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Manitoba Telephone System reports gains and expansion in 1959
The publicly owned Manitoba Telephone System, serving about 3,500 employees, expanded across the province including Winnipeg, The Pas, Steinbach, Portage la Prairie, Snow Lake and Thompson. It completed a microwave link to Flin Flon, added nine dial offices, converted 5,280 subscribers to automatic dial, and handled 1.9 million local plus 25,000 long distance calls daily.
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Churchill
Lynn Lake
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Pas
Steinbach
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Flin Flon
Snow Lake
Thompson
United States