TELUS becomes one of the first Canadian carriers to achieve Google Verified Peering Provider Gold verification

News, blog articles and discussion papers · Nov 5, 2025

Delivering enhanced connectivity and reliability for partner solutions

TELUS has achieved Google Verified Peering Provider (VPP) Gold verification, becoming one the first Canadian telecommunications carriers to earn Google's highest level of network service provider recognition. This milestone reinforces TELUS Partner Solutions' commitment to delivering superior connectivity infrastructure that partners can leverage to serve their customers.

What Google Verified Peering Provider Gold verification means

The Google Verified Peering Provider program recognizes Internet Service Providers that meet rigorous technical standards for connectivity to Google's network infrastructure. Gold tier verification – the highest available designation – validates that TELUS maintains physically diverse, metro-redundant connectivity to Google across multiple locations.

To achieve Google VPP Gold status, TELUS demonstrated:

Minimum of four redundant Private Network Interconnects (PNIs) between two metro areas
Verified diverse connectivity to Google across multiple physical Points of Presence (PoPs), including Toronto
IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack capability across all PNIs
24/7 network operations centre contacts and verified outage management protocols

This infrastructure ensures that traffic to Google services travels over dedicated, private connectivity rather than the public internet, delivering enhanced performance and reliability.

Technical advantages for partners and their customers

Google VPP Gold verification provides TELUS partners with distinct technical advantages. The dedicated peering infrastructure means that connections to Google services – including Google Cloud, Google Workspace and other publicly available Google resources – benefit from:

Simplified connectivity: Partners' customers can access Google services without the complexity of managing Direct Peering arrangements or meeting Google's direct peering requirements.
Enterprise-grade reliability: Metro-redundant connectivity across multiple physical locations ensures high availability and automatic failover capabilities.
Optimized performance: Traffic routes through TELUS' verified, dedicated infrastructure to Google, reducing latency and improving stability compared to public internet routing.
Scalable architecture: The redundant PNI infrastructure supports growing bandwidth demands as partners' customers increase their use of cloud-based services and applications.

Industry leadership and partner value

As one of the first Canadian carriers to achieve Google Verified Peering Provider verification, TELUS Partner Solutions offers partners the most reliable connection to Google Cloud without having to manage the complexity of Direct Peering. Partners can confidently deliver Google connectivity solutions knowing the underlying infrastructure meets Google's most stringent technical standards.

This Google Verified Peering Provider achievement aligns with TELUS' broader network excellence strategy. The same infrastructure principles that earned Gold VPP verification – redundancy, diversity and performance optimization – extend across TELUS' network architecture, benefiting all partner solutions.

Looking ahead

The Google VPP Gold verification represents TELUS' ongoing investment in network infrastructure that enables partners to deliver superior customer experiences. As cloud adoption continues to accelerate and businesses increasingly rely on Google services for critical operations, this verified connectivity foundation becomes essential for partners serving enterprise customers.

Partners can leverage this Google Verified Peering Provider infrastructure advantage immediately. Whether serving small businesses adopting Google Workspace or enterprises deploying cloud-based applications, TELUS' Google VPP Gold status provides the technical foundation for reliable, high-performance Google connectivity.