Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Broadband satellite for rural Canada launched

ViaSat-1 will give Canadians who can't get DSL or wireless broadband the opportunity to have 4G Internet connectivity

Cisco expands Nexus fabric portfolio

Network equipment maker adds more switches, line cards to hike capacity of its data centre fabric strategy

Carriers anxious for lawful access regulations

Now that it has a majority, service providers expect the Conservative government will soon push its long-promised lawful access laws through Parliament. Here's a preview of the issues

RIM’s peace offering: Free apps

Complimentary applications and a month's worth of support are what the company hopes will keep the loyalty of subscribers

Company claims new design for antennas

Antennas may not be sticks that jut out of a router or crammed along the side of a smart phone, if a U.S. company's...

Montreal student’s smart phone a design award finalist

Montreal's Felix Lorsignol is among 20 finalists for this year's James Dyson Award for student design, for his Research In Motion-based smart phone for children....

Lazaridis apologizes to BlackBerry customers

As the heads of Research In Motion try to explain how outage happened and what they're doing to fix it, industry analysts ponder the effect on the company

BelAir to offer small cell solution for carriers

Canadian company thinks it has a way to compete with big network equipment makers -- let them put their radios in its base station. An industry analyst says it makes sense

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