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PRIMUS CANADA RANKS COUNTRY’S “CHATTIEST” HOLIDAYS

Christmas Ranks Number One




Toronto, Dec. 23, 2009 - 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
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
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