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Looking for progress? None yet

It's been a month since I checked in with Look Communications on the sale of its wireless and network assets . And the progress since then? To an outsider, seemingly not much. A spokesman for the Milton, Ont. company said Monday that negotiations...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2009 8:24 AM by Howard Solomon
Don’t write off Nortel yet

The acquisitions of companies like Qtera and Bay networks did not bankrupt Nortel Networks, and nor did its investor lawsuit three years ago. So why should a recession next year bankrupt the Canadian telecom equipment maker? A rumour last month that Nortel...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2008 5:50 AM by Greg Meckbach
How Nortel, LG will help keep CDMA alive

One of the problems with technology is that it doesn't stand still. As a result, you can be caught with out-of-date stuff. Like a Betamax video recorder. Or, if you're a cellular operator like Bell and Telus, a CDMA/EVDO-based network while most...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 9:31 AM by Howard Solomon
Still Looking for buyers

There's still no word from Look Communications on how many organizations are interested in buying the Milton, Ont., service provider's assets. Company spokesman Peter Block said that offers under the court-ordered controlled sale had to be in...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2009 8:11 AM by Howard Solomon
Fixed mobile convergence on the rise

Though the future of the world economy seems uncertain, with stock markets fluctuating wildly over the past week, one area that seems poised to boom is fixed mobile convergence. Infonetics Research of Campbell, Calif. this week released a report predicting...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:16 AM by Greg Meckbach
Another reason Nortel should stick to voice

Last weekend, I moved into a new apartment and wondered how I could use the experience to write a work-related blog. Then the Rogers cable guy installed my home phone service and I plugged in a phone I hadn't used in a while. I had bought it from...

Published Mon, Feb 23 2009 8:07 AM by Greg Meckbach
An Olympic launch for new Bell-Telus network

For months, Bell and Telus have said their new HSPA-based wireless network will be ready for customers in "early 2010." But most observers suspect they want to have it running in Vancouver at least by Feb. 12, when thousands will cram that city...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2009 9:28 AM by Howard Solomon
Why we don’t give investment advice

Today your editor discovered for the first time in his life he lacks the muscle flexibility necessary to kick himself in the head. That’s what he tried to do when he discovered a plethora of news stories raising doubts about the privatization of...

Published Wed, Nov 26 2008 5:16 AM by Greg Meckbach
There’s more to life than concrete and motors

Last week, Chrysler Canada asked both the Ontario and federal governments for $1 billion in aid. Though he did not mention Chrysler specifically, Liberal leader Stepane Dion Tuesday called on the federal government to help, citing a report predicting...

Published Thu, Nov 27 2008 5:29 AM by Greg Meckbach
Dave for DAVE?

A few months ago, David Dobbin was CEO of Toronto Hydro Telecom, the modestly-sized network and wireless data services arm of the Toronto power utility. Then in July, the unit was bought by Cogeco Cable for $200 million and Dobbin became head of Cogeco...

Published Tue, Nov 04 2008 4:20 AM by Greg Meckbach
How Obama will revolutionize telecom

Today marks the beginning of a new era. In a break from tradition, Americans have voted to have a middle-aged, married, wealthy male Christian politician as their next president. And not only is Barack Obama a lawyer by profession, but he went to Harvard...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2008 4:23 AM by Greg Meckbach
Will advances in telecommunications render banks obsolete?

As Canadians brace themselves for a government announcement Monday on the gross domestic product’s shrinkage in the last quarter of 2008, Americans speculate on the extent to which their government will nationalize major banks. Since the economic...

Published Sun, Mar 01 2009 8:08 AM by Greg Meckbach
Will the Internet fail without IPv6 upgrade?

According to a Toronto radio station, “some” are comparing the lack of IPv4 addresses to the Year 2000 problem, and “some” are concerned that the Internet might “stop working.” Sounds a bit alarmist to me. ...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 2:12 PM by Greg Meckbach
What a Harper majority means for ICT

Tony Clement may be promoted from Industy ...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 1:20 AM by Howard Solomon
Are Canadian companies leaders in mobility?

There was a time when Canada was a leader in wireless communications. ...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 4:15 PM by Howard Solomon

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Looking for progress? None yet

Don’t write off Nortel yet

How Nortel, LG will help keep CDMA alive

Still Looking for buyers

Fixed mobile convergence on the rise

Another reason Nortel should stick to voice

An Olympic launch for new Bell-Telus network

Why we don’t give investment advice

There’s more to life than concrete and motors

Dave for DAVE?

How Obama will revolutionize telecom

Will advances in telecommunications render banks obsolete?

Will the Internet fail without IPv6 upgrade?

What a Harper majority means for ICT

Are Canadian companies leaders in mobility?

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