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 RADIO MINI-PAGE QUEBEC INC. OUR STORY 
Radio Mini-Page was founded in 1965 by Robert Boulinguez. The name Mini-Page was chosen because of the size of the MINI pagers and was added to PAGE which was a term used
in medieval times to describe people in charge of delivering messages.
Radio Mini-Page specialized in the rental of tone pagers (beeper) as well as
voice pagers. The coverage offered in the beginning was approximately 50 kilometres around the
Quebec City.
In May 1979, Robert Boulinguez sold Radio Mini Page to his son Patrick Boulinguez who pursued the expansion of the company. In 1962 Patrick
bought a lot on Mont-Belair. A telecommunications tower with an elevation of 50 meters was installed to enlarge the coverage in the Valcartier and Lac Beauport
areas. Following this, another lot was bought at St-Tite-des-caps with a
55-meter tower to cover Mont Ste-Anne, the Beaupré coast as well as
Montmagny. In 1988, Patrick Boulinguez bought a lot on the summit of Mont Belair
to relocate the existing 50-meter tower. Then, in 1994, this tower was replaced by a
105-meter tower to improve service in the Portneuf region. In 1988, a new
90-meter tower is installed at St-Frederique de Beauce, thus enlarging coverage
in the Beauce region. In 1991, 3 new lots are bought at Ste-Apolline de Montmagny with a
60-meter tower enlarging the coverage up to St-Jean-Port-Joly on the South shore and from St-Tile-des-caps to the Malbaie region on the North shore.
In 1993, a new 40-meter tower is installed at Cap-à-l'Aigle in the Charlevoix region. This tower allows Radio Mini Page to
provide service from St-Hilarion to St-Simeon on the North shore and from St-Jean-Port-Joly to Rivière du Loup on the South shore.
Presently, the coverage offered by Radio Mini-Page is as follows: From Plessiville
to Rivière du Loup, from Champlain to Malbaie, from Portneuf and the Quebec City metropolitan area to St-Georges de Beauce as well as Lac Beauport and Valcartier.
In January 2002, Radio Mini-page added a new 200-feet tower at Tadoussac. In September 2002 Radio Mini-Page replaced its
30-meter tower in Ste-Foy for an 80-meter one.
To follow-up with its expansion of tower sites, Radio Mini-Page adds a new division to its paging services. In 1985, Radio Mini-Page develops its tower site rental
services. Due to municipal restrictions that regulate the installation of
telecommunications towers, as well as the development of new technologies such as wireless telephone systems, numeric radio and
television, and Internet access through micro-waves, the rental of
well-situated tower sites has become a new and promising avenue for Radio Mini-Page
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