Editing Bell Canada (section)

====Atlantic Canada====
During the late 19th century, Bell sold its Atlantic operations in the three Maritime provinces, where many small independent companies also operated and eventually came under the ownership of three provincial companies. Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada with several private companies, and a government operation that was transferred to the control of Canadian National Railways.

Bell acquired interests in all Atlantic companies during the early 1960s, starting with Newfoundland Telephone (which later was organized as [[NewTel Communications]]) on July 24, 1962. Bell acquired controlling interest in [[Maritime Telephone and Telegraph Company]], later known as MT&T, which also owned PEI-based [[Island Telecom|Island Telephone]], and in Bruncorp, the parent company of [[NBTel]] in 1966. The purchase of MT&T was made despite efforts of the Nova Scotia legislature on September 10, 1966, to limit the voting power of any shareholder to 1000 votes. Bell-owned MT&T absorbed some 120 independent companies, most serving fewer than 50 customers each. Bell-owned NewTel purchased the CNR-owned [[Terra Nova Tel]] in 1988.

In the late 1990s, Newtel, Bruncorp, MT&T and Island Tel merged into Aliant, now [[Bell Aliant]] which owns many services in rural areas of Ontario and Quebec formerly owned by Bell Canada.

On January 1, 2011, Bell acquired xwave from Bell Aliant for $40 million, an information technology company offering sales and services in Atlantic Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases/show/bell-completes-acquisition-of-xwave|title=Bell completes acquisition of xwave|website=www.bce.ca|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2018}}</ref>