NBTel

NB Tel, Inc.
FormerlyNew Brunswick Telephone Company (1888-1998)
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorDominion Telegraph Company, Western Union, Bell Telephone Company (NB Assets acquired 1889)
FoundedApril 6, 1888; 136 years ago (1888-04-06) in Saint John, Canada
DefunctMay 9, 1999 (1999-05-09)
FateMerger
SuccessorAliant Inc.
Headquarters,
Area served
New Brunswick
ProductsFixed line and mobile telephony
Internet services
Digital television
Radio broadcasting
BrandsNB Tel, NB Tel Mobility, AIBN, BrunNet, NBNet, iWave
Revenue$522.480,000[1] (1998)
$118,715,000[1] (1998)
$54,766,000[1] (1998)
ParentBruncor
DivisionsNB Tel Mobility X Wave
Websitehttp://nbtel.nb.ca (defunct)

The New Brunswick Telephone Company, Limited (operating as NBTel) was a telecommunications company that operated in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The company was founded in 1888 after Bell Telephone Company of Canada's attempt to establish telephone service in the Maritimes failed and purchased Bell Canada's New Brunswick assets in 1889.[2] In 1973, NBTel purchased the last independent telephone operator in New Brunswick, giving it a monopoly for telephone service in the province.[2]

NBTel building in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick.

In 1924, the company built a telephone exchange in Sackville, New Brunswick. An extension was made in 1961 in order to house more equipment. Two years later, the building was sold to the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada.[3]

NBTel Phone Booth

Owned by holding company Bruncor, which Bell Canada gained a controlling interest in during the 1960s, NBTel was based in Saint John, New Brunswick, until its merger with the other Stentor Alliance companies in Atlantic Canada to form Aliant in 1999. In 2006, it is now known as Bell Aliant.

  1. ^ a b c "Split Rate Base Income Statement" (XLS). view.officeapps.live.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Case Study: The New Brunswick Telephone Company" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Historic Sites: 20th Century: NBTel Building". tantramarheritage.ca. Retrieved 14 April 2022.