Christmas Ranks Number One
TORONTO
,
Dec. 23
/CNW/ - Primus Telecommunications
Canada
, the country's largest alternative telecommunications carrier, tracked the number of long distance calls residential customers made on each of the past 19 major holidays. Canadians made the most calls on Christmas, with 577,205 calls totaling 5,339,685 minutes spent talking on the phone. The second and third most calls were made on Mother's Day and Diwali, respectively.
The complete list is included below.
Calls Minutes
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1. Christmas 577,205 5,339,685
2. Mother's Day 466,467 4,728,103
3. Diwali 419,275 3,557,607
4. Father's Day 411,835 3,975,558
5. Chinese New Year 406,653 3,637,771
6. Easter Monday 401,561 3,430,138
7. Remembrance Day 400,042 3,762,908
8. Holi 385,169 3,395,986
9. St. Patricks Day 380,875 3,169,536
10. St. Jean Baptiste 379,786 2,958,280
11. New Years Day 372,355 3,475,439
12. Boxing Day 366,081 3,429,896
13. Valentines Day 341,540 3,289,595
14. Civic Holiday 340,229 2,906,213
15. Victoria Day 339,327 3,226,806
16. Good Friday 338,657 3,022,069
17. Canada Day 333,713 2,873,636
18. Thanksgiving Day 326,560 2,976,465
19. Labour Day 319,025 3,077,281
The findings are based on an analysis of the usage of Primus' several hundred thousand long distance customers across
Canada
. Long distance calls include domestic calls as well as out-of-country calls.
Primus Telecommunications
Canada
Inc. is the largest alternative communications carrier in
Canada
and now serves over 1 million customers across its suite of services. Primus
Canada
offers among the widest selection of consumer and business telecommunications services available nationwide including Home Phone, Internet, Long Distance, VoIP, Wireless, Hosting, Managed services and Enterprise IP Telephony. Primus
Canada
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of McLean, Virginia-based Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (OTCBB: PMUG). Additional information is available at www.primus.ca
For further information: Hannah Arnold or Shannon Vander Hook, Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, Inc. Public Relations, (212) 575-4545
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