Dryden Municipal Telephone Service

Dryden Municipal Telephone System
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded1912
HeadquartersDryden, Northern Ontario, Canada
ProductsHigh Speed Internet
Landline Telephone
OwnerBCE Inc.
Number of employees
26 [1]
ParentBCE Inc.
Websitewww.dmts.biz

Dryden Municipal Telephone System (DMTS) is a formerly-municipally owned telephone company in Dryden, Ontario, Canada, offering local residential and business land line service within Dryden, long-distance service to Dryden and surrounding areas.

DMTS is also the largest internet service provider in the region, providing DSL, Dial-up, and operating the largest high-speed wireless internet network in Northwestern Ontario providing coverage to more than 1000 square kilometers around Dryden. DMTS also has a partnership with Xplornet for satellite internet service.

Bell Aliant completed its purchase of DMTS on January 1, 2013.[2] Bell Aliant plans on continuing to use the DMTS brand name. Since 2016 it has been considered a subsidiary of BCE as Bell Aliant's operations were consolidated into those of Bell Canada.[3]

  1. ^ Industry Canada retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ Bell Aliant Press Release Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ CRTC Ownership structure 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-06