Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Indian minister under investigation in telecom scam Dayanidhi Maran, who was telecom minister between 2004 and 2007, is alleged by the CBI to have coerced the promoter of mobile operator Aircel to sell his stake to Maxis Communications in Malaysia, by delaying clearances of spectrum to Aircel, according to local newspaper reports
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Why carriers must ‘evolve’ or die trying in move to cloud CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2011: The warning was dished out by telecommunications executives from Cogeco Data Services, Oracle and HP at this year’s annual Canadian Telecom Summit. Find out why
Monday, March 14, 2011
When the CIO is also the CFO Some organizations have merged the two jobs into one find that the combined position can offer important benefits, provided it fits the business's circumstances. Learn from these examples
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Top tech firms join push to hire vets JPMorgan Chase leads '100,000 Jobs Mission' to hire military personnel leaving active duty through 2020 
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Simplicity key in telecom projects, panel says End users discuss the process of re-inventing their telecom infrastructures at Toronto's Know Your Alternatives conference
Thursday, December 23, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: July 2010 Apple deals with iPhone 4 reception flaw with free case, Dell buys Scalent, EMC buys GreenPlum, OpenSolaris governing board threatens to quit. What went down in July 2010
Monday, June 07, 2010
Ottawa to outline options on foreign investment Industry Minster Tony Clement tells the Canadian Telecom Summit of a short discussion paper outlining three ways to liberalize investment in the telecom industry
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Communities abandoned by CRTC, says commissioner It isn't often a member of a CRTC panel issues a dissent. But a decision to deregulate the way incumbent phone companies deal with requests to expand local calling areas in many cities was called 'unfair' by one commissioner. Find out why
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
Friday, March 05, 2010
U.S. phone subsidies to go to broadband The US$4.6 billion-a-year program that subsidizes telephone service to rural areas will go to broadband if a proposal from the federal regulator goes through. It's a move that's only just starting to be studied in Canada
Friday, February 26, 2010
Five telecom rulings that will shape the industry Last year there were a number of telecom rulings involving the CRTC, two of which involved the cabinet, which could have a lasting impact on the industry for years. A look at the decisions and what's on the commission's agenda this year
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
GSM Association adopts framework for LTE voice The association will use the 'One Voice' initiative as a blueprint for LTE. What this means for the technology's future
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Deloitte’s 10 Canadian TMT predictions for 2010 Consumers and enterprises wanting to access data from anywhere, anytime and any screen is this year’s theme, but the twist is that they “need to do so economically.” The result will likely be technologies that aren’t perfect, but “good enough,” says Deloitte 
Thursday, December 03, 2009
There’s ‘some urgency’ over Globalive’s fate: Clement However, Industry minister says cabinet will take as much time as it needs to decide the wireless startup's future 
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Globalive hammered by CRTC, Bell, Rogers and Telus The would-be cellular operator was grilled from all sides at a hearing trying to determine if its minority foreign shareholder is really in control, in voilation of Canadian law
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Skype now available for Canuck iPhone users The VoIP software company appears to have ironed out the patent-licensing issues that kept Canadians from downloading the app when it was made available in April
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Why Telus is so outspoken about Globalive With the growing rivalry between Telus and Globalive heating up before the companies have even started competing, many industry observers are debating why the Vancouver-based wireless giant has taken such a strong stance in the debate, the potential impact it could have on both competitors, and why Rogers and Bell have stayed relatively quiet
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Do you recognize your job description? It may seem like network engineers will disappear thanks to industry trends. But a consultant argues their skills are more valuable today to enterprises than ever
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Atria Networks gets deeper into wireless The purchase of another municipal utility's telco network adds a residential wireless system to its portfolio. An executive says this may offer more choices to business customers
Monday, March 30, 2009
Nadir Mohamed takes helm of Rogers The former BC Tel exec, who led Rogers Wireless from 2000 until 2005, has officially succeeded Ted Rogers as CEO of Rogers Communications. Why analyst Jon Arnold thinks the firm has a leg up over Bell and Telus
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Salesforce introduces cloud CRM for Twitter Salesforce.com is working to integrate its Service Cloud, customer service management platform with the messaging service of micro-blogging site Twitter 
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Nortel will stick to core voice business Nortel makes PBXs, firewalls and a whole whack of other products. CEO Mike Zafirovski is on the right track now but the Canadian manufacturer will probably discontinue a lot of product lines
Monday, August 11, 2008
Ghana's telco deal with Vodafone under attack Politicians in the African country are objecting to the 999-year term of the deal as well as plans to transfer the nation's fibre optic backbone to Ghana Telecom, effectively putting it in foreign control
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Managing your wireless telecom bills More handsets, more data, more usage means more money, yet many businesses don't even audit their wireless bills. See where wireless telecom expense management comes in
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