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

Craig Wireless to shift Canadian subscribers to others

Drew Craig says it was hard to close its impending mobile WiMax service and abandon Canada after his family had done business here for decades. But he couldn

Wind Mobile blows into Ottawa

Startup Wind Mobile is now selling service in Ottawa, the fourth city in the country it operates in after Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton. Wind...

Craig Wireless dumps Cdn spectrum, kills WiMax dream

The company had said only a month ago that its new Vancouver network would start in the spring and then spread throughout southern B.C. If the sale gets regulatory approval, the spectrum will end up in the hands of a consortium run by Rogers and Bell

Rogers blocks wireless competitors in NW Ontario

An alliance with a small phone company will mean competitors will have to build new wireless networks to the area or strike roaming agreements. The head of TBayTel explains how the deal will allow subscribers to get speedy wireless access

U.S. Metro Ethernet provider heading north

RCN Metro Optical Networks will start offering service at the end of May to U.S.-based companies that want connectivity to Toronto. The city's large financial sector is one reason, but the provider also wants business from the media and healthcare industries

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

Public Mobile’s network is LTE-ready

Although pitching itself at "working-class" people who want basic service, the startup will have a network ready for advanced broadband when it starts service in May. Read why a company exec says it's a minor upgradern

Cabling solution for neater data centres

CABLExpress has released its Skinny-Trunk Solution, a high-density cabling system to help bring order to data centres. The package includes Skinny-Trunks (fiber trunk assemblies), the...

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