Cable / Telecom News

CCSA and Power & Tel sign bulk deal


QUISPAMSIS, N.B. – The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance and Power & Telephone Supply Canada announced today their completion of a bulk purchase master agreement for Commscope drop and hardline cable, strand, drop connectors, and pole & drop line hardware.

With a subscriber base of approximately one million, the CCSA represents the commercial interests of 93 independent member companies for group purchases of programming, equipment and services.

“We are pleased to endorse Power & Tel as CCSA’s supplier of drop cable, hardline cable, strand, drop connectors and pole and drop line hardware,” said Sylvia Janssen, director of purchasing at CCSA, in a release.

Operating from five sales offices and three warehouses from coast-to-coast, Power & Tel provides services such as third party materials management, web-based ordering, EDI, just-in-time consignment inventory, on-staff application engineers and detailed customer reporting.

"We see real value in what the CCSA is doing for its members and are pleased to fully support those efforts,” added national sales manager, Jonathan Newman. “Power & Tel is delighted to have been selected to provide so many of the products that those members require every day.”

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