Manitoba Telecom Services
Toronto symbol MBT, is Manitoba's main provider of regular and wireless phone services. The company also owns Allstream, which provides communication services to businesses across Canada.
TELUS CORP. (Toronto symbols T $57 and T.A $54; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 324.5 million; Market cap: $18.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.telus.com) has paid an undisclosed sum for Wolf Medical Systems, which makes software that helps hospitals and clinics convert patient records to electronic form.
Doctors can also use Wolf’s …read more »
TELUS $54.45 (Toronto symbol T.A; Shares outstanding: 324.5 million; Market cap: $17.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.3%; www.telus.com) continues to benefit from rising smartphone demand. Smartphone users now account for 48% of its wireless subscribers, up from 28% a year ago.
In the three months ended September 30, 2011, Telus added 114,000 new wireless subscribers, down 25.5% from …read more »
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $30 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 65.7 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 5.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mtsallstream.com) has 1.3 million telephone and wireless customers in Manitoba. This business now accounts for 55% of the company’s revenue. The remaining 45% comes from its Allstream division, which provides …read more »
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. (Toronto symbol MBT; www.mts.ca) has over 1.3 million telephone and wireless customers in Manitoba. This business now accounts for 54% of the company’s revenue.
The remaining 46% comes from its Allstream division, which provides integrated telephone, Internet and other communication services to businesses across Canada.
In the three months ended September 30, 2011, Manitoba Tel’s revenue fell …read more »
BELL ALIANT INC. $28.65 (Toronto symbol BA: Shares outstanding: 227.8 million; Market cap: $6.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 6.6%; www.aliant.ca) sells telephone and Internet services to 2.8 million customers in Atlantic Canada, as well as rural parts of Ontario and Quebec. The company also sells wireless services through an alliance with BCE, which owns 43.8% of Bell Aliant.
The …read more »
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $32.72 (Toronto symbol MBT; Shares outstanding: 65.5 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.mts.ca) plans to deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless technology in 2012. LTE networks are up to five times faster than its current high-speed wireless systems.
The company did not reveal the cost of these upgrades. However, this technology …read more »
EMERA INC. $33 (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 121.8 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) gets 70% of its revenue from Nova Scotia Power Inc., which is Nova Scotia’s main electrical-power supplier. It gets the rest comes from its interests in pipelines and power companies in the …read more »
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $33 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 65.7 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 5.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mtsallstream.com) has over 1.3 million telephone and wireless customers in Manitoba. This business now accounts for 54% of the company’s revenue. The remaining 46% comes from its Allstream division, which …read more »
BCE, Telus and Manitoba Telecom are facing rising competition from cable companies, as well as new entrants in the wireless market.
However, all three companies have spent heavily on their wireless and high-speed Internet networks in the past few years. That’s letting them launch new services, like Internet-based TV. The extra cash flows from these services should let all three firms …read more »
MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $32.43 (Toronto symbol MBT; Shares outstanding: 65.5 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.mts.ca) has been upgrading its wireless and Internet networks in the past few years. That’s helping it attract new customers for its wireless, high-speed Internet and Internet-based TV services.
As well, the company has lowered its annual costs by …read more »
