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

CRTC offered few compromises at rates hearing

Bell and a consortium of ISPs held to their positions at a hearing on setting wholesale rates for independent Internet providers

Uplogix certified for Cisco UCS Express blades

The automated remote management application comes in a software-only version, for the first time, to run on the Cisco blades

Tech Mahindra signs Redknee partnership

Offerings from Redknee will now be available through Tech Mahindra to telecommunications and cloud service providers, which could broaden the Canadian company's customer base

ISPs want

A group of independent Internet providers call on the telecommunications regulator to throw out the current wholesale pricing regime they face. But a group of cable companies says their plan won't work

Bell insists on some form of usage-based billing

Telco tells regulators that it has to have an economic traffic management hold over independent ISPs to deal with network congestion

CRTC starts Internet wholesale pricing hearing

The telecom regulator begins a hearing to hone its unpopular decision on usage-based billing and set wholesale pricing for independent Internet providers so they can offer high-speed access equal to big carriers.

Fancy footwork on LTE

In my years writing about IT companies, I've seen a lot of unusual stunts to liven up meetings. For a few years it was...

Rogers sets the beat with LTE in Ottawa

Dancing teens preceded the launch of the first LTE wireless network in the country. But an industry analyst says operators will have to do more than that to excite businesses

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