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Distributel’s Primus acquisition ‘just fits,’ CEO says

telecom | 01/19/2021 5:52 pm EST

Distributel Communications Ltd. has acquired telecom service provider Primus from Fusion Connect Inc. in what Distributel CEO Matt Stein said Tuesday was a “major acquisition” for the company.  “It’s hundreds more employees, so many more customers… there’s more geography that we cover together and more products,” Stein said in a phone interview, though he declined to offer specifics or numbers about how much the company will grow as a result. Primus has been owned by a U.S. company since 2016, and Distributel’s acquisition brings it back to Canadian ownership,...

Bell rate increases for Primus would hurt low-income consumers: interventions

telecom | 01/05/2021 6:18 pm EST

Bell offers to reveal AI call blocking system to criticsA BCE Inc. price increase on the unbundled local loop (ULL) service it sells to Fusion Connect Inc.'s Primus will have an undue impact on low-income customers who rely on the...