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Videotron funds 535,000 calls to Haiti

MONTREAL - Videotron has logged 535,000 telephone calls, totalling more than 3 million minutes, from its customers to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.The company announced last month that it would make calls to Haiti free for subscribers to its residential telephone service for 30 days, from January 12 through February 12.“We felt it was our duty to make it as easy as possible for our residential telephone customers to call Haiti,” said president and CEO Robert Dépatie, in a statement. “It made it possible for many Quebecers, particularly those of Haitian origin, to freely contact their friends and relatives in Haiti during this...