NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Aliant

Aliant Inc. TSX: AIT is a communications company providing services in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, and is Atlantic Canada's largest publicly traded company. Image File history File links Aliant_logo. ... TSX logo The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, North Americas third largest stock exchange, and the sixth largest in the world. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Official languages English, French Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant-Governor HermÃ©nÃ©gilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 10 10 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 11th 72 908 kmÂ² 71 450 kmÂ² 1 458 km... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (Latin: The small under the protection of the great) Official languages None Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant-Governor J. LÃ©once Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 4 4 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 13th 5,660 km... Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (Latin: One defends and the other conquers) Official languages None (English,French,Gaelic) Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Lieutenant-Governor Myra Freeman Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 11 10 Area Total â€¢ Land â€¢ Water (% of total) Ranked 12th 55,283... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Official languages None Capital St. ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ...

Aliant was formed from the 1999 merger of Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company (MTT), Island Telecom, Bruncor (parent of NBTel), and NewTel Enterprises (parent of NewTel Communications), the four main incumbent telephone companies in the Atlantic region. It is approximately 53% owned by Bell Canada. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Former MT&T Logo Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company (MT&T) was founded around 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and operated as such until 1998 when it merged with Island Telecom (parent of IslandTel), Bruncor (parent of NBTel), and NewTel Enterprises (parent of NewTel Communications) to form Aliant. ... Island Telecom was a phone service provider in Prince Edward Island. ... Bruncor, a Saint John , Nova Scotia based company was the parent company of New Brunswick Telephone Company. ... NBTel was founded as The New Brunswick Telephone Company in 1888 after Bell Telephone Company of Canadas attempt to establish telephone service in the Maritime provinces failed. ... New Tel was a phone provider in the Newfoundland and Labrador and is now part of Aliant. ... NewTel Communications was a telephone, internet and cellular service provider in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ... Bell Canada Enterprises, legally BCE Inc. ...

Until 1999, Aliant Communications was the name of a small telephone company serving Lincoln, Nebraska and area, which was acquired that year by ALLTEL. Following this acquisition, Aliant Communications adopted the ALLTEL brand and transferred its rights in the Aliant name to the newly-merged Canadian entity. Image File history File linksMetadata Aliant_tower. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Aliant_tower. ... The NBTel Tower, now known as the Aliant Tower, is a 127 metre high tower of reinforced concrete located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. ... Nickname: Star City Map Political Statistics Founded 18671 Incorporated 1869 County Lancaster County Mayor Coleen Seng Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 195. ... Alltel NYSE: AT is a telecommunications company located in Little Rock, Arkansas. ...

Aliant now has many services such as high-speed and dial-up internet access, wireless and wireline telephone service, and IPTV cable television. Its main rivals are the region's incumbent cable providers - EastLink (N.S. / P.E.I.), Rogers Communications (N.B. / N.L. and wireless services across the region), and Persona (rural N.L.). It has been suggested that IP Media be merged into this article or section. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Bragg Communications, doing business as EastLink, is a group of companies providing the incumbent cable television services, as well as competitive internet and wireline telephone services, primarily in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Canada. ... Rogers Communications Inc. ... Persona Inc. ...

On March 7, 2006, Bell and Aliant announced plans to merge Aliant's operations into those of Bell. Specifically, the Aliant wireless and retail (DownEast) networks will be merged into the Bell Mobility and Bell World operations, respectively, while Aliant, which will be converted into an income trust, will acquire Bell's "regional" landline operations (i.e. outside of major city centres) in Ontario and Quebec. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2277 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2277 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Bell Mobility is the division of Bell Canada which sells wireless services in Canada. ...

Bell will own roughly 45% of the trust, with existing Aliant shareholders owning 26.5%, and the remainder of units being distributed directly to BCE shareholders, but Bell will continue to exercise management control. Following the conversion, the Aliant brand will be used by both the new trust and by Bell Mobility in Atlantic Canada, with the trust licensing the Bell brand for use elsewhere.

See also

Bell Canada Enterprises, legally BCE Inc. ... TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a telecom company from Canada, the countrys second-largest telecommunications carrier after Bell Canada, with C$8. ...

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