Tuesday, December 20, 2011
EU plan to favour copper networks attacked Telcos say a reduction in the Internet access price of copper would lower retail prices for both current and next generation access 
Monday, August 30, 2010
CRTC rules in favour of Internet providers The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruled that telecommunications carriers and cable providers must provide wholesale services to independent ISPs at the same speeds at which they provide service to their retail customers. They are allowed to mark the prices up 10 per cent.
Monday, May 31, 2010
We’re no longer a monopoly telco, Bell tells CRTC Exec tells regulator there’s enough competition that there’s no need to give ISPs mandated access to ultra fast networks. But if the ruling goes against Bell, he added, London, Ont., is among the cities that may have to wait longer for the highest Internet speeds
Friday, May 07, 2010
Bell will be biggest TV provider, says CEO The telco is bringing IPTV to Toronto and Montreal this year, allowing it to take the fight to cablecos. An industry analyst says it's a weapon Bell badly needs
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
U.S. Metro Ethernet provider heading north RCN Metro Optical Networks will start offering service at the end of May to U.S.-based companies that want connectivity to Toronto. The city's large financial sector is one reason, but the provider also wants business from the media and healthcare industries
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Lighting a fire over lighting fibre Telus is objecting to the subsidiary of U.S. provider that wants to light and sell dark fibre it buys from the Canadian telco from being declared a reseller of telecom services. Instead, it has asked the telecom regulator to declare the subsidiary a telecom carrier. That, industry analysts say, would set off a foreign control fight, a fight Telus says isn't its intention
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Rogers to cut 900 jobs The Toronto cable, wireless and media giant won’t say how many people from each division are being laid off. Analyst Roberta Fox wonders what will happen to its business services
Thursday, October 29, 2009
City of Toronto inks wide-area network contract The city expects to spend $39 million over ten years on networking services from Cogeco Data Services
Monday, October 19, 2009
Atria to launch phone service in 2010 Founded through a merger of municipal hydro utilities’ fibre providers, Atria now provides a DWDM backbone and plans to launch voice service in 2010.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Aliant brings fibre to the home in New Brunswick Aliant plans to offer FibreOp, through aerial cables, to residents and businesses in Fredericton and Saint John. The province is contributing $1 million to the project.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Nortel demos passive optical networking At its Ottawa R&D facility, Nortel executives told reporters how carriers can deliver 100 Gbps Ethernet directly to the premises. Get the scoop on the vendor’s plans for WiMAX and LTE.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Motorola rolls out WiMAX gateway for desktop PCs The CPEi100 connects computers to 2.5GHz WiMAX networks through an Ethernet cable. Industry watchers say the technology may appeal to small firms who lack DSL access
Monday, November 05, 2007
Vancouver wireless firm looks south for growth MetroBridge Networks hopes that through the acquitision of two other firms will keep its momentum strong. The co-founder speculates on its potential to be bought by a U.S. company
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Hybrid network overcomes geographic challenges Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board combines fibre and coaxial to offer its rural schools the same level of Internet service as those in the city
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Can you keep your copper? “A lot of cabling installations today are good enough to support 10Gbps –you’d have to test it first, though. You don’t know until you test,” said Hugo Draye, marketing manager for certification tools at Fluke.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Government policies add to Japan's broadband success A wide-ranging government policy on broadband and healthy competition among providers gives Japanese customers greater speeds at a much cheaper price than U.S. customers pay, a Japanese telecom executive said recently.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Quantum cryptography offers spy-proof code Stolen banking and credit card information, compromised medical and financial records, tapping into cell phone conversations… A team of researchers from the University of Calgary are hoping to put an end to these daily threats by using the theory of quantum physics to develop a spy-proof code.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Asia Pacific users moving towards fiber cabling Interest towards deploying fibre optic cabling is high among Asia Pacific companies, according to an ongoing study by cabling infrastructure provider Systimax Solutions, indicating the adoption of bandwidth-intensive applications in the region. 
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Swedish broadband ownership props Canadian counterparts When it comes to broadband, Sweden gives a whole new meaning to the expression "taking ownership." For in that country broadband users are also its owners.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Canada can take a "broadband" lesson from Sweden When it comes to broadband, Sweden gives a whole new meaning to the expression "taking ownership." For in that country broadband users are also its owners.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
HP bolsters LAN switch intelligence HP ProCurve last month unveiled additions to its wiring closet, aggregation and core switch lines, featuring support for power over Ethernet, a revamped programmable ASIC and more flexible media options. 
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
category business manager for ProCurve at HP Canada HP ProCurve unveiled new additions to its wiring closet, aggregation and core switch lines, featuring support for power over Ethernet, a revamped programmable ASIC and more flexible media options.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Wireless beats fibre on Prairie Terago Networks is used to putting up fixed wireless networks in urban centres, but the company broke new ground recently when it built a miniature version of one of its city networks to connect a Manitoba school district. 
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Copper connectivity reaches South Africa Copper connectivity should enable far faster adoption of the latest 10Gbps-capable networking technology, as a result of it being more cost-effective than a fibre solution. And it has come to South Africa at an ideal time.