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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Ontario sets best practices for smart grids Ann Cavoukian, Toronto Hydro and Hydro One partner to produce the “gold standard” in privacy protection for electricity customers. Ontario’s privacy commissioner says the standards “take the guesswork out” for utility companies
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.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Toronto Hydro Telecom bought by Cogeco The acquisition gives cable provider Cogeco a way into the business market, but a local consultant notes THT’s new parent is accustomed to dealing with the consumer market. Get Rozender’s take on the municipal Wi-Fi market
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
TBayTel to refresh health network in Northwestern Ontario Hydro One Telecom will subtract out the refresh of the northwestern network to the carrier, owned by the city of Thunder Bay. Plus, one child's virtual visits to Sick Children's Hospital
Monday, August 20, 2007
London Hydro prepares for smart meters The Ontario utility plans to spend the next year rolling out a customer information system that could become a template for other firms in the province. The IT director is mulling HR and financial intergration, too
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Compliance drives telecom firm’s DR plans From data and systems replication to non-existent business-IT feud, a look at Toronto Hydro Telecom's disaster recovery strategies
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Hydro boosts One network - broadband needed for sharing of diagnostic images The Smart Systems for Health Agency has announced an agreement to use broadband network infrastructure from Hydro One Telecom as the new core for its province-wide system, which hospitals and health clinics can plug into for sharing information electronically. The agency says the new system should both improve health care and help to better protect patient information privacy.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
The Wi-Fi divide widens between Fredericton and Toronto In a little more than a month from now, users of the country's largest Wi-Fi network - Toronto's recently launched One Zone - will begin paying up to $29 a month for the privilege of cruising the information highway wirelessly.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Tale of two cities – WiFi gap between Fredericton and Toronto The WiFi divide between Fredericton and Toronto resides not in technology or funding but rather in vision and political will, according to an information studies professor.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Geo-programming comes down to Earth Developers once required specialized training and tools to incorporate geographic and geospatial programming into their applications and Web sites, but common standards and the move to XML are bringing geographic programming into the mainstream.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
IT's power struggle As much of Canada suffers through a scorching summer and as increased power consumption strains hydro grids, the odds of a brownout or a blackout are increasing, and IT managers would be wise to get ready, just in case.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
No free lunches – or WiFi – says Toronto Hydro Telecom Unlike WiFi spots set up by other municipalities in other parts of the world, Toronto Hydro Telecom's (THT) One Zone is going to be a paid service. 
Thursday, April 27, 2006
ITIL gains steam When Toronto-based Hydro One Telecom Inc. brainstormed on the best service delivery strategy for its enterprise customers, it wasn’t cutting-edge technology that became the key differentiator, but a made-in-the-U.K. best practice framework called the IT infrastructure library (ITIL).
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Visionary fibre guy turns Toronto wireless Telecommunications experts have been watching the developments at Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. since David Dobbin was named president.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Visionary ‘fibre guy’ turns Toronto wireless Telecommunications experts have been watching the developments at Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. with avid anticipation ever since David Dobbin was named president of the Toronto Hydro Corp. subsidiary in August. And the announcement of plans to throw a blanket Wi-Fi hotzone over the city came as no surprise. 
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Meters to drive Wi-Fi Ontario’s electricity smart meters could jump-start plans for a sprawling meshed IP network that will connect the entire province wirelessly, initially by Wi-Fi and, as the technology becomes more widely embraced, ultimately by Wi-Max.
Thursday, January 23, 2003
BC Hydro upgrades its legacy system Sometimes it's tough for an organization to decide on the right time to buy
and install new technologies. But for BC Hydro, which saw its last major
system change when Pierre Elliott Trudeau became Prime Minister, it was
safe to say the time had come.
Tuesday, October 16, 2001
$1 billion Cap Gemini, Hydro One deal in the works A pending e-services deal between Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Canada Inc. and Hydro One Inc., worth an estimated $1 billion, will position Cap Gemini as a major player in the North American energy market, officials say.
Thursday, January 14, 1999
Utilities plug into telecom services When people think of Sudbury, Ont., the first things likely to come to mind are the Big Nickel, mining and the Canadian Shield.
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