
Thursday, November 28, 2002
Cogent invades Canuck arena The Internet service provider (ISP) community in Toronto this month saw a new player in the Internet data services game come to town in the form of Washington-based Cogent Communications.
Sunday, November 17, 2002
360networks snaps up Group Telecom Group Telecom Inc. (GT) and 360networks Corp. are making plans to marry, but one industry analyst is skeptical about the combined force’s chances for success.
Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Cogent invades the ISP market The Internet service provider (ISP) community in Toronto awoke this morning to discover a new player in the Internet data services game in the form of Washington-based Cogent Communications.
Thursday, October 17, 2002
Network changes force co-operation The industry shift towards running multiple forms of traffic over one network, brought on by the gradual adoption of Internet Protocol (IP) and all-IP networks by carriers such as Telus Corp., has raised the question of who will manage these networks — the data people or the voice people.
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Banks choose epost to ebill consumers In an effort to streamline its banking services, Laurentian Bank has recently signed an agreement to offer e-billing to its customers via epost.
Thursday, July 11, 2002
Alcatel seeks to unify net management Managing hundreds of thousands of nodes on a daily basis is likely to make a network operator’s head spin.
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Telus spends $250 million on DSL equipment A big buy of DSL equipment on the part of Telus Corp. suggests the company is ready to atone for past tardiness with high-speed Internet services, according to one industry analyst.
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Bell Mobility launches Western expansion Bell Mobility announced yesterday that it is officially launching its Western expansion with a consumer marketing campaign in Alberta and British Columbia in a move that could mean more competitive pricing and service for consumers across Canada, suggested one analyst.
Thursday, August 09, 2001
Communication the key for less damaging layoffs When 24-year old Michelle decided to leave her job at an e-purchasing company last year, it wasn’t just for a career change.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
ASPs: The Next Wave Patience is a virtue. Time and time again, the IT industry gives credence to this tired old adage. While early adopters struggle to exterminate the bugs in fresh-out-of-the-shrink-wrap applications and operating systems, fashionably late organizations sit back and wait for the dust to clear.
In the case of the application service provider (ASP) market, organizations who have put off outsourcing applications until now will probably be glad they came late to the ASP party.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Wait a minute, Mr. Postman Mail generally comes through your door in one of three forms: personal, junk or bills. Though epost’s online bill presentment does not get rid of bills entirely, at least it gets them to you on your terms.
Thursday, July 12, 2001
News Briefs 
Tuesday, May 29, 2001
Telus partners with Microsoft Canada Canada’s Telus Enterprise Solutions announced Monday it has partnered with Microsoft Canada Co. to offer application service provider (ASP) software to Telus business customers.
Thursday, March 22, 2001
3Com launches line of USB ADSL modems Santa Clara, Calif.’s 3Com Corp. has rounded out its line of asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) modems with a new USB-port-only modem designed on an Alcatel chipset.
Thursday, July 27, 2000
Free Market divvies up Canadian wireless spectrum Canada is likely to see the introduction of two more national wireless carriers when additional PCS spectrum is auctioned off this November, suggest industry analysts.
Thursday, October 07, 1999
Industry Briefs TELUS Corp. president and CEO George Petty will step down from that position at the end of his current contract, according to the company. Petty announced he would not renew his contract but is providing the board of directors time to find a replacement. TELUS said it remains committed to the corporate strategies developed by Petty, including entrance into the central Canadian market in late 1999 and 2000. The TELUS Web site is at www.telus.com
Thursday, January 14, 1999
IBM unloads Global Network business AT&T Corp. picked up IBM Corp.’s Global Network division last month for US$5 billion.