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MTS Allstream history
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The seeds that would eventually grow into MTS Allstream were sown in 1908, when the Manitoba government created Manitoba Government Telephones for the purpose of providing the burgeoning new telephone service to the people of Manitoba.
The first center to receive all-dial service in Canada – Brandon – 1917
The first major city in North America to receive all-dial service – Winnipeg – 1926
The first telex message – 1956
North America’s first use of the three-digit emergency number 999 – Winnipeg – 1956.
The first microwave system for television transmission – 1964
When the telegraph and telex businesses went into decline, CN Telegraphs and CP Telegraphs, aligned with their respective railways, formed a joint venture in 1967, CNCP Telecommunications, to operate the telegraph and telex business more profitably.
The first network capable of handling switched voice or high-speed data transmissions – 1967
The first offering of the 12-button phone – 1968
(The number was changed to 911 in 1975, to conform with the emergency number used across North America.)
The world’s first rural fibre optics transmission – Elie and St Eustache, Manitoba – 1981
CNCP applied in 1983 to operate a long distance network in competition with the incumbent local telephone companies' long distance services.
The world’s first dedicated fax network – 1987
CNCP later changed its name to Unitel Communications Inc., and in 1990 it made a second bid to compete in the long distance markets of Bell Canada, BC Tel and the four Atlantic telephone companies under that name.
The first competitive long distance provider in Canada – 1992
The first Internet Service Provider in the world to offer 56 Kbps service across an entire national network – 1997
The first Canadian Internet and email service for Personal Digital Assistants ("PDAs") – 2001
The telegram division was sold off to iTelegram in 2002 and renamed Telegrams Canada.
In 2003, the company was renamed Allstream as a result of AT&T's declining participation in the company.
AT&T sold its remaining interests in the Canadian company in 2004.
The first Digital Ink Solutions in the Canadian market – 2004
Canada’s first national IP trunking solution – 2006
MTS Allstream in 2008 is a Canadian telecom powerhouse thanks to our track record of success built over the course of more than a century.
Long distance revenues showed decline of 11.4% from 2011.
MTS Allstream has reduced their operating expenses from 2011.
In 2012, operating expense was $1,094.6 compared to $ 1,171.2 (in millions). Difference or savings of $76.6 million in 2012 was due to a 16.9% decrease in efficiency of operation.
Allstream was to be sold to Accelero Capital in May 2013, with the deal expected to close by the end of the year.
However, on October 7, 2013, the Canadian Government blocked the sale over "concerns of national security", noting that "MTS Allstream operates a national fibre optic network that provides critical telecommunications services to businesses and governments, including the Government of Canada."
Allstream was sold to US fibre optic provider Zayo Group on January 15, 2016.
Zayo then bought Integra Telecom (Electric Lightwave) in 2017.
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