Tag: Atlantic Canada
Lanvac adds sixth central station in Canada
May 29, 2013Rich Miller
OTTAWA, Ontario—Lanvac, a wholesale monitoring provider based here, has added a sixth central station to its Canadian network by acquiring Safe Harbour Security of Sydney, Nova Scotia in a deal valued at $3 million.The acquisition, announced this month, included 300 dealers and 50,000 accounts, bringing Lanvac's total across Canada to 1,000 dealers and more than 300,000 customers. About 55 percent of the accounts are residential, with 45 percent commercial and institutional.“We did not...
Bell Aliant now securing homes in Atlantic Canada
May 7, 2013SSN Staff
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—Bell Aliant, a telecommunications company based here, has made its NextGen Home Security system available in Atlantic Canada, according to a company news release.Both Bell Aliant and Rogers Communications, a Canadian cable company, announced earlier this year that they planned to bring professionally installed and monitored home security/home automation to Atlantic Canada in 2013.This week, Bell Aliant announced that NextGen Home Security is available in that region. It...
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Cableco expands home security to Canada's 'Golden Horseshoe'
March 13, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
I wrote recently about two Canadian giants, cable company Rogers Communications and telecommunications company Bell Aliant, planning to offer home security/home automation for the first time in Atlantic Canada this spring. And now Rogers has announced it's expanding the service in its Ontario footprint.
Rogers launched its Smart Home Monitoring in its cable footprint in Ontario in August 2011. And today, Toronto-based Rogers announced it is now expanding its offering to Ontario's “Golden Horseshoe.”...