Wireless, high-speed Internet, digital TV register double-digital customer growth at MTS Allstream

WINNIPEG – MTS Allstream recorded double-digit customer and revenue growth in its wireless, high-speed Internet, digital TV and converged IP services in the first quarter ended March 31, according to financial results released May 8. But the company had 3,000 fewer residential phone lines as continued competitive pressures impacted all lines of business related to MTS Allstream’s traditional legacy services in the quarter with customers migrating to newer IP-based growth services. Although the number of residential phone lines was down 3,000 lines in the first quarter of 2007, the figure is about half the loss recorded in the same quarter of 2006. The improvement...