public utility industry telecommunication founded 1912 headquarters dryden northern ontario canada products mobile phone high speed internet landline telephone owner bce inc. number of employees 26 1 parent bell aliant website www.dmts.biz 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 area and mobile phone services . 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 . dryden mobility edit dryden mobility was the cellular division of dmts with three cdma cell sites operating in the 800 mhz band covering the city and approximately 60 kilometers of the trans canada highway . in 2009 dryden mobility began conversion to a gsm network in the 850 mhz band intended to cover a greater area than that covered by their cdma network from kenora in the west to sioux lookout to the north east to hearst and south to sault ste. marie . 3 dryden mobility operated as an independent wireless carrier though roaming agreements were in place with rogers wireless . 4 in november 2012 tbaytel purchased dmts s cell phone subscriber base . 5 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 edit industry canada retrieved 6 october 2009 . bell aliant press release northern ontario business new gsm network . retrieved 6 october 2009 . gsmworld.com roaming agreements . retrieved 6 october 2009 . tbaytel press release external links edit official website v t e bce inc. corporate directors george a. cope ceo andr b rard anthony s. fell ed lumley john h. mcarthur jim pattison michael sabia paul tellier richard currie robert pozen fixed line telecommunications bell aliant atlantic canada bell canada urban on & qc bell internet isp northerntel northern on northwestel northern canada ontera northern on t l bec rural qc dmts dryden ontario area mobile telecommunications bell mobility glentel inukshuk wireless northerntel mobility northwestel including latitude wireless solo mobile t l bec mobilit virgin mobile canada television services bell fibe tv iptv urban on & qc bell mobile tv mobile iptv bell tv satellite cablevision northern qc fibreop iptv bell aliant regions other properties bell media 1 maple leaf sports & entertainment 28 % 2 montreal canadiens 18 % the source advertising and sponsorships bell centre frank and gordon kids help phone solo mobile eckored tour tiff bell 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