Stock Symbol: MBT
TORONTO, April 29, 2014 /CNW/ - Allstream, Canada's all-business
communications provider has begun the year strongly with a number of
new business customers choosing to connect to its Canada-wide fibre
optic IP network. Allstream is the only national competitor to Bell
and TELUS exclusively serving business customers with a coast-to-coast
national IP fibre network.
"We are succeeding by providing better service and by being flexible and
focused on what our customers want and need," said Allstream President
Michael Strople. "In addition to our best-in-class national IP fibre
network, part of our success has in fact been achieved by NOT acting
like a traditional Canadian telco. Our team across Canada is
passionate, determined and committed to providing the best service,
solutions and customer experience in the industry."
Allstream signed contracts in the first quarter of 2014 with nationally
recognized brands such as Shoppers Drug Mart, Mark's Work Wearhouse,
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Nespresso Canada, Torstar
Corporation as well as with Alterra Power Corp, Caledon Capital
Management, Nexus Systems Group Inc., Ogilvie LLP, Qualcomm
Technologies and Teachers Life Insurance Society.
About Allstream
Allstream is a Canadian leader in IP communications and the only
national communications provider that works exclusively with business
customers of all sizes. With nearly 600,000 customer connections,
Allstream's momentum is fuelled by the knowledge, skills and
entrepreneurial spirit of its employees across the country who
collaborate with customers to determine their unique communications
solutions needs. Supported by its more than 30,000-kilometre nationwide
high-performance fibre-optic network, Allstream's broad portfolio of
business solutions are built from an array of advanced communications
technologies and services including a wide range of innovative,
highly-scalable IP-based solutions to help organizations communicate
more efficiently and profitably. Allstream takes pride in its
commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience, and has
long been recognized by its technology partners for the contributions
made to their businesses. Allstream is wholly-owned by Manitoba Telecom
Services Inc., which is listed on the TSX (trading symbol: MBT). For
information on Allstream's products and solutions, please visit www.allstream.com.
Forward-looking Statements Disclaimer
This news release includes forward-looking statements and information
(collectively, the "statements") about Allstream's future financial
results, performance and sales opportunities that are subject to risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. As a consequence, actual results in the
future may differ materially from any conclusion, forecast or
projection in such forward-looking statements. Therefore,
forward-looking statements should be considered carefully and undue
reliance should not be placed on them. Examples of statements that
constitute forward-looking information may be identified by words such
as "believe", "expect", "project", "should", "anticipate", "could",
"target", "forecast", "intend", "plan", "outlook", "see", "set",
"pending", and other similar terms.
Factors that could cause anticipated opportunities and actual results to
differ materially include, but are not limited to, matters identified
in the "Material assumptions" section and the "Risks and uncertainties"
section of the Company's 2013 Annual, and 2013 Annual Information Form,
both of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Please note that forward-looking statements reflect Management's
expectations as at the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intention
or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise,
except as required by law.
SOURCE MTS Allstream
