Télébec LP is a

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located in the province of

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. It serves various sectors like the

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territory area, the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, parts of central and southern Quebec and parts of the

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region. Currently, Télébec is the landline carrier for over 180,000 customers spread on about 750,000 square kilometres, making it the telephone company with the largest territory in Quebec. Télébec is an

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(ISP) through Télébec Internet, which is also closely linked with

Bell Sympatico Bell Internet, originally and frequently still called Sympatico, is the residential Internet service provider (ISP) division of BCE Inc. As of May 3, 2012, Bell Internet had over 3 million subscribers in Ontario and Quebec, making it the larges ...

History

The name Télébec originated with the first telephone company to operate a municipal system in the town of Bécancour, "Téléphone Bécancour", which was founded in 1965 by a group of businessmen. Three years later, Télébec merged with seven other phone companies: Téléphone Princeville ltée, Télécommunication Richelieu ltée, Téléphone de Contrecoeur ltée, Compagnie de Téléphone La Tuque ltée, Télécommunications de l'Est ltée, Compagnie de Téléphone Arthabaska ltée, and Compagnie de Téléphone Pontiac ltée. Other telephone companies were sold to Télébec over previous years, with some merged into Télébec. In 1996 Télébec created Télébec Mobilité, a

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and HSPA mobile phone service provider affiliated with Bell Mobility.

Bell subsidiary

Since January 30, 2007, Télébec is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Bell Aliant Bell Aliant is a brand name used by Bell Canada for telecommunications services in Atlantic Canada. Prior to 2015, Bell Aliant Inc. (formerly Aliant Inc.) was a separate company providing telecom services in the Atlantic provinces and a few othe ...

, although for Inter-Exchange Carrier and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier service agreements it is still considered independent by Bell. Since 2016 it has been a subsidiary of BCE Inc., after

operations were consolidated into those of Bell Canada.CRTC Ownership structure 2015
Retrieved 2016-03-06

References

External links

Télébec websiteBell Aliant
{{DEFAULTSORT:Telebec Telecommunications companies of Canada Bell Aliant Bell Canada Internet service providers of Canada Companies based in Quebec Telecommunications companies established in 1969 1969 establishments in Quebec Companies acquired by Bell Canada Enterprises