Navigata NU
alias: ThinkTel and Distributel
- Website: https://www.thinktel.ca/ Domain since 2003 (23y)
At a glance
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Inventory by NPA
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By status
- WORKING 66,817 · 99.9%
- DISCONN 34 · 0.1%
- RESERVED 2 · 0.0%
- TRANSIT 1 · 0.0%
Inventory age buckets
- < 1 month 4 · 0.0%
- 1–3 months 136 · 0.2%
- 3–12 months 4,793 · 6.7%
- 1–2 years 7,524 · 10.6%
- 2–5 years 20,504 · 28.8%
- 5+ years 33,856 · 47.5%
Ages are measured from each number's last change in the Somos registry — that's the most recent activation, transfer, or status move. Not necessarily the date this RespOrg originally acquired it.
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Trajectory
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| Month | Inventory | Acquired | Harvested | Lost | From spare | To spare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03 | 31,706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-06 | 32,157 | 979 | 5 | 528 | 382 | 327 |
| 2018-09 | 47,750 | 17,061 | 26 | 1,468 | 976 | 88 |
| 2018-10 | 48,899 | 1,401 | 67 | 252 | 1,109 | 71 |
| 2018-11 | 49,664 | 1,363 | 0 | 598 | 1,129 | 3 |
| 2018-12 | 49,111 | 277 | 0 | 830 | 178 | 386 |
| 2019-01 | 49,186 | 286 | 11 | 211 | 181 | 0 |
| 2019-02 | 50,349 | 1,785 | 0 | 622 | 1,481 | 0 |
| 2019-03 | 51,021 | 1,186 | 0 | 514 | 809 | 0 |
| 2019-04 | 52,043 | 1,238 | 0 | 216 | 854 | 0 |
| 2019-05 | 52,702 | 820 | 0 | 161 | 471 | 1 |
| 2019-06 | 53,772 | 1,277 | 0 | 207 | 769 | 0 |
| 2019-08 | 51,030 | 569 | 0 | 3,311 | 329 | 3,003 |
| 2019-09 | 54,380 | 3,748 | 0 | 398 | 3,571 | 2 |
| 2019-10 | 54,757 | 643 | 0 | 266 | 487 | 79 |
| 2019-11 | 54,687 | 108 | 1 | 178 | 13 | 4 |
| 2019-12 | 56,258 | 1,977 | 0 | 406 | 1,490 | 5 |
| 2020-01 | 56,658 | 667 | 0 | 267 | 549 | 1 |
| 2020-02 | 57,396 | 975 | 0 | 237 | 741 | 5 |
| 2020-03 | 57,830 | 738 | 0 | 304 | 612 | 0 |
| 2020-04 | 59,178 | 1,659 | 0 | 311 | 1,502 | 0 |
| 2020-05 | 58,333 | 156 | 0 | 1,001 | 66 | 13 |
| 2020-06 | 59,213 | 1,153 | 0 | 273 | 516 | 2 |
| 2020-07 | 58,689 | 906 | 0 | 1,430 | 800 | 1 |
| 2020-08 | 59,947 | 1,601 | 2 | 343 | 786 | 2 |
| 2020-09 | 60,025 | 502 | 0 | 424 | 400 | 4 |
| 2020-10 | 60,161 | 580 | 0 | 444 | 516 | 0 |
| 2020-11 | 61,192 | 1,583 | 1 | 552 | 1,442 | 0 |
| 2020-12 | 61,418 | 624 | 0 | 398 | 495 | 8 |
| 2021-01 | 61,131 | 159 | 0 | 446 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021-02 | 61,524 | 963 | 9 | 570 | 682 | 0 |
| 2021-03 | 64,159 | 3,087 | 1 | 452 | 2,976 | 3 |
| 2021-04 | 63,813 | 93 | 0 | 439 | 26 | 0 |
| 2021-05 | 63,160 | 47 | 0 | 700 | 13 | 3 |
| 2022-05 | 43,154 | 1,207 | 5 | 21,213 | 109 | 142 |
| 2022-06 | 44,081 | 1,071 | 1 | 144 | 80 | 1 |
| 2022-07 | 43,848 | 46 | 1 | 279 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022-08 | 43,751 | 26 | 0 | 123 | 3 | 29 |
| 2022-09 | 46,826 | 3,109 | 6 | 34 | 107 | 1 |
| 2022-10 | 46,827 | 156 | 1 | 155 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022-11 | 46,949 | 167 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-12 | 47,310 | 393 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023-01 | 47,374 | 2,092 | 0 | 2,028 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-02 | 47,173 | 28 | 2 | 229 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023-03 | 47,304 | 301 | 0 | 170 | 253 | 2 |
| 2023-04 | 47,345 | 114 | 0 | 73 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023-05 | 47,543 | 248 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-06 | 47,569 | 80 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023-07 | 43,848 | 2,935 | 30 | 6,656 | 747 | 356 |
| 2023-08 | 47,528 | 6,751 | 0 | 3,071 | 355 | 744 |
| 2023-09 | 47,527 | 59 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-10 | 48,010 | 535 | 1 | 52 | 493 | 0 |
| 2023-11 | 56,408 | 8,451 | 1 | 53 | 1,000 | 0 |
| 2023-12 | 61,848 | 8,352 | 10 | 2,912 | 4,206 | 236 |
| 2024-02 | 57,632 | 2,589 | 13 | 6,805 | 238 | 2,933 |
| 2024-03 | 59,574 | 2,040 | 1 | 98 | 1,914 | 0 |
| 2024-04 | 59,568 | 63 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-05 | 59,195 | 54 | 0 | 427 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-06 | 58,922 | 45 | 0 | 318 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-07 | 58,736 | 35 | 0 | 221 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-08 | 61,476 | 3,008 | 1 | 268 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024-09 | 61,144 | 25 | 0 | 357 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-10 | 61,042 | 33 | 0 | 135 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-11 | 60,992 | 50 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-12 | 61,396 | 456 | 0 | 52 | 210 | 0 |
| 2025-01 | 61,798 | 1,091 | 1 | 689 | 951 | 0 |
| 2025-02 | 61,832 | 94 | 0 | 60 | 53 | 0 |
| 2025-03 | 61,832 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-04 | 61,802 | 57 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-05 | 64,521 | 3,036 | 0 | 317 | 3,004 | 0 |
| 2025-06 | 64,270 | 107 | 0 | 358 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-07 | 64,261 | 50 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-08 | 64,230 | 46 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-09 | 68,237 | 4,087 | 27 | 80 | 3,982 | 0 |
| 2025-10 | 66,639 | 32 | 0 | 1,630 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-11 | 66,680 | 120 | 0 | 79 | 47 | 0 |
| 2025-12 | 66,781 | 180 | 0 | 79 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-01 | 66,865 | 143 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02 | 66,863 | 73 | 0 | 75 | 20 | 0 |
| 2026-03 | 66,840 | 54 | 0 | 77 | 20 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 66,868 | 101 | 0 | 73 | 4 | 0 |
Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)
Inbound (numbers acquired)
| Direct transfer from another RespOrg | 75,765.0 |
| Harvested from disconnect pool | 198.0 |
| First assigned from spare pool | 49,830.0 |
| Reactivated own disconnects | 183.0 |
Outbound (numbers lost)
| Direct transfer to another RespOrg | 58,260.0 |
| Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC) | 2,721 |
| Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC) | 1,270 |
| Released directly to spare pool | 12,892.0 |
Of the 3,991 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 32% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status).
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Summary
Navigata was a hosted pbx service but is now part of ThinkTel., the Business Services Division of Distributel. Distributel is a 30 year old privately held, independent Canadian CLEC covering over 1000 cities in Canada.
About Navigata
Navigata, operating as ThinkTel with RespOrg code NUM01, is a Canadian telecommunications provider offering voice, data, internet, and related services, historically linked to Teliphone Navigata-Westel Communications Inc., a facilities-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) founded in 1957 as BC Rail Telecom.[2][3] The company is headquartered in Ottawa, ON (per query), with additional references to Vancouver, BC, and appears to be part of or rebranded under ThinkTel (https://www.thinktel.ca/), though public/private status and exact size are unclear from available sources.[2][3] No confirmed parent company or recent size metrics found.
Affiliations: Historically associated with Teliphone Navigata-Westel Communications Inc., a public company operating networks in Canada and the US; possible rebranding or subsidiary relation to ThinkTel, but unconfirmed.[2][3]
Toll-free / RespOrg activity: No specific news on toll-free or RespOrg activity found in sources. Website thinktel.ca/ may have details but not covered here.
AI-generated summary (confidence: low), last updated 2026-04-30. Verify against primary sources before quoting.
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