Northwestel

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Northwestel Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Headquarters	Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Area served	Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern British Columbia and northern Alberta
Key people	Charles Brown (chair) Curtis Shaw (president) Stan Thompson (CFO & VP Corp. Services) Andrew Pothier (VP Network & IT) Paul Gillard (VP Business Markets) Tammy April (VP Consumer Markets)
Parent	Bell Canada (1988-present) Sixty North Unity (sale pending)
Website	www.nwtel.ca

Northwestel Inc. (stylized as NorthwesTel) is a Canadian telecommunications company that is the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and long-distance carrier in the territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and part of Northern British Columbia. Originally established in 1979 by the Canadian National Railway from CN's northern telecommunications assets, it has been owned by BCE Inc. (formerly Bell Canada Enterprises) since 1988.