telecommunications founded c. 1902 1902 headquarters north bay ontario services dsl wireless broadband dial up landline long distance calling owner bce inc. parent bell aliant website ontera.ca ontera is a telecommunications company in ontario canada . it is a subsidiary of bell aliant . ontera was founded as the ontario northland telecommunications division of the ontario northland transportation commission a crown agency of the government of ontario . it was the exclusive provider of long distance calling services in many rural northeastern ontario markets until the canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc approved long distance competition in 2000 . the name was changed to o.n.tel inc. in the 1990s then changed its trading name to o.n.telcom in 2000 and then renamed to ontera in 2004 . 1 ontera provides local telephone service in the northern ontario towns of bear island iroquois falls marten river moosonee moose factory and temagami and also offers long distance services in most of area code 705 . ontera owns and operates an extensive fibre optic telecommunications network throughout most of northeastern ontario . ontera provides customer premises lan voip and internet security systems dsl fibre optic and wireless data services . in september 2008 ontera announced plans to install a ring network to strengthen network reliability which was completed by spring 2009 . 2 in april 2014 the ontario government announced it would sell ontera to bell aliant . 3 4 the acquisition was completed in october 2014 . 5 references edit history . about us . ontera . retrieved 10 june 2016 . ontera customers to benefit from investment in state of the art network . ontera press release . 2008 09 24 . retrieved 2011 01 31 . http www.cbc.ca news canada sudbury ontera sale to bell aliant leaves questions for customers employees 1.2601329 http news.ontario.ca mndmf en 2014 04 transforming the ontario northland transportation commission.html hamilton mccharles jennifer october 1 2014 . bell aliant acquires ontera . north bay nugget . retrieved march 5 2016 . 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 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 ontera & oldid 724658538 categories bell aliantformer crown corporations of canadainternet service providers of canadaontario northland transportation commissiontelecommunications companies of canadahidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 june 2016 at 17 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view