Bell Nordiq, TBayTel partner to create northwestern Ontario telecom hub

MONTREAL and THUNDER BAY - Bell Nordiq Group and TBayTel announced late Tuesday they intend to create a northwestern Ontario telecommunications hub. Further to their discussions, as previously reported by www.cartt.ca, both parties have agreed to not proceed with an equity partnership at this time, but rather will let their relationship evolve starting with “leveraging their collective strengths to expand into new markets and services and enhancing existing telecom offerings,” says the press release.For example, TBayTel has an application before the CRTC to allow it to launch a terrestrial TV service, but needs help to do it."The contemplated alliance will...