Trois-Rivières, February 19, 2016 – Cogeco Connexion is proud to announce that it has won the Entreprise de services à la personne award (“services to people company”) at the Gala Radisson, an annual event presented by the Chambre de commerce et d’industries de Trois-Rivières. The Gala Radisson honours outstanding companies in Trois-Rivières and celebrates success in the city’s business community.

“Cogeco Connexion is especially proud to receive this award, which recognizes all the effort made by the members of our great team to provide the best service possible, while remaining deeply rooted in the Trois-Rivières community and in tune with the city’s energy,” said Johanne Hinse, Vice President, Sales Consumer Market and Community Relations, Cogeco Connexion. “As we approach Cogeco’s 60th anniversary, founded in 1957 here in Trois-Rivières, this award reflects the company’s strength and the key position it holds among the region’s major economic players,” Ms. Hinse added.

At the 31st Gala Radisson, the Entreprise de services à la personne award was given by the jury to the company that distinguishes itself in terms of its achievements in job creation and retention, innovation and development, as well as sales growth and customer retention and expansion. The evaluation criteria for this award also included quality of business practices and financial management, as well as corporate reputation and level of social involvement.

 

 

ABOUT COGECO CONNEXION

Cogeco Connexion (www.cogeco.ca) regroups the Canadian cable operations of Cogeco Communications Inc. Cogeco Connexion is the second largest cable operator in Ontario and Québec in terms of the number of basic cable service customers served. It provides its residential and small business customers with video, Internet and telephony services through its two-way broadband fibre rich network. Cogeco Communications Inc. is a communications corporation and is the 11th largest hybrid fibre coaxial cable operator in North America operating in Canada under the Cogeco Connexion brand name in Québec and Ontario, and in the United States through its subsidiary Atlantic Broadband in western Pennsylvania, south Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and eastern Connecticut. Through Cogeco Peer 1, Cogeco Communications Inc. provides its business customers with a suite of information technology services (colocation, network connectivity, managed hosting, cloud services and managed IT services), through its 21 data centres, extensive FastFiber NetworkTM and more than 50 points-of-presence in North America and Europe. Cogeco Communications Inc.’s subordinate voting shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: CCA).

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Information and interview requests:

Katherine Chartrand

Public Relations Director

Cogeco Connexion

514-764-4674

katherine.chartrand@cogeco.com