Bell Aliant makes concession on Ontera purchase
telecom | 10/01/2014 7:28 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau said Wednesday that Bell Aliant Inc. has responded to the bureau's concerns surrounding its purchase of an Ontario-government-owned telecommunications provider.
The bureau said in a press release Bell Aliant has agreed to lease a "significant portion" of Ontera's fibre network in northern Ontario to Eastlink.
The bureau said it was concerned the proposed acquisition of Ontera by Bell Aliant would "substantially lessen and/or prevent competition in the sale of wireline telecommunications services in up to 16 northern Ontario communities ... "
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