Friday, September 04, 2009
Privacy commissioner slaps Bell over traffic management Agency rules that Bell could better explain what it's doing with deep packet inspection, the technology it uses to slow traffic of bandwidth hogs
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Wireless, home Internet boosts telecom industry revenues Most of the $2.1 billion increase in telecommunications revenues last year was thanks to the 11 per cent revenue growth in mobile phone and 9 per cent growth in residential high-speed Internet services, says the CRTC 
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
RIM says UAE carrier's Blackberry update is spyware Etisalat's BlackBerry update was supposedly meant to improve the performance of the smartphone actually contained software that spies on user activity
Sunday, March 15, 2009
After Gmail, Google wants to search your voice mail too Google has begun testing a service that will make transcripts of voice mail messages and make them searchable.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Clearwire aims to reach 120M people in 2010 Despite the troubled U.S. economy, carrier vows to expand wireless WiMAX network to nine U.S. cities this year and add New York City and others next year
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Clearwire readying game plan as LTE gains steam With Verizon Wireless' plan to start rolling out an LTE network this year, the spotlight has turned to its U.S. competitor. Will Clearwire accelerate deployment of its mobile WiMAX-based network?
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
2008's biggest IT mergers and acquisitions This year's top 15 M&As amounted to almost US$65 billion and involved companies specializing in areas such as IT services to network hardware to wireless technology and security
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Swedish regulator wants to unbundle fibre access The goal is greater competition and lower prices, but an industry analyst warns that if the builder doesn't get much return on investment the result could lead to a slow deployment
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
DAVE Wireless to join new cellular carriers Telecom veteran Dave Dobbin will head the new entrant. However, while the company announced an experienced management team, there's no details on when or in what cities it will start service or its business plan
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Consumer cutbacks freeze carrier spend on VoIP As consumers buy fewer phone lines -- because foreclosed homes don't need phones, and in tough times consumers cancel them and rely on cell phones -- carriers have less need to provision new ones, says Infonetics analyst Stephane Teral
Monday, November 17, 2008
Japanese carrier to launch LTE mobile broadband in 2010 If the plan goes through, NTT DoCoMo will become one of the first to deploy the technology
Monday, November 03, 2008
Look Communications starts mobile WiMAX test A PC-equipped van will roam Milton, Ont., demonstrating the mobile technology. Commercial service might follow -- once licensing issues are worked out
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Feds should leave Internet service providers alone: Analyst In the latest shot in the ‘Net neutrality fight, a telecommunications consultancy says ISPs should be allowed to manage congestion by throttling traffic if necessary. Otherwise, investments in increasing capacity could be imperiled 
Monday, July 21, 2008
Flypaper announces Pro version and enterprise plan Sales people can create Adobe Flash-based "stories" to gage audience interest with Flypaper Studio Inc.'s interactive presentation application
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Research: WiMax revenues in APAC to surge to $5.5 billion Use of WiMAX, a high-speed broadband technology, will climb in the Asia Pacific region over the next five years, says an IT research firm, with billions of dollars to be spent on infrastructure.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Bell has to turn on IPTV: Analyst Bell Canada has been delaying a decision on IPTV as efforts to close privatization of its parent drag on. But an industry analyst warns that the move, which will cost billions
Monday, June 23, 2008
Iristel adds fixed mobile convergence Service provider Iristel is offering IP Mobility, which gives phone users the ability to switch calls back and forth from landlines to mobile phones and keep one phone number. The service is carrier-independent
Thursday, June 05, 2008
China takes broadband crown from U.S. A market research company says more people in China are on broadband now than in the U.S. With cable about to move into fixed broadband in China, that gap will only increase
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
ISPs ask the CRTC to stop Bell from defying law Bell Canada has admitted defying regulations when it recently started throttling peer-to-peer traffic without permission, says an association representing Internet service providers trying to stop the telco's practice. 
Thursday, April 24, 2008
CRTC has to stop Bell from flouting the law say Internet service providers Canadian Internet providers make a vigorous rebuttal to the CRTC of Bell's defence of its new traffic-shaping policy. The providers allege Bell has all but admitted it could have sought commission approval but went ahead alone
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Bell urges CRTC to toss out providers’ injunction demand In an official reply to providers' complaints, the telco says its deep packet inspection strategy does not affect anyone using VPNs, VoIP or streaming applications 
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
First BlackBerry comes to China Chinese businessmen will soon be able to get their hands on Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry handset, following long months of delays getting approval to bring the devices to China. 
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Experts offer advice for Bell Canada's new owners Three industry analysts detail what they’d tell the group led by the Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan what they would do to improve the company, following shareholder approval of the $51.7-billion privatization plan
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Muni Wi-Fi props Minneapolis bridge recovery A new Wi-Fi network in Minneapolis - only partially completed and just two months old - is nonetheless giving the city critical help in responding to last week's collapse of a highway bridge. The network helped the city with communications, moving large mapping files to the recovery site, and is supporting wireless cameras that are being installed to help with recovery operations.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Nokia chooses India for latest mobile phone launch Nokia Corp. chose Delhi, India, for Thursday's launch of seven mobile phones for emerging markets, including two intended for shared use by families or entire villages.