. for fiber offered by the company see fibe . for high speed internet see bell aliant high speed internet . bell aliant inc. type private subsidiary industry communications services founded 1999 headquarters atlantic canada key people karen sheriff 1 president and ceo products fixed line fixed broadband iptv operating income 2.1 billion cad 2005 2 net income 212 million total assets 4.1 billion number of employees 2000 2009 parent bce website bell aliant home page bell aliant inc. formerly aliant telecom inc. is a communications company providing services in various areas throughout atlantic canada . bell canada which had been the largest shareholder in the company and most of its predecessors throughout their respective histories took full ownership of bell aliant in late 2014 . in announcing these plans bell canada indicated that the bell aliant brand name will continue to be used in atlantic canada . 3 4 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 area codes 4 references 5 external links 6 external links history edit the current firm is the successor to aliant telecom inc formed from the 1999 merger of maritime telephone and telegraph company mt & t island telecom which had been majority owned by mt & t bruncor parent of nbtel and newtel enterprises parent of newtel communications then the four main incumbent telephone companies in nova scotia prince edward island new brunswick and newfoundland and labrador respectively . bell canada was the largest shareholder of mt & t bruncor and newtel prior to the merger and received a 53 % stake in the merged company aliant . at the time that aliant inc. was being formed the executives of the four merging companies agreed to a co operative management strategy which would see no specific province have a bell aliant head office ; instead the headquarters functions would be spread across its constituent companies . bell aliant tower in moncton on april 14 2006 bell and aliant announced plans to merge aliant s operations into those of bell . specifically aliant s high growth wireless and retail downeast networks would be folded into bell s wholly owned bell mobility and bell world operations respectively . aliant under a new income trust structure would acquire bell s regional landline operations i.e. outside of major city centres in ontario and quebec . 5 this created the significant challenges involved with merging english speaking operations with french speaking operations . citation needed the transaction was completed on july 10 2006 and saw the appointment of stephen wetmore formerly of bell as president and ceo . bell canada retained 45 % of the restructured aliant . 6 fund units representing about 28.5 % of bell aliant were distributed to shareholders of bell s parent company bce . shareholders of the former aliant inc. received units representing 26.5 % of the firm . the company would convert back to a regular corporation at the end of 2010 . nbtel phone booth bell aliant logo used until august 2008 aliant logo used prior to the change of name to bell aliant . maritime centre bell aliant s halifax office . the purpose was to separate out the more stable or low growth parts of bell s holdings i.e. wireline operations in markets with relatively little competition to satisfy investors . the restructuring was not expected to have any effect on end consumers in terms of existing pricing or bundling practices . meanwhile bell canada proper continues to have full control over its wireless and satellite cable operations throughout canada as well as wireline operations in major centres such as toronto ottawa montreal and surrounding areas . bell aliant has also assumed bell s 63.4 % interests in both northerntel and t l bec . since january 30 2007 both are 100 % owned by bell aliant . both firms continue to operate their own wireless networks . on january 1 2013 bell aliant completed its purchase of dryden municipal telephone service dmts a municipal telephone utility in dryden ontario . 7 bell aliant plans on continuing to use the dmts brand name . on july 23 2014 bce announced it would privatize bell aliant by acquiring the interest of bell aliant s public minority shareholders . on october 3 2014 bce announced the successful completion of its tender offer to purchase all outstanding bell aliant publicly held common shares.on november 3 2014 bce announced the formal close of the transaction as bce acquired all remaining bell aliant common shares not acquired under bce s tender offer through a compulsory acquisition effective october 31 2014 . bell aliant common shares were de listed from the toronto stock exchange tsx on october 31 2014 . 3 4 in october 2014 bell aliant completed its acquisition of ontera the telecommunications division of the ontario northland transportation commission a crown agency of the government of ontario . 8 operations edit currently the company operates as bell aliant in atlantic canada . the atlantic canada services were known as simply aliant until summer 2008 . similarly the former aliant wireless and retail networks initially operated under the aliant brand in atlantic canada albeit now under the direct control of bell . wireless services transitioned to the bell brand in april 2008 . 9 in atlantic canada bell aliant s services include high speed and dial up internet access wireline telephone service and iptv cable television . its main competitors are the region s incumbent cable providers eastlink and rogers communications who had eroded on bell aliant s market share until mid 2009 10 at which time bell aliant launched fibe and as of mid 2011 was available to 294 000 homes and businesses in atlantic canada . area codes edit area codes 902 and 782 area code 506 area code 709 area codes 418 and 581 area codes 819 and 873 area codes 705 and 249 area code 807 bell canada cybertip.ca references edit bell aliant announces karen sheriff as new president and ceo . october 27 2008 . aliant inc. 2005 annual information form . retrieved 2006 07 11 . a b bce announces successful completion of bell aliant common share tender offer transaction on track to close on or about october 31 a b bell aliant privatizaton notice of meeting and management information circular pdf jay forbes to step down as ceo of aliant inc. dryden completes sale of dmts lineline to bell aliant bell aliant acquires ontera bell mobility financialpost.com residential customers leaving declining market share external links edit bell aliant customer website external links edit official website v t e canadian internet service providers incumbent access communications bell internet bell aliant cogeco mts rogers hi speed internet sasktel shaw communications wind mobile telus internet vid otron independent comwave eastlink national capital freenet primus canada ssi micro teksavvy vmedia westman xplornet yourlink zazeen v t e cable satellite and other specialty television providers in canada terrestrial and satellite satellite bell tv shaw direct telus satellite tv cable major1 bell cablevision for val d or qc cogeco ontario quebec eastlink atlantic northern ontario western canada look communications mts cable manitoba rogers cable ontario new brunswick source hamilton on shaw western canada northwestern ontario vid otron quebec minor access saskatchewan cable axion magog qc citywest prince rupert bc derytelecom saguenay qc novus cable select areas of bc lower mainland omineca cablevision prince george bc westman brandon mb see also defunct cable and dbs companies of canada iptv bell aliant fibreop bell fibe tv mts ultimate tv sasktel max telus optik tv tbaytel digital tv vmedia zazeen mmds craig wireless africa asia and oceania americas europe 1more than 400 000 television service subscribers . v t e telecommunications history beacon broadcasting cable tv communications satellite computer network drums electrical telegraph fax heliographs hydraulic telegraph internet mass media mobile phone optical telecommunication optical telegraphy photophone prepaid mobile phone radio radiotelephone satellite communications semaphore smartphone smoke signals telecommunications history telautograph telegraphy teleprinter teletype telephone the telephone cases television timeline of communication technology undersea telegraph line videoconferencing videophone videotelephony pioneers edwin howard armstrong john logie baird paul baran alexander graham bell tim berners lee jagadish chandra bose vint cerf claude chappe donald davies lee de forest philo farnsworth reginald fessenden elisha gray innocenzo manzetti guglielmo marconi antonio meucci alexander stepanovich popov johann philipp reis nikola tesla camille tissot alfred vail charles wheatstone vladimir k. zworykin transmission media electromagnetic radiation electrical cable free space optical communication molecular communication optical fiber network topology and switching links nodes terminal node network switching circuit packet telephone exchange multiplexing space division frequency division time division polarization division orbital angular momentum code division networks arpanet bitnet cellular network computer cyclades ethernet fidonet internet isdn lan mobile ngn npl network public switched telephone radio telecommunications equipment television telex wan wireless world wide web category portal 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 lightbox related at & t corporation nortel society of composers authors and music publishers of canada v bell canada telesat canada 2an additional 9.5 % interest is held by the bce master trust fund bell s pension plan . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bell aliant & oldid 738411483 categories companies formerly listed on the toronto stock exchangebell aliantbell canadatelecommunications companies of canadatelecommunications companies established in 1999companies based in nova scotiacompanies based in prince edward islandcompanies based in new brunswickcompanies based in newfoundland and labradorinternet service providers of canada1999 establishments in canadahidden categories all 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