Bell to sell Northwestel for $1B to Indigenous-owned three-territory group
Key northern company to become largest Indigenous-owned telecom in world
A consortium of Indigenous communities from the three territories has purchased Northwestel for $1 billion, in a deal said to advance Indigenous self-determination through ownership of critical telecommunications infrastructure in the North. Sixty North Unity, as well as Northwestel and Bell Canada announced the deal on Tuesday. Darrell Beaulieu speaks…