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Bruce Telecom joins OTA

OTTAWA - Bruce Telecom has joined the Ontario Telecommunications Association (OTA) as its twentieth member. “The independent telephone companies of Ontario have a bright future as we diversify our traditional offerings with services such as digital television and cellular and at the same time extend our reach into competitive regions beyond our historic local exchange boundaries”, said CEO Michael Andrews, in the announcement. Based in Newmarket, Ontario, the OTA represents the regulatory and commercial interests of 20 diversified small incumbent local exchange carriers (SILECs), which together serve approximately 100,000 access lines and provide a broad range of telephone, Internet, cellular...