Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

333 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3V6
Canada
Telephone: (204) 941-8244
Toll Free: (800) 565-1936
Fax: (204) 777-6391
Web site: http://www.mts.mb.ca

Public Company
Incorporated: 1908 as Manitoba Government Telephones
Employees: 3,566
Sales: $588.1 million (2002)
Stock Exchanges: Toronto
Ticker Symbol: MBT
NAIC: 513310 Wired Telecommunications Carriers; 513322 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications

Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc. (MTS) is the leading telecommunications company in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The company handles local telephone service throughout Manitoba, and also offers cellular communication, paging, and group communication networks. The company also offers longdistance service throughout the province. The company's MTS Media subsidiary produces advertising and information directories, especially through the Internet. Another subsidiary, Qunara, Inc., is a leading information technology company. It provides consulting services on information security, web management, and information management. Its clients are primarily businesses in the financial services, information, healthcare, and energy industries, and it has many government clients as well. MTS also owns a 40 percent share in Bell West Inc., a local and long-distance communications carrier. MTS was formerly known as the Manitoba Telephone System, a public utility owned and managed by the province of Manitoba. The utility became a public for-profit company in 1996.