year and annual CCTS reports cover different windows and are frequently confused. If any item here is out of date or wrong, tell us and it gets corrected.
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