text: SERVICES THAT MEET THE INCREASING DEMANDS OF 
  TODAY’S CRITICAL BUSINESS APPLICATIONS 
  (cid:129) voice, data networking, Internet protocol (IP) and ethernet services 
  over multiservice customer access devices that allow customers to 
  scale and add services such as private networking, Internet, IP voice 
  (SIP) and cloud solutions which blend seamlessly to grow with their 
  business requirements 
  
  ACQUISITIONS 
  We made two major acquisitions this year that allow Business Solutions 
  to further enhance its suite of enterprise-level data centre and cloud 
  computing services, enabling Canadian businesses to benefit from a 
  single provider able to ensure end-to-end security and reliability of 
  critical business applications. 
  (cid:129) Blackiron (from Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc.) 
  
  (cid:129) optical wave, Internet, ethernet and multi-protocol 
  
  label switching 
  (MPLS) services provide scalable and secure metro and wide area 
  private networking that enable and interconnect critical business 
  applications for businesses that have one or many offices, data 
  centres or points of presence (as well as cloud applications) across 
  Canada 
  
  for 
  $198 million on April 17, 2013 
  (cid:129) Pivot Data Centres for $158 million on October 1, 2013. 