Primus Canada

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Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.

Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area served	Canada United States
Key people	Michael Nowlan, CEO Matt Stein, CTO
Products	Hosted PBX, SIP Trunking, Carrier Ethernet, Fibre, VoIP, High-Speed Access, Long Distance, Wireless
Employees	600
Website	primus.ca

Primus Telecommunications Canada, Inc. is the largest alternative telecommunications service provider in Canada. Primus Canada offers a wide selection of consumer and business telecommunications services available nationwide including Internet, VoIP, Home Phone, Long Distance, Wireless, Hosting, Managed Services and Enterprise IP Telephony. In the United States, Primus provides reliable and affordable digital home phone (VoIP) service under the Lingo brand. Primus Canada, acquired by York Capital Management in July 2013, was founded in 1997 and has since grown to over 600 employees in offices across Canada including Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, London and Edmundston.

Primus Business Services

Primus Business Services is a leading, national, full service Voice and Data Access Solutions Provider keeping clients' mission-critical applications and communication infrastructure connected for enhanced business productivity. Primus Business Services is a division of Primus Canada Inc. Primus Business Services offers a complete line of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions: IP-Voice Solutions, Hosted Phone Systems, Access, Carrier Ethernet, Business Internet and IP Connectivity Solutions to over 45,000 Canadian companies.

Acquisition of Magma Communications

In early 2004, Primus Canada acquired Ottawa-based Magma Communications Ltd.,^[1] an ISP with customers based mostly in the Ottawa and Toronto metropolitan areas.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, Primus Canada merged Magma's customer databases, services and call centres into its own organization, gradually phasing out the Magma brand.^{[citation needed]}

Sale of Primus Canada and Primus US Retail Telecom Assets To York Capital Management

On Friday, May 10, 2013,^[2] Primus Telecommunications Group announced the sale of their North American retail telecommunications operations in the United States and Canada to York Capital Management for about US$129 million. The deal is expected to close in 3Q2013.

References

↑ "PRIMUS Canada Acquires Magma, Ottawa's Premier Internet Services Company" (Press release). PRIMUS Telecommunications Canada Inc. April 15, 2004. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
↑ "PTGi Sells North America Telecom for US$129 Million to York Capital Management" (Press release). PRIMUS Telecommunications Group Inc. May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.

External links

Official website

v t e Canadian VOIP Providers

Public internet	BabyTEL Comwave Iristel Primus Canada TekSavvy Vonage

Private network	Access Communications Cogeco EastLink Rogers Telecom Shaw Vidéotron Westman

v t e Canadian mobile phone companies

Network operators	Bell Mobility Eastlink Wireless ICE Wireless Inukshuk Wireless MTS Mobility Mobilicity Public Mobile Rogers Wireless SaskTel Mobility Telus Mobility Mike TBayTel Mobility Vidéotron Mobile Wind Mobile

MVNOs (virtual)	CityWest Mobility Chatr Cityfone Primus Zoomer Wireless Fido Koodo Mobile Latitude Wireless PC Mobile Virgin Mobile Canada Ztar Mobile 7-Eleven Petro-Canada

Upcoming (2013)	LycaMobile

Defunct	Amp'd Mobile Clearnet Communications Clearnet (Telus Mobility) DMTS Mobility Solo Mobile Sprint Canada

Related	System access fee

v t e Canadian Internet service providers

Incumbent	Bell Aliant Bell Internet Cogeco Eastlink MTS Allstream Rogers Hi-Speed Internet SaskTel Shaw Communications Telus Vidéotron YourLink

Independent	National Capital Freenet Mobilicity Primus Canada TekSavvy Wind Mobile YourLink

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