Cellcom Communications or Cellcom is a

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company based in

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and the largest franchisee of

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& Bell Mobility in North America with 52 stores across

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and Greater Montreal Area.

History

Cellcom's parent company,

Bell Canada Enterprises BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its former name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell ...

, was founded in 1880 and named after

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, the inventor of the

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and the co-founder of

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. Cellcom Communications was established in 1985. Shortly after cellular phones were emerging into the telecommunications industry, Cellcom was among the first distributors for Bell Canada in the Greater Montreal Area. In the span of four decades, Cellcom has gone from a single retail store outlet, to 36 stores in Quebec and 18 in Ontario. Heavily investing in

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technology, Cellcom has differentiated itself from other small

retailers by branching out into the corporate realm. Currently, Cellcom has over 900 corporate clients, and roughly over 250,000 consumer customers. They are a distributor and provider for the Canadian wireless industry.

Virgin Plus

Cellcom operates several Bell Canada kiosks in the Greater Montreal Area. Cellcom also serves several Virgin Plus kiosks in Quebec. Virgin Plus is a subsidiary to Bell Canada, and is a provider of postpaid wireless voice, text, data, and home internet as well as television.

Talks of Expansion

Currently Cellcom is looking to expand further into the Ontario market, already currently hosting 3 outlet stores through Bell Canada. Cellcom currently operates 16 different locations, most being in the

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Locations

Cellcom Communications operates 54 stores across Quebec and Ontario areas.

Quebec Locations

* Bell Bourassa - 6000 Boulevard Henri Bourassa E, Montréal * Bell Carrefour Laval - (both kiosk and store) 3035 Boulevard Le Carrefour, Laval * Bell Centre Laval - 1600 Boulevard Le Corbusier, Laval * Bell Chagnon - 1200 Boulevard Alphonse Desjardins, Lévis * Bell Décarie - 5355 Rue Des Jockeys, Montréal * Bell Des Sources - 3476 Boulevard Des Sources, Dollard-Des-Ormeaux * Bell Dolbeau - 1471 Boulevard Wallberg, Dolbeau * Bell Dorion - 84 Boulevard Hardwood, Vaudreuil * Bell Drummondville - 755 Boulevard René-Levesque, Drummondville * Bell Joliette - 1075 Boulevard Firestore, Joliette * Bell La Baie - 931 Rue Bagot, La Baie * Bell Saint-Eustache - 367 Boulevard Arthur Sauvé, Saint-Eustache * Bell Promenades Beauport - 3333 Rue Du Carrefour, Québec * Bell Roberval - 1221 Boulevard Marcotte * Bell Sorel - 450 Boulevard Poliquin, Sorel-Tracy * Bell Saint-Jérôme - 900 Boulevard Grignon, Saint-Jérôme * Bell Saint-Sauveur - 153 Rue Principale, Saint-Sauveur * Bell Saint-Martin - 1655 Boulevard Saint-Martin O, Laval * Bell Saint-Denis - 4337 Rue Saint-Denis, Montréal * Bell Sainte-Dorothée - 916 Autoroute Chomedey O, Laval * Bell Sainte-Agathe - 217 Rue Principale E, Sainte-Agathe Des Monts * Bell Saint-Felicien - 1179 Boulevard Saint-Felicien, Saint-Felicien * Bell Saint-Jovite - 517 Rue Saint-Jovite, Mont-Tremblant * Bell Vaudreuil - 3120 Boulevard De La Gare, Vaudreuil * Bell Versailes - 7275 Rue Sherbrooke E, Montréal * Bell Vertu - 3131 Boulevard de le Côte-Vertu, Montréal * Cellcom Corporate Store - 5200 Rue Paré, Montréal * Virgin Bourassa - 6000 Boulevard Henri Bourassa E, Montréal * Virgin Centre Laval - 1600 Boulevard Le Corbusier, Laval * Virgin Drummondville - 755 Boulevard Rene-Levesque, Montréal * Virgin Versailles - 7275 Sherbrooke E, Montréal

Ontario Locations

* Bell Alliston - 36 Young Street, Alliston * Bell Aurora - 91 First Commerce Drive, Aurora * Bell Bank Street - 247 Bank Street, Ottawa * Bell Barrhaven - 50 Marketplace Avenue, Nepean * Bell Bolton - 40 McEwan Drive, Bolton * Bell Bowmanville - 2377 Highway 2, Bowmanville * Bell Cobourg - 1111 Eglin Street W, Cobourg * Bell Collingwood - 122 Hurontario Street, Collingwood * Bell Hunt Club - 280 West Hunt Club Road, Nepean * Bell Kingston Center - 1040 Princess Street, Kingston * Bell Midland - 297 King Street, Midland * Bell Oshawa - 1383 Wilson Road N, Oshawa * Bell Smiths Falls - 123 Lombard Street, Smiths Falls * Bell Stittsville - 1261 Main Street, Stittsville * Bell Sudbury - 1545 Regent Street, Sudbury * Bell Taylor Kidd - 599 Taylor Kidd Boulevard, Kingston

References

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External links

Official Website

European Cellcom Website
Telecommunications companies of Canada Companies based in Montreal Telecommunications companies established in 1985 1985 establishments in Quebec Canadian companies established in 1985