Cable / Telecom News

Bell launches third-party VOIP, and Digital Voice in Southern Ontario

TORONTO – The headline on the release this morning touted Bell’s VOIP launch in Toronto and Hamilton, but deeper into the release, the telco said it’s also launched a “lite” version to compete throughout Ontario and Quebec that’ll work on anyone’s broadband connection. Bell's existing IP telephony service, launched last March in its territories of Québec City, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke, is being renamed Bell Digital Voice Lite and made available throughout Quebec and Ontario starting today, says the company. As the “lite” tag implies. It’s meant to be a “convenient, portable solution, targeted mainly to secondary line users and individuals...