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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Communications Services |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Bécancour,Québec, Canada |
Key people | Roch Dubé - President & CEO |
| Owner | Bell Aliant, Bell Canada |
Number of employees | 750 |
| Parent | BCE Inc. |
| Website | www.telebec.com |
Télébec LP is atelephone company located inQuebec,Canada. It serves various sectors like theJames Bay territory area, theAbitibi-Témiscamingue region, parts of central and southern Quebec and parts of theOutaouais region.
Currently, Télébec is the landline carrier for over 180,000 customers spread on about 750,000 square kilometres, making it the telephone company with the largest territory in Quebec.
Télébec is anADSLInternet Service Provider (ISP) through Télébec Internet, which is also closely linked withBell Internet.
The name Télébec originated with the first telephone company to operate a municipal system in the town ofBécancour, "TéléphoneBécancour", which was founded in 1965 by a group of businessmen. Three years later, Télébec merged with seven other phone companies: Téléphone Princeville ltée, Télécommunication Richelieu ltée, Téléphone de Contrecoeur ltée, Compagnie de Téléphone La Tuque ltée, Télécommunications de l'Est ltée, Compagnie de Téléphone Arthabaska ltée, and Compagnie de Téléphone Pontiac ltée.
Other telephone companies were sold to Télébec over previous years, with some merged into Télébec.
In 1996 Télébec createdTélébec Mobilité, aCDMA andHSPA mobile phone service provider affiliated withBell Mobility.
Since January 30, 2007, Télébec is a wholly owned subsidiary ofBell Aliant, although forInter-Exchange Carrier andCompetitive Local Exchange Carrier service agreements it is still considered independent by Bell.
Since 2016 it has been a subsidiary ofBCE Inc., afterBell Aliant operations were consolidated into those ofBell Canada.[1]
