Cogeco fills in phone service along QEW

MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable launched its voice over IP local phone service today in St. Catharines and Thorold, Ontario. It was also launched last week in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Virgil. "Since its initial launch, the service has had a snowball effect on the number of subscriptions to other Cogeco Cable services and its deployment has been enthusiastically welcomed in the markets where it was introduced," said the press release - as the company also noted in its year-end results, reported here last week. www.cogeco.com