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Navigata

alias: ThinkTel and Distributel

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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-base… read more ↓

Transfer network

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Transfer Funnel (acquired at a drop, then moved on) Off-hours fast pickup
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Based in Ottawa, ON
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Based in Ottawa, ON
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At a glance

Active numbers
66,708
#70 of 481
Change over 4 years
+35,002
+110.4% · #29 of 159
Opportunism Index
0.22%
#207 of 320
Vanity matches
21.7%
#121 of 206
Median inventory age
64 mo
5.3 years since last change
#60 of 206 oldest
Sub-codes in use
3
NUM01, NUM02, NUM99

Inventory by NPA

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By status

  • WORKING 66,637, 99.9%
  • DISCONN 48, 0.1%
  • TRANSIT 8, 0.0%
  • RESERVED 1, 0.0%

Inventory age buckets

  • < 1 month 4, 0.0%
  • 1–3 months 186, 0.3%
  • 3–12 months 4,748, 6.5%
  • 1–2 years 7,603, 10.4%
  • 2–5 years 20,346, 27.8%
  • 5+ years 33,750, 46.1%

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

Total active inventory Numbers harvested from disconnect pool that month
68K51K34K17K02018-032022-122026-06
Show monthly numbers
MonthInventoryAcquiredHarvestedLostFrom spareTo 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
2026-05 66,917 118 1 69 66 0
2026-06 66,708 81 0 290 6 0

Flow patterns (42-month cumulative)

Inbound (numbers acquired)

Direct transfer from another RespOrg178,950.0
Harvested from disconnect pool681.0
First assigned from spare pool132,969.0
Reactivated own disconnects327.0

Outbound (numbers lost)

Direct transfer to another RespOrg226,672.0
Standard disconnect aging process (3+ months in DISC)6,443
Abbreviated disconnect period (1–2 months in DISC)6,729
Released directly to spare pool33,912.0

Of the 13,172 disconnect episodes this RespOrg has sent through aging, 51% were abbreviated (1–2 snapshots in DISC status).

Top direct-transfer sources (INto NU)

UX30,008.0Allstream Business (Allstream)
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JV5,084.0Distributel
CN3,033.0Bell Canada
EU2,392.0TELUS Corporation
GA1,635.0Comet Media
SO991.0Signal One
IU944.0Interactive RespOrg Management
RL890.0Rogers Communications
AU844.0ATL Communications (ATLC)

Top direct-transfer destinations (OUT of NU)

JF21,551.0Inteliquent
UX4,243.0Allstream Business (Allstream)
GA3,945.0Comet Media
PB3,384.0Primus
IU2,226.0Interactive RespOrg Management
XH2,219.0ISP TELECOM
JV2,215.0Distributel
LQ2,054.0Inteliquent
CN2,021.0Bell Canada
SO1,982.0Signal One

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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