18 Facts About MTS TV

Bell MTS Inc is a subsidiary of BCE Inc that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba.

Bell MTS TV is the naming rights holder of a venue in Winnipeg, the Bell MTS TV Iceplex.

Under Bell ownership, Bell MTS TV will serve as the headquarters of Bell's telecom businesses in western Canada.

MTS TV is the descendant company of Manitoba Government Telephones, which went into operation in January 1908 after the government of Manitoba bought Bell Canada's Manitoba operations.

MTS TV announced in late 1947 that it would modernize its long-distance equipment in both Winnipeg and Brandon, using Siemens Brothers Ltd.

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Also in the late 1950s, MTS TV located one of its administrative offices on Empress St near the newly opened Polo Park Shopping Centre complex.

In July 1979, MTS TV announced that it would be a pioneer in Telidon-based two-way electronic information services.

MTS TV was a pioneer in offering videotex at the commercial level.

In January 1999, MTS TV partnered with Bell Canada to form Intrigna, a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier which was created to expand telecommunications options for the business market in Alberta and British Columbia.

This, as well as the collapse of a microwave relay tower linking Churchill in early January 2000, lead MTS TV to initiate upgrades to the Radisson-Churchill corridor with fibre optics and the Lynn Lake-Thompson corridor with a digital microwave system to replace the outdated equipment.

In 2003, MTS TV purchased the naming rights for the True North Centre in downtown Winnipeg, renaming it the MTS TV Centre.

On March 31,2011 MTS TV officially launched a HSPA+ wireless network along with the availability Apple's iPhone series of smartphones starting with the iPhone 4.

In September 2012, MTS TV launched LTE, with it initially rolling out in the cities of Winnipeg and Brandon.

Bell stated that it intended to maintain MTS TV's existing wireless pricing structure for at least a year after the closure of the acquisition.

In October 2018, Bell MTS TV began to integrate its wireless subscribers into the national Bell Mobility business.

In late August 2019, BellMTS TV announced that it will no longer serve some rural communities with wireless Internet service via the "rural Internet program" because of a decrease in wholesale fees mandated by the CRTC.

Bell MTS TV operates an IPTV service, Bell MTS TV Fibe TV, which is available in Brandon, Carberry, Dauphin, Killarney, Minnedosa, Neepawa, Oakbank, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, The Pas, Thompson, and Winnipeg.

Bell MTS TV offers cable television service in Carman, Holland, Manitou, Miami, Morris, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Plum Coulee, St Claude, St Jean Baptiste, Treherne, Altona, Morden, and Winkler.