Thursday, May 24, 2012
Dark places, white spaces and soft skills in IT MAILBAG A roundup of some of your recent comments on our coverage of rural broadband in Ontario, employee cloud awareness and IT jobs Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Ontario region looks to boost rural broadband In an effort to boost broadband speeds in outlying areas, York Region has asked leading Canadian communities and experts for adviceTuesday, May 22, 2012
Group calls for faster broadband in U.S. schools Urges schools have ubiquitous and robust speeds of at least 100 Mbps to meet the demand for Web-based instruction
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
FCC launches new mobile broadband subsidy The Federal Communications Commission has started taking bids for new mobile broadband subsidies designed to bring 3G or 4G service areas that don't have it
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Coalition targets U.S. broadband adoption gap Tech vendors, online companies and nonprofits pledge to offer digital training programs for U.S. residents. About 100 million U.S. residents, about a third of the country, don't subscribe to broadband service at home, said Julius Genachowski, chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Kenya's mass market yet to access affordable Internet Poor spectrum policies and lack of infrastructure are hindering adoption in Kenya
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Obama talks innovation, IT investments in speech The U.S. president also calls for more efforts to improve the country's education system
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Xplornet’s WiMAX network to go live early next year Fixed broadband wireless network for parts of southern Ontario and Quebec is being tested now for initial download speeds of up to 5 Mbps
Friday, December 10, 2010
CRTC gives business more choice in buying broadband Service providers lighting and selling leased dark fibre won’t be regulated, the commission says. The ruling not only gives enterprises more choice in who they buy connectivity from, but it may also increase the number of foreign carriers operating here
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Four technologies for faster broadband in 2011 Want speed? Look for wireline and wireless operators around the world to expand the use of these technologies in the next 12 months
Monday, December 06, 2010
OECD again assailed for Canadian telecom ranking Industry analysts complain the international agency has slighted the country once more in failing to count the number of wireless subscribers here
Monday, November 08, 2010
More rural broadband projects OK’d by Ottawa Third round of conditional funding from Industry Canada is announced as a hearing wraps up into whether the telecom regulator should set rural broadband goals
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Carriers fire broadsides at CRTC hearing Rural service proposals are dismissed as “unadulterated nonsense,” “ludicrous” and “beyond outrageous”
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Bell, consumers face off on rural broadband No mandatory broadband goals, telco tells regulator. But three consumer groups say affordable high speed Internet is a right all phone providers must offer 
Monday, November 01, 2010
Cablecos suggest 5 Mbps broadband target for nation Goal could be reached within five years, says proposal to public hearing. But the cable companies insist it not be a mandatory objective set by the telecom regulator
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Rural groups demand action on broadband Three groups tell the telecommunications regulator they want the same access to high speed Internet their city cousins get
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
$7-billion rural broadband plan put to CRTC Manitoba Telecom Services insists the regulator shouldn't leave it to the private sector to bring high speed Internet access to outlying areas
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
CRTC head, carrier spar over rural broadband target Many industrial countries see the need to set a minimum broadband goal to spur their economies, says the chair of the federal telecom regulator. However, he's facing industry resistance
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
MTS to upgrade Manitoba’s data network While Ottawa works on a digital strategy, Manitoba pays $100 million to ensure its provincial offices and participating hospital and school boards boost their broadband speed ten-fold
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
ICT firms slow to advise Ottawa on digital strategy The government has been asking since mid-May for advice on setting a digital economy strategy. With two days to deadline a lot of submissions have yet to appear
Monday, June 28, 2010
Obama to endorse U.S. broadband plan The President will back a regulator's plan to double wireless bandwidth in the U.S. In Canada the industry is waiting for a government discussion paper
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Extend broadband with spectrum cash: Report Senate committee says the money Ottawa pulls in from wireless auctions should help extend high-speed Internet access to remote parts of the country. It's one of a number of recommendations for creating a digital society 
Monday, June 07, 2010
Customers, not technology, to drive future networks Customizable application-driven networks are what businesses will want in the future rather than speeds and feeds, a conference has been told. But it also hears that broadband also has to be extended deeper into the country 
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
N.B. premier honoured for pushing broadband Award cites dedication to making New Brunswick the first province in Canada to make broadband available to every resident. The city of Ottawa was one of the finalists for intelligent community of the year
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Internet Speedtest results go public Canada lags far behind many industrial nations in broadband download speeds, another test shows. However, a public interest group says the results aren't scientific