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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 11:30:24 -0500
- From: Dave.Leibold@f730.n250.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Dave Leibold)
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- Subject: AT&T Buys 20% of Unitel
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- AT&T will buy 20% of Canadian carrier Unitel Communications, according
- to an announcement issued shortly after Bell Canada and BC Tel
- announced that there would be no further appeals to last June's
- pro-competition decision.
-
- Before, Rogers Communications had 40% of Unitel while Canadian Pacific
- had the other 60%. Now AT&T will get 20% with Rogers stake going down
- 8% to 32%, and CP's stake down 12% to 48%. The deal is expected to
- close 29th January, plus a $200 million equity investment among the
- three shareholders to boost capital base.
-
- The U.S. stake in Unitel raises concerns. Rod Hiebert of British
- Columbia's chapter of Telecommunications Workers Union said "The U.S.
- carriers have enough spare capacity in their systems to serve all of
- Canada at the flip of a switch." Thus, foreign-controlled carriers in
- Canada may have no incentive to provide facilities in Canada. The AT&T
- link does allow for convenient cross-border connections and
- opportunities.
-
- Another part of the deal means Unitel will be getting its network
- switching equipment from AT&T rather than Northern Telecom.
-
- Unitel reports 38 000 subscribers to its limited public long distance
- service so far. Bell Canada revenues last year were $2.2 million,
- Unitel's $400 million.
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