Eastlink buys Sunwire services in Sudbury, Timmins and surrounding areas

Eastlink said Monday it had purchased Sudbury-based Sunwire's home internet, TV and phone services. (File)

Eastlink said Monday it had purchased Sudbury-based Sunwire's home internet, TV and phone services.

"We are pleased to welcome Sunwire customers to the Eastlink family," Eastlink CEO Jeff Gillham said in a news release.

"They have our commitment that we will work hard every day to earn their business as we continue to invest, grow and build on the products and services we offer with the care and excellence to customer service for which we have become known."

The sale price was not released.

Jason Legault, Sunwire president and CEO, said in the release that he was confident that Eastlink was the right company to take over.

"Eastlink has a strong record of service and operational excellence in the communities it serves," Legault said.

"Sunwire will continue to provide innovative solutions and exceptional service to our business customers as we put all our focus towards our SolSwitch communications platform, cybersecurity and IT structured cabling and business internet."

Eastlink is a Canadian family-owned and operated telecommunications company. It has spent more than $180 million in northern Ontario in the past decade – including $75 million in the past five years -- to connect hundreds of communities with high-speed internet and other advanced communications services powered by the company's fibre network.

For its part, Sunwire has operated for more than 15 years in telecommunications, including voice and phone infrastructures, network engineering, software development, cybersecurity and IT and structured cabling.

Originally founded as a software development firm, Sunwire achieved early success by developing the SolSwitch – a state-of-the-art, fully customizable and scalable cloud communications platform.