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The departure of Bell Aliant's CEO is part of a number of shakeups at parent BCE that may lead to the sale of its east coast telcommunications unit, says a consultant

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) admitted competition in the local phone service market was heating up faster than forecast but said it was sticking with an earlier decision that gave Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers an advantage over incumbent phone companies.

Local initiatives to develop services based on the wireless networking technology called wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) have been relegated to the freezer. After a grand takeoff in June, Wi-Fi services came crashing down this month after government regulators shot it down.

Most of us have figured out some basic rules for reaching other people.

Internet telephony is beginning to take off. It might be on a sometimes-imperceptible angle of ascent, but things are happening.

Internet telephony is beginning to take off. It might be on a sometimes-imperceptible angle of ascent, but things are happening.

Finally, there's some good news about spam. If that idea seems astonishing, you might want to sit down.

Maintaining competition is the only way to promote broadband communications and Internet access, say critics of bills to relax regulations on local phone companies, warning that the proposed legislation could stifle the technology and raise rates.