Canadian Pacific Limited - Telecommunications

Telecommunications

Along with railways, CPR also established telegraph operations to allow communications to remote areas. Established as CPR Telegraph Company in 1894, it later became CNCP Telecommunications in 1967 (co-owned with rival Canadian National Railway) and as Unitel Communications Incorporated 1990. Prior to the name change to Unitel, Rogers Communications acquired a stake in 1984 and later sold to AT&T Canada in 1984. Unitel disappeared into AT&T in 1993 and Rogers sold the rest by 1995. AT&T Canada was later sold off by parent AT&T into an independent company, MTS Allstream.

Stock Code: MBT (TSX)
Headquarters: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Telegraph operations within CNCP under AT&T Canada ended in 1999 and sold to Montreal-based Téléegram Plus.