TORONTO – MTS Allstream continues to make “solid progress” on its converged IP sales, and reaffirmed its focus on expanding its IP fibre network into select markets across Canada.
In the first three months of 2012, Allstream connected 99 additional buildings bringing the total number of office buildings connected to its fibre network to 2,487 across Canada, an increase of 14.9%, year-over-year. The company said that some of its new customers include Air Inuit, Informatica, Keyence Canada, Les Sélections Francois Fréchette, LS telcom, Omnitrans, Progenics Cord Blood Cryobank, Rudd Clinic, TeraMach Technologies, and Zumwalt Investment Partnership.
"The demand for IP services in the market remains solid. The recent improvements in our IP provisioning processes enabled record installations in the month of March, which will help support our future sales performance," said president Dean Prevost, in a statement. "Allstream remains committed to its strategy of improving profitability through its focus on IP sales, and increasing the proportion of business served on-net, while tightly managing our costs."
