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Telus: United States
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The team's expectation that the first national version of TELUS could be released within 3 months quickly fell by the wayside. The team members immediately began making major revisions and additions to the original TELUS. They ... learned that some States were developing similar or much larger systems. Pignataro sent a letter to the head of each DOT urging that they explore the features of TELUS before spending large sums of limited State transportation dollars developing a comparable system. Efforts to interest the DOTs in TELUS complemented the team's extensive outreach program, which began in 1999.
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TELUS is available in both a standalone desktop version and a Web-based version. The Webbased version of TELUS was designed to provide a direct interface between TIPs developed by MPOs and STIPs developed by State DOTs. The Web-based version ... helps facilitate the public involvement process by enabling citizens to query project information using a Web browser. Current development efforts are focused on creating a paperless STIP submission and approval process using Web-based TELUS.
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Unlike some software, TELUS is not a licensed program where the user purchases the basic program and pays for individual customization and continuing support. TELUS is license-free to all MPOs and DOTs, and there is no charge for technical assistance. Although it is possible for the TELUS programmers to make minor changes for an MPO or DOT, it is impossible for them to make a significant number of changes or major modifications for each MPO and State DOT. Clearly, a solution to the local needs and preferences issue was needed, and it came in the form of a customization module (see "Customization").
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TELUS' interim Consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which differ in certain respects from U.S. GAAP. See Note 19 to the interim Consolidated financial statements for a summary of the principal differences between Canadian and U.S. GAAP as they relate to TELUS. The interim Consolidated financial statements and Management's discussion and analysis were reviewed by TELUS' Audit Committee and approved by TELUS' Board of Directors. All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements about TELUS and Emergis that are intended to be covered by the safe harbour for "forward-looking statements" provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this news release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may prove to not be accurate and readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on them.
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Several State DOTs and MPOs are using TELUS to facilitate their transportation planning processes. Alabama DOT, for example, is using a statewide Web-based version of TELUS to link all of the State's TIPs into one database. In addition, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council is using TELUS to exchange project updates with New York State DOT and FHWA's New York Division Office and to obtain electronic approval of TIP and STIP amendments.
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