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Company Background 

The company was started in 1954 by an individual in Sudbury who operated a reliable message service for many years on “cord-boards.” The company was purchased in 1980 and the name was changed to Northern Communication Services at that time. A new invention called “pagers” was introduced to the market place and was very well received. 

The company prospered and through mergers and acquisitions now has branches in Sudbury, North Bay and Timmins.  Currently the company is 100% owned by a group of individuals residing in Northern Ontario. Within this group, there is both significant financial strength and an intangible sense of "Northern Ontario" ownership.  This allows us to quickly respond to the unique needs and requirements of our customers.

The Message Centre in Sudbury has won the Award of Excellence eight times in the last eleven years for the service that we provide to our customers.  The national Call Management Association (CAM-X) presented these national awards.   

In operating a twenty-four hour answering service we ended up monitoring both Burglar alarms, Fire alarms and a number of other types of alarms such as gas, temperature, water etc. as well. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, we are now the largest supplier of alarm systems in Northern Ontario and a member of the Canadian Alarm and Security Organization (CANASA). Northern Communications operates our own alarm monitoring station. The monitoring station not only monitors alarms for our own clients but for many third party alarm companies as well.

We are listed by Under Writer’s Laboratories (UL) and are inspected on an annual basis for compliance with their standards. With a separate monitoring location and specially trained staff we also provide Fire Dispatch to our clients. We have been providing this specialised emergency service for more than forty years.

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