Dryden Municipal Telephone Service
Parent BCE Inc. | | |
| Website | www.dmts.biz | |
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Dryden Municipal Telephone System (DMTS) is a formerly-municipally owned telephone company in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, offering local residential and business land line service within Dryden, long-distance service to Dryden and surrounding areas.
DMTS is also the largest internet service provider in the region, providing DSL, Dial-up, and operating the largest high-speed wireless internet network in Northwestern Ontario providing coverage to more than 1000 square kilometers around Dryden. DMTS also has a partnership with Xplornet for satellite internet service.
Bell Aliant completed its purchase of DMTS on January 1, 2013.[2] Bell Aliant plans on continuing to use the DMTS brand name. Since 2016 it has been considered a subsidiary of BCE as Bell Aliant's operations were consolidated into those of Bell Canada.[3]
Dryden Mobility
Dryden Mobility was the cellular division of DMTS, with three
Dryden Mobility operated as an independent wireless carrier, though roaming agreements were in place with Rogers Wireless.[5]
In November 2012, Tbaytel purchased DMTS's cell phone subscriber base.[6] DMTS's cell phone towers were shut down by December 21, 2012. Not all phones on DMTS's network were compatible with the Tbaytel cellular network.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Industry Canada retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ Bell Aliant Press Release Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CRTC Ownership structure 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-06
- ^ Northern Ontario Business Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine new GSM network. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ GSMworld.com Archived October 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine roaming agreements. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
- ^ Tbaytel Press Release[permanent dead link]
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