Telus offers you multifaceted growth

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The plan to upgrade Telus wireless networks to high-speed 5G is nearing completion after several years. The investment promises to lift long-term earnings—as will Telus’s other growth businesses. They include the now-independent call-centre business Telus International, as well as the ADT smart-home security unit. Telus Health is another key growth area. That business, which helps clinics, pharmacies and hospitals manage electronic patient records, recently expanded with its $2.34 billion purchase of human resources firm LifeWorks. TELUS, $27.02, is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol T; Shares o/s: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $38.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.2%; www.telus.com) is Canada’s second-largest wireless carrier (after BCE) with 12.16 million subscribers. It also sells landline phone, Internet and TV services in B.C., Alberta and eastern Quebec. In the quarter ended December 31, 2022, Telus added 112,000 new wireless phone subscribers; that growth is the same as a year earlier. As well, it added 106,000 new users of other wireless devices (tablets, etc.). That’s up 30.9%…